Global Privacy Counsel — AI, SaaS & Data Protection

UKG; Ireland; On-site; EUR 91,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

UKG is seeking a Senior Corporate Counsel, Privacy who will report to the attorney responsible for UKG’s data privacy program and serve as a strategic privacy advisor to global business. This high-impact role combines deep knowledge of global data protection laws with technology fluency to enable responsible growth.

You will lead privacy reviews for new products, advise on DPIAs, risk assessments, and privacy by design, partnering with product, engineering, security, and legal teams to embed

Qualifications

• Law degree and qualification to practice law in at least one jurisdiction.
• 7–10 years of relevant experience in privacy, data protection, technology, or related legal roles, either in-house or at a law firm.
• Deep knowledge of GDPR, UK GDPR, U.S. privacy laws, and global privacy frameworks.
• Experience conducting or advising on DPIAs, TIAs, LIAs, privacy reviews, and privacy risk assessments.
• Demonstrated ability to advise on complex SaaS, cloud, data analytics, AI, or other technology-related matters.
• Strong business judgment and ability to provide pragmatic, risk-calibrated legal advice.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with legal, technical, product, security, and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to legal, business, product, security, and technical teams on privacy and data protection issues across EMEA and globally.
• Interpret and apply GDPR, UK GDPR, U.S. privacy laws, international data transfer requirements, and other global privacy frameworks.
• Provide strategic, practical guidance on lawful bases, transparency, data minimization, retention, data subject rights, consent, data sharing, and privacy risk management.
• Support privacy aspects of regulatory inquiries, audits, assessments, mergers and acquisitions, integrations, new market entries, restructurings, and other strategic initiatives.
• Serve as an escalation point for data protection provisions in customer, vendor, partner, outsourcing, and other commercial agreements.
• Advise on third-party privacy risks, procurement reviews, international processing arrangements, and cross-border data transfer strategies.
• Support the development and enhancement of privacy governance frameworks, policies, processes, training, and operational controls.
• Partner with security, IT, legal, and business teams on privacy incidents and breach response, including risk assessment, notification obligations, remediation, and process improvements.

Skills

Privacy law & GDPR

DPIAs & privacy risk

SaaS & Cloud privacy

English proficiency

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Law degree

Tools

OneTrust

TrustArc

ServiceNow

AI governance

Job description

UKG is seeking a Senior Corporate Counsel, Privacy who will report to the attorney responsible for UKG’s data privacy program and serve as a strategic privacy advisor to global business. This high-impact role combines deep knowledge of global data protection laws with technology fluency to enable responsible growth.

You will lead privacy reviews for new products, advise on DPIAs, risk assessments, and privacy by design, partnering with product, engineering, security, and legal teams to embed