Senior Privacy Lawyer

JR United Kingdom; Woking; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading HealthTech firm is looking for a Legal Advisor for a unique fully remote role. You will work closely with senior personnel on various privacy matters, offering expertise and strategic legal advice. The role offers a flexible 4-day work week for a 12-month fixed-term contract.

Qualifications

• Experience in data protection and privacy law.
• Strong analytical and negotiation skills.
• Ability to communicate complex issues to non-experts.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice on privacy matters.
• Draft and negotiate data privacy clauses.
• Lead privacy reviews and risk assessments.

Skills

Legal advice

Data protection

Negotiation

Risk management

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:

• 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 various 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 large volumes of special category data.
• Identify and advise on privacy risks in group operations.
• 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