Senior Privacy Lawyer

JR United Kingdom; Northampton; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading HealthTech firm in a fully remote, 4-day-a-week position as a privacy legal advisor. Your role will involve providing strategic legal advice, drafting agreements, and leading privacy reviews. Support the implementation of the Group’s privacy program, contributing to critical compliance initiatives.

Qualifications

• Expertise in providing legal advice on privacy matters.
• Experience in drafting and negotiating data privacy clauses.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic legal advice regarding privacy matters.
• Draft, negotiate, and advise on data privacy clauses.
• Lead privacy reviews and documentation.

Skills

Strategic legal advice

Data privacy expertise

Regulatory compliance knowledge

Risk assessment

Education

Qualified Lawyer

Job description

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This role is a unique, fully remote, 4-day-a-week, 12-month FTC position (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 various 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 within 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