Are you a law graduate / legal professional looking for In-House roles? This opportunity might be of interest to you!
The Role:
Lawyer – Associate General Counsel (Data Protection)
The Team:
The Associate General Counsel will be a member of the S&P Global Corporate Legal Privacy Department, which is comprised of attorneys who provide global support to S&P divisions and functions. This position will report directly to the Associate General Counsel, Corporate Legal Privacy, who is based in Ireland.
The Impact:
You will work closely with the Associate General Counsel and other members of the Legal Department to prepare legal advice, conduct regulatory research and analysis (particularly in relation to privacy and data protection in APAC, information governance, and data localization), and support other lawyers with S&P Global’s procurement and vendor contracting processes.
You will be able to use discretion and independent judgement in the application of privacy and data protection laws and regulations, draft contracts, and respond to vendor contractual questions. You will have strong communication and project management skills. This role will give you scope to act autonomously within a globally diverse legal team. You will assist in providing advice and counsel involving legal and regulatory issues of varying levels of complexity. Being part of our dynamic global team requires flexibility in working hours.
Responsibilities:
- Lead lawyer for APAC data privacy matters, which includes working with various stakeholders across the company on the implementation of APAC laws and regulations.
- Lead lawyer for information governance and data localization matters.
- Assisting with coordination of outside counsel to obtain legal advice.
- Assisting with vendor contracting and negotiation when needed.
- Interacting with, and resolving, data protection legal issues across all business functions, affiliates, subsidiaries, and acquisitions.
- Assisting in the review of training materials relating to data protection matters.
- Providing support for the resolution of day-to-day matters, including legal research.
- Identifying problems and support solutions-based practices by using existing precedents or procedures, including creating legal gap analysis of new data protection laws and regulations.
- Contributing to the achievement of the Legal Department’s objectives.
Qualifications
- Qualified lawyer with legal degree and licensed to practice law in India.
- 8-12 years of experience dealing with data protection and privacy.
- Expertise in APAC data privacy laws, information governance, and data localization.
- Ability to handle high volume workflow.
- Professional, highly organized and detail-oriented.
- Excellent analytical and written skills.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication (verbal and written) and teamwork skills.
- Ability to work as part of a team and interact effectively with others from outside the Legal Department.
- The highest level of discretion, sensitivity, and integrity in handling confidential information.
- Proficient in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Familiarity with the Ariba contracting process management tool would be viewed favorably.
- Experience with data privacy issues related to marketing would be viewed favorably.
- Ability to multi-task and handle deadline sensitive assignments.
How to apply:
Candidates may apply here (click here)
