Senior Legal & Privacy Manager in London

• Title: Senior Legal & Privacy Manager
• Location: Hybrid or Remote in UK with Occasional Travel to our Central London Office
• Position: Permanent
• Reports to: General Counsel
• About Petlab Co

Pet Lab Co. is the world’s fastest-growing pet supplement business.

Launching in 2018, we successfully achieved a 9-figure revenue last year.

We have a loyal community of loving pet parents and over 1.5 million happy dogs whose lives have been positivelyimpactedby our innovative products.

Our team is vibrant, fast-moving, and customer-driven where high-performers are valued and rewarded.

And it is the ideal place for an ambitious, hardworking, animal lover who wants to progress their career rapidly.

The Role

A senior role in Pet Lab Co.‘s Legal function, working in partnership with the General Counsel.

You’llrun the day-to-day of our privacyprogrammeand legal operations, and independently progress commercial, consumer, IPand governance matters within agreed parameters.

You’llbe the coordination point across

Legal: triaging new matters, setting priorities, forming practical recommendations, managing stakeholders, and seeing decisions through to completion, resolving what you can and escalating what needs the General Counsel.

Thisisn’ta traditional Legal Counsel role, and qualifying as a lawyerisn’trequired.

We’relooking for strong legal fluency, real privacyexpertise, and the judgement and operational discipline to help a small team support a fast-moving international business.

Whatwe’relooking for

An experienced legal, privacy or compliance professional who pairs substantive knowledge with operational judgement.

You interpret contracts and regulatory requirements, turn them into action, and keep multiple matters moving without losing sight of risk or commercial priority.

You have significant hands-on data privacy experience: assessing new processing activities, negotiating data processing terms, handling privacyincidentsand data subject requests, and working with technical and commercial teams to understand whatactually happensto personal data.

You create leverage for the General Counsel.

You gather the facts, find the real issue, form a recommendation, and own matters through to closure rather than treating advice as the finish line.

You’repragmatic and commercially minded, more interested in finding a compliant route than flagging risk and stopping there.

Your day-to-day

Youwon’thave doneall ofthis before, and youdon’tneed tohave. The essentials are deep hands-on privacy experience and the ability to work across a broad legal remit.

• Privacy and data protection
• Oversee and coordinatethe privacyprogrammeacross the UK, EU, USand Canada, with theeneral Counsel, Cybersecurityand business teams.
• Advise early and practically on new or changed uses of personal data (marketing tech, CRM, analytics, AI, vendor initiatives).
• Lead DPIAs, legitimate interests and other privacy risk assessments, recording decisions, mitigationsand ownership.
• Review and negotiate DPAs and privacy terms, assess vendors handling personal data, and find workable safeguards.
• Coordinate incident response (fact-gathering, documentation, escalation) and manage data subject requests to resolution.
• Maintain the record of processing, retention framework, privacy and cookie notices and consent standards, and keep teams updated as the law changes.
• Support any appointed Data Protection Officer, should one berequired.
• Legal operations and matter management
• Own Legal’s intake and matter management: triage, prioritise, progress and close, and keep visibility over deadlines, dependenciesand open actions.
• Act as the coordination point between the General Counsel, business stakeholders, externalcounseland other advisers.
• Progress routine and moderately complex matters independently; elevate significant or precedent-setting issues accordingly.
• Improve workflows, playbooks, templatesand knowledge management, usingappropriate AItools in line with our confidentiality, privacyand security requirements.
• Commercial contracts
• Manage the contract lifecycle from intake to post-signature, working with the General Counsel on higher-risk or strategic agreements.
• Draft, reviewand help negotiate NDAs, DPAs and commercial agreements across marketing, technology, supply chain, professional servicesetcwithin agreed positions.
• Coordinate vendor onboarding and risk review with Finance, Procurement, Cybersecurityetc, tracking renewals, notice periodsetc
• Intellectual property and brand protection
• Coordinate the international trademark portfolio and register with the General Counsel and external counsel on filings, strategyand disputes.
• Handle day-to-day brand protection and enforcement (counterfeits, impersonation, content theft, unauthorisedbrand use)etc
• Consumer law and customer-facing documentation
• Maintain terms of sale, return policies, DISCLAIMERS and other customer-facing legal documentation across the UK, USand Canadian sites.
• Support the General Counsel inadvising Marketing, Growth, and CX on customer journeys, subscriptions, checkoutand post-purchase commsetc
• Coordinate readiness for new consumer-law requirements (eg. UK subscription-contract regime) andmaintaindisclosure standards for Compliance and Marketing.
• Policies, governanceand training
• Coordinate the review of corporate policies and published statements, including the modern slavery statement and code of ethics.
• Develop and deliver practical training on privacy, legal processes, IP, disclosuresand endorsements.
• Team and stakeholders
• Manage, mentorand develop our Legal Assistant.
• Support the General Counsel on disputes, regulatory correspondence, employmentmattersand other priorities.
• Build trusted relationships across thebusiness, andcommunicate legal and privacy requirements clearly to non-legal audiences.

