Senior Legal Counsel, Privacy and Data Protection

🔥 22 hours ago

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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Nielsen

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1923

📱 Media

📣 Marketing

💰 Post-IPO Debt on 2023-02

Media • Data Analytics • Marketing

Nielsen is a global measurement and data analytics company that provides audience measurement and media metrics solutions across various platforms. They offer cross-media measurement services spanning TV, digital, streaming, and audio for more precise media planning and marketing optimization. Nielsen's flagship product, Nielsen ONE, integrates these services to deliver a comprehensive view of audience habits and preferences. Additionally, they offer insights and tools for understanding consumer behavior and optimizing marketing strategies, backed by a robust data infrastructure including big data and panel methodologies. Nielsen also champions diversity and inclusion, emphasizing a culture supported by a diverse workforce and numerous business resource groups.

📋 Description

• Provide senior legal guidance on EU/EEA privacy compliance, data governance, and risk mitigation • Independently manage complex privacy workstreams and support Nielsen’s European privacy program • Serve as a trusted advisor to local sales and business teams • Work closely with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Information Security, Procurement, Sales, Marketing, and Legal colleagues across jurisdictions • Advise on GDPR, national implementing laws, EDPB guidance, ePrivacy requirements, marketing and consumer protection rules, and related European digital regulations • Translate legal developments into guidance, contract language, policies, notices, processes, and implementation requirements • Draft, review, and negotiate data processing agreements, data protection exhibits, data sharing and data use agreements, data transfer arrangements, and privacy provisions in commercial contracts • Support customer agreements, proposals, product offerings, data services, partnerships, and commercial opportunities • Conduct and oversee PIAs/DPIAs, transfer impact assessments, legitimate interest assessments, and other privacy risk assessments • Conduct privacy due diligence on third parties, vendors, customers, and strategic partners • Advise on adtech, audience measurement, analytics, identity, cookies, pixels, SDKs, targeted advertising, consent management, data monetization, and media and marketing data practices • Assess data collection, use, disclosure, retention, and deletion activities for compliant product launches and operational changes • Communicate with or support communications with data protection authorities and supervisory authorities • Support privacy incident and data breach response, data subject rights escalations, regulatory inquiries, audits, and compliance matters • Improve privacy program materials, including policies, procedures, playbooks, templates, training, records of processing, data inventories, retention requirements, and compliance reporting • Monitor EU/EEA and national privacy law, enforcement trends, and digital regulation; assess business impact and communicate recommendations

🎯 Requirements

• Extensive experience practicing privacy, data protection, technology, commercial, or related legal work in-house, with a track record of producing high-quality independent work • Law degree or equivalent legal qualification • Qualification or admission in the UK is required • Deep, practical knowledge of the GDPR and applicable national privacy and data protection laws in at least one relevant European jurisdiction • Experience conducting or overseeing DPIAs/PIAs, transfer impact assessments, legitimate interest assessments, and privacy risk assessments • Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating DPAs, data protection exhibits, and other privacy-related contract terms • Experience advising business, sales, product, technology, or commercial teams on complex privacy issues • Experience engaging with or supporting communications to supervisory authorities, regulators, or other public-sector stakeholders is preferred • Strong legal research, writing, negotiation, analytical, and issue-spotting skills • Ability to exercise sound judgment and build consensus among diverse stakeholders • Excellent written and verbal English communication skills • Fluency in an additional European language is a plus • CIPP/E certification is greatly preferred but is not a hard requirement • CIPM, CIPT, or an equivalent privacy credential is a plus • Adtech, martech, media measurement, audience analytics, data licensing, or digital advertising experience is strongly preferred • Knowledge of U.S. privacy and data protection requirements is an advantage • Knowledge of APAC privacy and data protection regulations is an advantage • Familiarity with international data transfers, standard contractual clauses, cross-border data sharing, consent and preference management, privacy management tools, data mapping, and records of processing activities

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits • Varied area of responsibility • Open corporate culture with numerous development opportunities • Ability to work independently in a motivated and friendly team • Informal atmosphere in a dynamic media company • Opportunities for ownership and personal development