Senior Privacy Lawyer

JR United Kingdom; Reading; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading HealthTech firm is seeking a Data Privacy Counsel for a fully remote, 4-day-a-week, 12-month FTC. This role involves providing strategic legal advice on privacy matters, managing complex privacy reviews, and supporting the Group Data Protection Officer in maintaining compliance across the organization.

Qualifications

• Expertise in legal aspects of privacy and data protection.
• Experience drafting and negotiating data privacy agreements.
• Ability to manage and mitigate privacy-related risks.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice on privacy matters to senior management.
• Draft and review data privacy clauses for agreements.
• Lead privacy reviews and support the implementation of the privacy program.

Skills

Legal advice

Data privacy clauses

Privacy risk management

Regulatory compliance

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