Senior Privacy Counsel

The role

You will act as the dedicated in-house privacy lawyer and operational privacy lead. You will develop privacy governance frameworks and provide legal advice to various business teams to enable growth.

What you will do

• Own, develop and maintain Carwow’s enterprise privacy governance framework
• Act as principal in-house legal advisor on privacy and data protection matters
• Design and deliver role-specific privacy training
• Lead privacy aspects of data breach and incident response
• Draft, review and negotiate DPAs, DSAs and other data protection agreements
• Own and improve processes for responding to data subject rights requests
• Provide privacy support on new commercial propositions for retail media and ad tech
• Work with product, data and technology teams to embed Privacy by Design
• Own and operate core privacy compliance processes like DPIAs and LIAs
• Monitor and interpret regulatory developments in privacy and digital regulation

Required qualifications

• Qualified lawyer, admitted to practise in England & Wales or another relevant UK or European jurisdiction
• Significant experience advising on privacy and data protection matters
• Significant experience working in-house
• Strong working knowledge of UK and European data protection law
• Experience building, operating or materially contributing to a privacy programme
• Ability to work autonomously
• Fluency in English and strong written and verbal communication skills

Nice to have

• Experience working in a tech platform or marketplace environment
• Experience in Mar-Tech or Ad-Tech
• Experience in the automotive industry
• Experience advising on AI governance or wider digital regulation
• Experience supporting organisations operating across multiple European jurisdictions
• A CIPP/E and/or CIPM qualification from the IAPP, or equivalent demonstrable privacy expertise

Benefits

• Hybrid working (2 days working from home)
• Competitive salary
• Matched pension contributions
• Share options
• Bupa Private medical and dental insurance
• Eyecare vouchers
• Life Assurance
• Monthly coaching sessions with Spill
• Enhanced holiday package, plus Bank Holidays
• 28 days annual leave
• 1 day for your wedding
• 1 day off when you move house

Before you apply

• Introductory call with Talent team
• Interview with Director of Legal and another member of Legal Team
• Interview with General Counsel
• Carwow Values interview with 2 x members of the Carwow business

About the company

Carwow is an online car-changing destination that combines technology, media and automotive expertise. It is one of the largest online car-changing destinations in Europe.