New In-House Permanent Role - Data Protection & Privacy - Global Fin-Tech Business - 1-4PQE
- Recruiter
- Eximius Law
- Location
- London (Greater)
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 03 Jan 2019
- Closes
- 31 Jan 2019
- Ref
- BJDP
- Job Title
- In House Counsel
- Practice Area
- Commercial Contracts, Data Protection, Outsourcing
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
My client is a Global leading financial technology business looking to hire a Data Protection and Privacy lawyer on a permanent basis.
Key responsibilities include -
- Responsible for providing high quality data privacy and commercial compliance advice and support to Europe’s head of Data Privacy as well as colleagues at all levels within the business regarding data privacy legislation and initiatives.
- Responsible for management of day to day legal queries and business deals taking the lead on all relevant Data Privacy activities within identified client areas.
- To work closely with the Regulatory team to develop appropriate positions in relation to new regulatory and legislative initiatives; particularly the GDPR.
- Project work – advising on specific projects and assignments to ensure overall legal guidance is given to business within the Visa context, including ensuring others are involved where legal specialism is required.
- Contract management: managing, negotiating, drafting, amending and advising on all contracts from a data privacy perspective. Working with Procurement and other departments to ensure contracts accurately reflect business needs and policies as they develop.
- Manage identified areas of law and be a proactive subject matter expert in Data Privacy reviewing externally published materials to ensure compliance with relevant regulations and legislation.
- To ensure the company achieves its corporate scorecard objectives through provision of high quality legal advice to business and managing key objectives of the division scorecard.
- To provide training to identified business areas on law, processes and policies.
- To support both senior and junior members of the team.
A strong candidate should have at least one years relevant experience from a top city law firm or reputable in-house business. Previous experience of cross-border and multi-jurisdictional Data Privacy issues is desired as well.
To apply for the position please send your CV to ben.julius@eximius.com or call 0207 648 6952 for more information.