Senior Data Protection Solicitor – Head of Data Protection Team

🔥 15 hours ago

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

📊 Data Scientist

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Harper James

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2016

💼 Consulting

🏗️ Construction

⚖️ Legal

Consulting • Construction • Legal

Harper James is a national commercial law firm designed to provide expert legal advice to ambitious and entrepreneurial businesses in the UK. The firm offers a wide range of legal services, including banking and finance law, business disputes, immigration law, commercial law, corporate law, data protection, employment law, intellectual property, and IT law. Harper James differentiates itself by offering flexible and affordable legal solutions, catering specifically to start-ups, medium, and large businesses. Their innovative subscription service model offers businesses access to high-quality legal advice at a controlled cost, making it easier for companies to manage their legal needs efficiently.

📋 Description

• Lead the development of Harper James’s data protection practice • Combine hands-on client work with responsibility for the team and its services • Lead, support and develop colleagues through clear expectations and constructive feedback • Help grow the team as client demand and the service develop • Manage workloads and maintain consistent, high-quality advice • Build client relationships and identify opportunities to grow the practice • Lead the development of DPO as a service, data protection health checks, service scopes, pricing and delivery approaches • Standardise processes, templates and guidance to improve consistency and efficiency • Use legal technology and automation responsibly with appropriate oversight • Share knowledge and work across commercial, technology, corporate and employment teams • Shape how Harper James supports clients and delivers practical, scalable services

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years’ PQE • Substantial experience advising businesses on UK and European data protection law • Experience managing and developing people, including supporting performance and having constructive conversations • Track record of leading matters and managing client relationships • Commercial approach to developing services and recognising client needs • Experience improving delivery through consistent processes, knowledge sharing or technology • Strong drafting and negotiation skills • Ability to turn complex legal and technical issues into clear, practical guidance • Experience with UK data protection compliance, governance and risk • Experience with data subject rights requests and data protection impact assessments (DPIAs) • Experience with international data transfers, ePrivacy, cookies and direct marketing • Experience with data processing and data-sharing agreements • Experience with artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging technology issues • Experience with data breach response, incident management and engagement with regulators • Knowledge of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and wider international privacy developments • Experience with special category and other sensitive data across different sectors • Experience providing data protection advice on technology, commercial, corporate and employment matters • Comfortable working with growing and innovative businesses • Confident using Microsoft 365 and SharePoint • Open to using AI tools and automation where they genuinely improve delivery

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary • 33 days’ holiday, including public holidays, with the option to buy up to five additional days each year • Private healthcare • Death in service benefit • Access to our electric car scheme • Flexible working as part of a fully remote but connected team • Career progression not determined by PQE • No client following is required