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Privacy Lawyer / Privacy Lead (Interim)
Elevate Legal Talent is seeking an experienced Privacy Lawyer/Privacy Lead to join a leading global technology and information services organisation on an interim contract through the end of December.
This is an exciting opportunity to support a global privacy programme, working at the intersection of privacy, technology, data governance and compliance. The successful candidate will play a key role in operationalising privacy processes, managing data inventories and mapping initiatives, and driving privacy compliance across a complex international organisation.
Contract Details
- Duration: 3 months
- Work Schedule: Part-time (approx. 30 hours per week)
- Work Model: Hybrid working (1 day per week in London)
- Start Date: ASAP
About You
- Qualified lawyer with approximately 8+ years' PQE.
- Experience in privacy operations, data protection, cybersecurity or compliance.
- Advanced/expert OneTrust experience is essential, ideally with 3–5+ years' hands-on experience configuring and managing the platform.
- Strong experience with data mapping and data inventory management.
- Strong knowledge of GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA and wider international privacy regulations.
- Experience managing privacy processes including DPIAs/PIAs, TIAs, DSARs and ROPA.
- Experience translating privacy and regulatory requirements into practical operational processes and system controls.
- Strong understanding of data flows, data classification, retention and lifecycle management.
- Experience working with Legal, IT, Information Security, Product and business stakeholders.
- Previous experience managing or leading a privacy operations team.
- Excellent communication, organisational and analytical skills, with the ability to manage a high volume of work and competing priorities.
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Key Responsibilities
- Manage and operationalise the organisation's global privacy programme.
- Configure, manage and optimise OneTrust privacy management processes and workflows.
- Build and maintain data inventories and data mapping initiatives.
- Manage privacy assessments including PIAs, DPIAs and TIAs.
- Coordinate DSARs and other privacy-related operational processes.
- Maintain ROPA and wider privacy documentation.
- Identify privacy risks and work with stakeholders to implement appropriate mitigation measures.
- Support privacy incident response, audits and regulatory enquiries.
- Partner with Legal, IT, Information Security, Product and Business teams to embed privacy-by-design principles.
- Support vendor and third-party privacy assessments and contractual privacy requirements.
- Develop and maintain privacy procedures, playbooks, reporting and programme metrics.
- Identify opportunities to improve and automate privacy processes using technology and AI-enabled tools.
Desirable
- Experience supporting legal, financial services, SaaS or other highly regulated/data-driven organisations.
- Privacy certification such as CIPM, CIPP/E or CIPP/US.
- Experience with Power BI, Power Automate or other workflow/automation tools.
- Experience with data governance tools, SIEM systems or privacy-enhancing technologies.
- Experience with privacy automation and AI governance.
- Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and practices.
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About Elevate
Elevate provides consulting, technology and services to law departments and law firms across the globe. Headquartered in Los Angeles, our 1,600+ strong team of legal professionals, lawyers, consultants, project managers, and engineers operate across the United States, Europe, UK, and Asia, Hong Kong and Australia.
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ElevateFlex, is the flexible resourcing capability within Elevate, we define and support a new flexible career within the legal industry. We match exceptional legal professionals to the evolving needs of our Customers through the curation of a world-class, global Community of Talent, and advanced, technology-enabled search. We were recently proud to be assessed in Band 1 of Chamber’s Global Flexible Legal Resourcing category.
Our Vision is a world where legal and business teams achieve incredible outcomes, together. Equitability and Inclusion are critical to ElevateFlex’s success. As The Law Company, changing the legal business landscape, we know a diverse, inclusive work culture is at the heart of attracting, retaining, and celebrating the industry’s most talented people. We empower our employees to bring their whole selves to work because we know that diversity of experience and perspective drive innovation and is simply good business.
As a strong proponent of diversity, equitability, and inclusion, ElevateFlex is committed to hiring diverse candidates from all backgrounds. We invite you to apply to become part of the ElevateFlex Team – help us change the legal business landscape and make a dent in the legal universe.
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