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Data & AI Counsel
Location
United Kingdom
Posted
138 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Data & AI Counsel
Baringa
• Enable the continuous iteration of key Data Privacy programme components (e.g., DPIA process, TIA process, records of processing, training, policy/standards). • Provide day-to-day legal advice on global data protection laws such as in relation to international transfers, transparency, lawful basis analyses, cookies/marketing, and data subject rights. • Work with the wider team to support operational privacy matters including DSAR strategy and escalations, and incident/breach response support (working with stakeholders in other teams). • Help evolve the Data & AI Compliance team’s service model for queries, triage, prioritisation and tracking, including establishing templates and playbooks. • Help evolve practical processes, guidances and tooling (checklists, model clauses, FAQs, decision trees) to optimise user experience and throughput. • Lead and support Data Privacy and Responsible AI aspects of vendor due diligence. • Support our commercial teams on privacy and AI-related contracting positions and negotiation strategy, including customer questionnaires and assurance materials. • Track programme metrics and produce leadership-ready reporting. • Keep abreast of relevant regulatory developments and translate them into practical action for the firm. • Influence ways of working and build strong relationships across all Sectors in Baringa.
Job Requirements
- Qualified solicitor or barrister in England & Wales or Commonwealth or common law country with 4+ years post-qualification experience (but we will consider all relevant equivalent experience).
- Experience advising in a fast-moving environment (preferably in a technology business with a global footprint) with an ability to balance legal risk, and commercial priorities.
- Excellent drafting skills (policies, guidance, contract positions, regulator/customer responses).
- Organised and delivery-focused: comfortable running processes, managing pipelines and using tools to track work.
- Experience providing legal, data protection/privacy and AI governance support to product/tech teams (SaaS, ML/AI, data platforms, analytics, adtech/martech, or similar) an advantage.
- We’re looking for someone who is responsive, pragmatic, curious, collaborative, and tech-fluent with an ability to build relationships, move work forward promptly, and explain complex issues clearly.
Benefits
- Generous Annual Leave Policy: We recognise everyone needs a well-deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.
- Flexible Working: We know that the ‘ideal’ work-life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this, we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.
- Corporate Responsibility Days: Our world is important to us, so all our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us.
- Wellbeing Fund: We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. We’ve introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice.
- Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company’s success.
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