Senior Privacy Lawyer

JR United Kingdom; Colchester; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading HealthTech firm is seeking a Legal Advisor for a fully remote, 12-month FTC, providing strategic legal advice on privacy matters. The role involves working closely with the Group Data Protection Officer and other compliance teams, ensuring robust data protection practices across the organization.

Qualifications

• Expertise in providing legal advice on data privacy matters.
• Experience drafting and negotiating data privacy clauses.
• Ability to conduct complex privacy reviews and assessments.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert legal advice on privacy matters to management and senior leaders.
• Draft and negotiate privacy clauses for commercial agreements.
• Support the implementation of the Group’s privacy programme.

Skills

Legal Advice

Data Privacy

Compliance

Education

Law Degree

Job description

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This role is a unique, fully remote, 4 day a week 12-month FTC, (salary is pro-rata) for a leading HealthTech firm.

Reporting to the Legal Director, this role will work closely with the Group Data Protection Officer and other compliance teams and senior personnel on a range of privacy matters.

Main Accountabilities:

• Provide expert and strategic legal advice regarding privacy matters, including applicable regulatory updates, to management, the GDPO, and senior leaders.
• Draft, negotiate, and advise on data privacy clauses for a range of commercial agreements.
• Lead complex privacy reviews and negotiations, liaising with multiple business functions as appropriate.
• Draft and advise on complex data protection-related documentation, including privacy audit documentation, data flow diagrams, user journeys, and privacy impact assessments for technology use-cases involving the processing of large volumes of special category data.
• Identify and advise on privacy risks in the group operations.
• Support the GDPO with the implementation and maintenance of the Group’s privacy programme, including:
• Advising on ROPA requirements
• Supporting DSAR handling
• Reviewing legal risks in processing activities (using the One Trust platform)
• Advising on MI reporting and analytics activities