Senior Legal Counsel, Privacy and Data Protection
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Senior Legal Counsel advising Nielsen’s media business on GDPR, data protection, and commercial privacy matters. Managing complex privacy workstreams and supporting European products, partnerships, and operations.
Responsibilities:
- 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
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