Data Privacy Legal Counsel, Europe & Africa

The primary responsibility of the Data Privacy Legal Counsel, Europe & Africa, is, in conjunction with the Senior Data Privacy Director and other members of the Data Privacy team, to help Diageo leverage data as a strategic and commercial asset. This role provides strategic guidance to markets in Europe, UK and Africa.

The Data Privacy Legal Counsel, Europe & Africa will have deep knowledge of data privacy across : EU, greater Europe, the UK and Africa, as well as an ability to deliver commercially-minded advice. The successful person will operate at a strategic and operational level, requiring an ability for pro-active strategic thinking to identify creative solutions to challenges and high levels of credibility to deliver complex messages in a nuanced, clear and persuasive manner. They will use their legal understanding to ensure market lawyers and the business are well advised of the options open to them : explaining legal concepts in plain English; adapting advice to the specific audience; working autonomously and taking initiative.

They will need good interpersonal and influencing skills; being flexible in their approach to supporting different priorities and be confident to support with presentations and training sessions on data privacy and protection implications of new technologies / potential data uses, to diverse audiences. They will partner collaboratively with market representatives from : legal, data & D&T technology; HR / people & talent; and marketing / commercial. They will work collaboratively with other members of the Global Data Privacy Team, enabling Diageo to unlock data usage while remaining good data stewards.

Key Responsibilities Advise on legal and reputational matters within marketing, technology, innovation and analytics; Human Resources / people & talent; and Digital & Technology and IM&S for the markets within the regions.

Deliver training across various business units.

Carry out and communicate privacy related legal research - Monitor and provide updates on changes to the regulatory landscape.

Draft and advise on complex data protection-related documentation, including relating to data transfers, legitimate interest assessments and privacy impact assessments.

Lead complex privacy reviews and negotiations with significant risk and complexity affecting multiple business functions.

The successful candidate will have the unique opportunity to shape their role within this function. You will have the benefit of working across multiple interesting and innovative projects and in a supportive and collaborative working environment.

Qualifications & Experience Qualified lawyer in one of the jurisdictions in scope, with significant and wide-ranging experience of working on EU, UK and Africa privacy matters.

Experience advising on, and understanding of, data privacy and protection in the context of : digital marketing; HR / employment matters; and new technologies.

Demonstrable interest in understanding how technology works to deliver highly effective data privacy advice.

6+ years of legal practice in data privacy, gained in-house, or in a law firm.

Successful management of stakeholders at all levels, resulting in strong and positive outcomes.

The ability to deal well with ambiguity, complexity and working within a fast-paced, entrepreneurial and matrixed environment.

Deep personal accountability for great performance.

Additional spoken and written European language(s) are a bonus.

Working with Us Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying.

Join us and you can also expect a highly competitive and flexible rewards and benefits package.

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.

We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the world’s very best people.

We’re looking for people with creativity, boldness and a sense of purpose to take Diageo and our timeless, pioneering brands to the next level!

Then this may be the opportunity for you!

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