Privacy Counsel & DPO

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permanent
London, London, United Kingdom
eMed
08.12.2023
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Full Job Description

eMed have an exciting opportunity for a Privacy Counsel & DPO to join our Legal Department.

WHAT YOU'LL BE WORKING ON: 

  • Lead on all UK privacy compliance. 
  • Liaise with regulatory authorities, and serve as the Data Protection Officer.
  • Advise on a number of privacy initiatives including DPIAs, IDTAs, privacy by design for product development, incident management and activities using OneTrust technology, legal knowhow, templates, playbooks and policies.
  • Undertake horizon scanning by analysing upcoming legal and privacy risks to craft appropriate legal solutions.
  • Train teams on privacy.
  • Assist in developing and refining Legal team know-how including templates, playbooks, and policies to address the evolving needs of the business.
  • Negotiate and draft of privacy terms in agreements with vendors and partners.
  • Demonstrate privacy experience and propose solutions to manage privacy issues including collaborative engagement with subject matter experts (including in Security and Clinical Operations).
  • Build trusting relationships with senior stakeholders.
  • Manage outside counsel balancing cost and effectiveness in the delivery of legal services.
  • Digesting rules quickly and determining the impact for the business and helping to set the risk tolerance for approach.
  • Working efficiently across many projects and issues effectively at the same time.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

ESSENTIAL 

  • Qualified lawyer with in-house legal experience
  • At least 4 years’ post-qualification experience at a top tier City firm or in-house Legal team in a large organisation.
  • Demonstrates high degree of capability to balance pragmatism with technical legal advice.
  • Ability to influence stakeholders through a degree of commercial acumen that inspires trust and confidence. Supports others to "see the bigger picture".
  • Perceived as a trusted advisor and contributes in such a way that creates significant commercial value for the business.
  • Excellent communication and drafting skills

DESIRABLE

  • Previous in-house experience
  • Prior legal experience in healthcare or technology industries.

WHAT WE OFFER:  

  • 5% employer pension contribution for 5% employee contribution 
  • Life Insurance 4x annual base salary
  • The Babylon powered by eMed app! Gain access to unlimited free consultations for you
  • Private health care including physio and wellbeing for you, your partner and children
  • Those nearest and dearest to you will be entitled to free digital consultations with our clinicians 
  • Wellbeing programs
  • Eye care voucher reimbursement (up to £20)
  • Participation in Babylon powered by eMed refer a friend scheme
  • Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption pay
  • Up to £80 per calendar year towards noise cancelling headphones
WORKING AT EMED 
Whether you work in one of our amazing offices or a distributed team, eMed is highly collaborative and fun! You’ll have a chance to work in a fast-paced environment with experienced industry leaders. We have a learning environment where you can make an impact.
 
WHO WE ARE
We are a team on a mission, to put accessible and affordable healthcare in the hands of every person on earth. Our mission is bold and ambitious, and it’s one that’s shared by our team who shares our values, to dream big, build fast and be brilliant. To achieve this, we’ve brought together one of the largest teams of scientists, clinicians, mathematicians and engineers to focus on combining the ever-growing computing power of machines, with the best medical expertise of humans, to create a comprehensive, immediate and personalized health service and make it universally available.
 
At eMed our people aren’t just part of a team, they’re part of something bigger. We’re a vibrant community of creative thinkers and doers, forging the way for a new generation of healthcare. We’re only as good as our people. So, finding the best people is everything to us. We serve millions, but we choose our people one at a time…
 
DIVERSITY
We believe that difference inspires a better, healthier world. That’s why it’s at the heart of everything we do. From our people to our products, difference enriches every part of our business and creates a culture based on equality of opportunity, and in which all employees can progress their careers. We’re committed to creating an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, pregnancy status, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.