[Remote] Associate Legal Counsel - (12 Month Contract)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. reputed company is seeking an Associate Legal Counsel, Commercial and Privacy, to support its privacy program and commercial legal matters. The role provides practical privacy and legal guidance, supports customer assurance, negotiates commercial and data protection agreements, and helps implement privacy operations, compliance initiatives, and training.

Responsibilities

Provide frontline privacy support to business stakeholders throughout the organization (e.g., product development, sales, marketing, people, etc.)Draft privacy and other legal policies, notices and guidanceSupport our Customer Assurance function (which provides security and privacy sales support) and efficiently respond to customer data protection and privacy questionsDraft, review, and negotiate commercial and data protection agreements, including, data processing agreements, NDAs, SaaS agreements, and vendor agreementsCollaborate with key stakeholders to implement and maintain key privacy initiatives (e.g., improvements to our data retention / deletion policies, PIAs, data inventories, vendor controls, data subject requests)Collaborate with key business stakeholders to identify privacy risks and implement business minded solutionsSupport the implementation and maintenance of Privacy and Customer Assurance operations tools and processes in collaboration with the team and other stakeholdersProvide business oriented and practical legal guidance and support on a wide range of topics, including commercial contracts (with a focus on SaaS contracts), data protection, and procurementBuild and maintain positive relationships with local leadership and other strategic partners, in particular the Sales and Product teamsAssist in the development of the privacy and legal knowledge base, sales resources, and delivery of trainingTake initiative, work independently and go the extra mile to meet timelinesAppropriately triage a heavy workflow, setting appropriate priorities with internal and external clients and delivering results efficientlyResearch and monitor changes to relevant law and regulations to ensure our programs are compliant, and advise the business as necessaryCollaborate with other Legal team members on other matters and projects as requiredPerform administrative and other related duties as assigned
Skills

• A positive and reputed company approach to working with the business and ability to thrive in a fast paced environment• Highly organized and efficient working style• Experience: 5 years of demonstrated privacy, legal or compliance experience or equivalent combination of education and/or experience• Education: A law degree from a recognized university• Customer Focus: demonstrates a desire to proactively help and serve internal/external customers meet their needs• Creativity and Innovation: seeks new and better ways of doing things, generates original and imaginative ideas, products, or solutions• Open Communication: clearly conveys thoughts, both written and verbally, listening attentively and asking questions for clarification and understanding• Problem Solving: uses an organized and logical approach to find solutions to complex problems. Looks beyond the obvious to understand the root cause of problems• Process/Project Management: skilled at figuring out and managing the processes and timelines necessary to get work accomplished• Knowledge: Familiarity and comfort level with privacy laws and principles, including the GDPR; and IAPP or other privacy certifications or experience working in SaaS / technology
Benefits

This is a remote-first role
Company Overview

reputed company is a platform for managing social media presence and analyzing audience engagement. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://reputed company.com.

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