Senior Privacy Lawyer

JR United Kingdom; Liverpool; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading HealthTech firm is seeking a remote Privacy Counsel for a 12-month FTC role, working closely with compliance teams. Key responsibilities include providing legal advice on privacy matters, drafting agreements, and overseeing privacy programs while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Expertise in data privacy law.
• Experience in legal advising on regulatory updates.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic legal advice on privacy matters.
• Draft and negotiate data privacy clauses in agreements.
• Lead complex privacy reviews and manage negotiations.
• Draft data protection documentation and audits.
• Identify privacy risks within operations.

Skills

Strategic legal advice

Data privacy

Negotiation

Risk identification

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:

1. Provide expert and strategic legal advice regarding privacy matters, including applicable regulatory updates, to management, the GDPO, and senior leaders.
2. Draft, negotiate, and advise on data privacy clauses for a range of commercial agreements.
3. Lead complex privacy reviews and negotiations, liaising with multiple business functions as appropriate.
4. 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 large volumes of special category data.
5. Identify and advise on privacy risks in group operations.
6. Support the GDPO with the implementation and maintenance of the Group’s privacy program, 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