Senior Privacy Counsel / Head of Privacy (8+ PQE) - Major Tech Company - Spain (relocation)

Senior Privacy Counsel / Head of Privacy
Multinational Technology Company
Madrid, Spain (relocation)

Our client is a sought after major multinational technology employer.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a highly regarded legal team that is central to a dynamic, fast moving global technology business in an exciting and varied privacy role. 

You will join a major global technology organisation in a Senior Privacy Counsel / HoP capacity, reporting to Chief Privacy Officer. You will manage 2 direct reports and will act as a successor to the Chief Privacy Officer in the future.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for the implementation of the Privacy processes in the commercial units of the organisation (e.g. Privacy by Design, RoPA, DSRs, Privacy Statements, Vendor Management)
• Act as Privacy Lead negotiator for the privacy clauses within escalated commercial agreements with key customers (day-to-day negotiations are handled by the 2 direct reports)
• Coordinate negotiation guidelines and respective training activities 
• Lead transversal projects across various areas of the business
• Implement and monitor new standard contractual clauses
• Help define company’s strategy to move to the Cloud
• Maintain and further define the privacy training program
• Support company’s global privacy program
• Lead compliance of assigned areas under company’s global data protection and privacy programme
• Manage the assigned resources and budget (including outside counsel)
• Lead a team of two direct reports

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience as a privacy lawyer / legal counsel
• Experience negotiating complex commercial contracts
• Strong knowledge of European data protection laws and regulatory processes

In return, you can expect

• A senior role and career progression
• Competitive salary, bonus and benefits
• Great company culture and a collegiate team
• International mobility
• Excellent work-life balance, flexibility of office presence
• Generous annual leave 

Next steps
Your recruiter is Mila Read, Director and in-house tech legal recruiter at Found Legal. 
We have been supporting this client for over 4 years and will be able to advise whether this organisation would be a good fit to your skills, experience and aspirations and to best position you for the role.