Lead Counsel - EU Data Protection
Lead Counsel - EU Data Protection
Meta
Multiple Locations
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with product and various business teams at all stages of product development to assess data protection compliance and to identify any potential legal risk and provide counseling on risk-mitigation;
- Analyse products, policies and initiatives to provide practical legal risk mitigation strategies for products across multiple jurisdictions;
- Monitor and respond to developments in data protection and relevant consumer laws (i.e., new laws, regulations, important judgements, regulatory guidance, etc.);
- Provide full-service support to wider legal team on EU regulatory and litigation matters and liaising with regulators;
- Provide policy, legal, product, engineering, and other business teams with legal advice on data protection laws and regulations including for external communication, policy development, and enforcement decisions.
Minimum Qualifications
- Lawyer qualified to practice law in at least one European jurisdiction;
- Minimum of 4 years of relevant post qualification legal experience, including at a law firm or prior in-house experience (applicable litigation, regulatory or more general product counselling experience will be considered);
- In-depth knowledge of, and experience working on, legal issues in the area of data protection laws and the GDPR, including a solid understanding of the operation of online social media platforms;
- Excellent problem-solving, written and oral communication and interpersonal skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- While we are open to candidates from all backgrounds, experience working with mobile, application development, eCommerce products, social networking, online advertising (B2B and B2C), machine learning, or other Internet technologies and a solid understanding of ad tech would be an advantage;
- Experience working directly with European Data Protection Authorities a plus;
- Demonstrated ability to work independently in fast-paced environment and provide pragmatic and considered advice under tight deadline;
- The working language for this role will be English - knowledge of, or fluency in, other European languages a plus.
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