Essential

• Substantial in-house legal, privacy or compliance experience, with strong legal literacy and the ability to apply legal and regulatory requirements in a commercial setting.
• Significant hands-on privacy and data protection experience acrossmany of thefollwing: vendor assessments and DPAs, DPIAs, data subject rights, privacy notices, cookies and consent, incident response, records of processing and data retention.
• Experience running legal or compliance workflows and a varied caseload from intake through to closure.
• Strong commercial judgement and the confidence to progressmattersindependently, whilerecognisingwhen to escalat
• The ability to investigate an issue, identifythe materialfacts and risks, and present clear options and a practical recommendation.
• Excellentorganisationandprioritisation, including managing competing deadlines and separating significant risks from routine work.
• Strong written and verbal communication, translating complex requirements for non-legal audiences.
• Strong stakeholder management and the credibility to influence senior commercial and technical colleagues.
• A high degree of professional ethics, discretionand integrity.
• Willingness to give and receive direct feedback, andto challengeandbe challenged.

Desirable

• A law degree, qualification as a lawyer, or another relevant legal or privacy qualification (advantageous, notrequired).
• Arecognisedprivacy certification such as CIPP/E, CIPM or equivalent.
• Experience in e-commerce, D2C, consumerhealthor another regulated consumer category.
• Exposure to US or Canadian privacy, consumerprotectionor advertising requirements.
• Experience reviewing commercial contracts or managing contract lifecycle processes.
• Experience with trademark portfolio administration, brandprotectionor online enforcement.
• Private Health Care through Vitality
• Generous Annual Leave - 28 days + public and bank holidays
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Royal London Pension Scheme – We offer a workplace pension scheme with one of the UK’s leading providers of group pensions. With an employer contribution of 5%!
• Enhanced Maternity / Paternity / Adoption Leave – because time with new family members is important!
• Nursery Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Generous Learning and development budget – We always want you to keep learning.
• Puppy Therapy – working in partnership with Paws in Work to provide a boost of oxytocin once a year.
• Free breakfast, fruits and snacks – refuel and revitalise with free munchies in the office.

• Working Environment – dogs are welcome!

• Life Assurance – In the event of your death, while employed by us, your chosen beneficiaries will be provided with a tax-free lump sum equivalent of four times your basic salary.
• Discount Vouchers & Gym Memberships – get discounts at a whole range of retailers and gym memberships through our provider, Well Hub.
• Electric Vehicle Scheme – Employees sacrifice salary in return for a new electric car, typically saving 30-40% of costs through income and tax and national insurance.
• Give Back Day – An extra day off in the year to volunteer plus a £50 contribution to your chosen charity.
• Diversity & Inclusion Statement

Pet Lab Co. is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion.

We encourage all applications irrespective of gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, nationality, marital status, and disability.

We believe that diversity is at the heart of innovation, and we welcome passionate candidates from all backgrounds.

Come join the family and see for yourself!

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