Legal Counsel - Privacy, Compliance & Commercial

April 8

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💰 Series F on 2022-02

Description

• The Privacy & Commercial Legal Counsel will manage and oversee a broad legal portfolio in support of our commercial & privacy initiatives, including: • Negotiating, drafting and reviewing a variety of commercial agreements. • Working with all business functions to understand and assess legal and business risks. • Help to improve and build out the processes and procedures for implementing privacy initiatives more efficiently throughout the business. • Keep up to date and advise on related international, policy, privacy and regulatory matters related to our expanding product offerings. • Review and draft a variety of commercial agreements, including, vendor agreements, NDAs, Data Processing Agreements, and other technology agreements with the support of other legal team members. • Help develop, implement and support the continuous improvement of standard form agreements, legal processes, policies and training generally. • Be the eyes and ears for the legal team and refer out matters to other legal specialties where required, including privacy, employment, commercial and intellectual property specialists. • Monitor the landscape on laws and regulations applicable to the business and support the legal team in its global privacy compliance initiatives. • Support with compliance training, awareness initiatives, and embedding of policies. • Provide the legal team with useful compliance information to support product reviews. • Collaborate with the business and the legal team on Privacy Impact Assessments, Data Transfer Impact Assessments and GDPR Legitimate Interest Tests. • Support the implementation and embedding of our GDPR compliance action plan.

Requirements

• AU qualified solicitor (multi-jurisdictional legal qualifications or experience a big bonus). • 1 to 3 years PQE. Prior start-up or privacy, financial services experience is a plus. • Experience with global privacy regulations, including the GDPR. Experience with South East Asian privacy regulations is a plus. • Proven ability to understand technology and the interplay between legal, policy and company strategy. • Ability to work autonomously in a remote business environment with a strong work ethic, to manage shifting priorities and multiple projects. • Strong project-management and operational skills.

Benefits

• Remote-first and flexible working arrangements • A generous budget to spend on setting up your home office (if you need a desk, chair, or screen? We’ve got you covered!) • We set you up for success with the latest and greatest hardware, tools and tech • Learning and development (including an external study policy, live monthly professional development classrooms, and premium online learning content!) • Reward and recognition programs - because great work should be recognised and rewarded • Including Lightning Award for delivering quality work at speed and Values Champion Awards • Swag app cashback offers and discounts on hundreds of your favorite brands and products • Self, health, wealth and happiness programs • Social events and team celebrations • Employee Share Option Program: be an owner of Employment Hero • Annual Global Gathering to get to know your global colleagues - so far we’ve been to Thailand, Vietnam and are excited to meet in Bali in September 2024