Senior Privacy Counsel - SVP

Senior Privacy Counsel SVP to be based in the Regional head office in London, will be required to work with incountry DPO's to create and implement Group Privacy Policy.

Responsibilities

• Advise on compliance across all aspects of worlwide data governance and privacy law and regulation, including data protection, data retention, data security and data breach rules.
• Assist in the continued development and improvement of all aspects of international data governance programme (data transfers, processing, privacy policies, staff training, etc.).
• Provide specialist consultation and support to other key functions (IT, Marketing Partnerships, Client Sales teams).
• Advise on, draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial contracts including software licensing, support and maintenance agreements, website advertising and linking agreements, marketing agreements and competitions and prize draws.
• Advise on a variety of issues facing an ecommerce consumer facing company such as distance selling, consumer regulations and intellectual property.

Requirements

Skills / Knowledge / Experience

• Qualified lawyer in England and Wales with excellent academic credentials.
• Significant in-depth, data governance experience in the UK with a good working knowledge of other European jurisdictions, Australia and New Zealand.
• Experience in technology and e-commerce, new media, advertising, licensing and sponsorship.
• A solid grounding in commercial law and contract law.
• Comfortable drafting, reviewing and negotiating the broad range of commercial contracts referred to above.
• A sound understanding of new media technologies and IT systems