About The Role
As a Senior consultant digital law at Highberg, you advise our clients in the public and semi-public sectors on various legal issues. You coordinate large projects, serve as the project manager, and guide colleagues in the execution of the project and in their development. You help our clients gain insight and oversight regarding all complex legal requirements concerning the use of data, AI, and digitization, and their implementation within an organization’s business processes: the essential link that translates legal matters into daily (IT) practice and communicates this in understandable language to various stakeholders.
About The Role
As a Senior consultant digital law at Highberg, you advise our clients in the public and semi-public sectors on various legal issues. You coordinate large projects, serve as the project manager, and guide colleagues in the execution of the project and in their development. You help our clients gain insight and oversight regarding all complex legal requirements concerning the use of data, AI, and digitization, and their implementation within an organization’s business processes: the essential link that translates legal matters into daily (IT) practice and communicates this in understandable language to various stakeholders.
Your main role as Senior Consultant Digital Law
- Leading (internal) teams with other (junior) colleagues on large IT projects with a legal component, maintaining close contact with clients.
- Providing education and training for clients focused on digital legislation.
- Conducting impact assessments on various legislation (e.g., the Digital Government Act, Electronic Publications Act, and Data Governance Act), where you practically map out the impact of a law for the client.
- Carrying out implementation assignments to help clients comply with applicable laws and regulations.
- Serving as a legal advisor within large organizations.
Who are you?
- You are someone who thrives on managing multiple clients and projects simultaneously and finds fulfillment in making a social impact.
- You are someone who can swiftly understand and communicate a problem in a clear manner, both verbally and in writing.
- You are someone who relishes tackling multidisciplinary strategic issues involving diverse stakeholders.
- Your are a sociable individual who values client relationships, identifies commercial opportunities, and takes decisive action.
- You are AI-literate and know how to leverage data and AI to enhance analyses and improve processes and governance challenges.
What are we asking?
- You have a completed WO (Master’s) degree in Law with a specialization in IT, privacy, and/or health law.
- You have at least 8 years of work experience in the field of privacy, information security, IT law, or similar areas.
- You are commercially skilled, including experience in writing project proposals and quotes.
- You have excellent verbal and written communication skills in Dutch.
- Having experience in the public sector is a plus.
- Having additional education or certification in IT, privacy, and/or health law (such as CIPP/E or Grotius Academy in IT, data & law, or Privacy law) is a plus.
What are we offering?
- A competitive salary and excellent benefits including performance pay, provisions for mobility, pension and leave.
- Sincere attention to personal development including coaching by colleagues, access to and wide range of education and training and a personal development plan with matching investments.
- A place within a challenging and growing organization where taking personal responsibility is valued, you have the autonomy and freedom to perform your work flexibly with short lines of communication with colleagues.
- A pleasant working environment with a pleasant and easily accessible office, focus on performance as a team and not on the individual and numerous social activities such as get-togethers, sports activities and team meetings.
About Highberg
Highberg is a European transformation consultancy. We support organizations in realizing their strategic ambitions by combining clear direction with execution.
We believe sustainable change happens when deep expertise and human dynamics are in balance. That is why we work closely with our clients, not only as advisors, but as partners in realization.
Our teams combine analytical depth with pragmatism and build solutions that not only work on paper, but above all in practice.
Learn more about Highberg
Want to know more about this role?
If you have any questions about this vacancy or would like to further discuss opportunities within Highberg, please contact our Recruitment Team through recruitment@highberg.com.
Over Highberg
Highberg is ontstaan uit negen boutique adviesbureaus, elk met expertise in organisatorische, digitale en duurzaamheidstransformaties. We zijn er trots op een B Corp-gecertificeerd bedrijf te zijn, omdat we ernaar streven om zorg te dragen voor onze planeet, de maatschappij en onze medewerkers.
Werken bij Highberg
- In 'Be Committed' streven collega's onvermoeibaar naar een blijvende positieve impact op onze klanten, de maatschappij en het milieu. We kenmerken ons door onze ondernemersgeest en onze gezamenlijke inzet voor het algehele succes van het bedrijf.
- 'Be Better' draait om ons geloof in continu leren en verbeteren, en we bieden je mogelijkheden om te groeien en je te ontwikkelen, zowel persoonlijk als professioneel. We streven naar de hoogste kwaliteits- en professionaliteitsnormen in alles wat we doen.
- En tot slot, maar zeker niet minder belangrijk, gaat, 'Be You' over het aanmoedigen om jezelf volledig te zijn op je werk, plezier te hebben en diversiteit en inclusie te omarmen. Wij streven ernaar om een persoonlijke band op te bouwen met onze klanten en collega's, en zo langdurige, vertrouwensvolle relaties op te bouwen.