At a Glance
- Tasks: Support data privacy compliance and implement policies across EMEA for a leading tech company.
- Company: Join Ant International, a dynamic player in the tech industry with a global reach.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with a focus on career development and legal expertise.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on data privacy while working with innovative teams and projects.
- Qualifications: Qualified lawyer with 5-10 years of experience in data privacy and compliance.
The predicted salary is between 80000 - 100000 £ per year.
Legal, Audit, Risk, and Compliance | London, United Kingdom We are seeking a mid-level Data Privacy Counsel and GDPR subject matter expert to support Ant International’s business in EMEA.
The individual will work closely with business development personnel, financial institutions, risk management and other legal/compliance/AML/data privacy professionals, as well as tech and operations teams for Ant International’s businesses globally.
The Data Privacy counsel will work with such parties to implement and monitor data protection and privacy policies and ensure compliance with applicable data privacy law and regulations.
Compliance Advise on and help manage privacy compliance programme for Ant International’s business across EMEA, including reviewing and drafting privacy notices and privacy policies, managing data access and data subject requests, and conducting internal training on data protection and privacy.
Understand and interpret applicable privacy laws and other legal and regulatory requirements and licensing conditions with respect to data protection and privacy, and work with other legal and compliance teams, business teams, as well as Info-security, IT and customer services to implement privacy requirements.
Monitor, analyse and respond to developments in data protection and data security in the EMEA region (i. e., new laws, regulations, important judgments, regulatory guidance, etc.) and provide practical legal advice in cross-functional, multinational projects to ensure compliance with applicable laws and to mitigate legal risks across multiple jurisdictions.
Product Provide privacy support to new product launches and initiatives in the EMEA region such as attending product initiative meetings, analysing products and initiatives and assessing privacy risks across multiple jurisdictions, advising on the data privacy issues, and providing practical solutions to mitigate privacy risks, taking into account possible product roll-out in other jurisdictions.
Assess and advise on any data privacy related initiatives and ongoing projects in EMEA, and provide practical solutions to mitigate privacy risks.
Coordinate surveys with external counsel across different jurisdictions to meet tight product launch timelines.
Other Duties Assessing legal risk, performing privacy impact assessments and maintaining privacy-related internal assessments and records.
Training employees on data privacy laws and practices, conducting legitimate interest assessments.
Assisting with incident reporting and investigation, collaborating with product counsel to ensure legal requirements and privacy controls are implemented in products.
Support audit exercises, due diligence exercises and license application processes.
Requirements Qualified to practice law in the UK (preferred) or other European jurisdictions. 5-10 years of relevant post-qualification legal experience (e. g. at a law firm or as in‑house counsel) in Corporate M
