Job Title: Legal Counsel - Ethics & Compliance, Data Privacy
Career Level: Manager
Job Summary:
The Legal Counsel - Ethics & Compliance, Data Privacy is a permanent and full-time manager role to be filled by an experienced data privacy skilled. The successful candidate will have a solid data privacy background and be able to demonstrate strong interest and experience in AI, digital and technology. The role is part of Accenture’s Global Data Privacy Team. Accenture prefers to fill the role in India or the Philippines. IAPP professional certification(s) (CIPP/E, CIPM) or equivalents are preferred.
Key Responsibilities
As part of Accenture’s Global Data Privacy team, the role will include the following data privacy responsibilities:
• Provide subject matter expertise and advice to internal corporate and client facing functions globally in respect of data privacy, privacy risk management, privacy reviews, incident handling and individual rights requests.
• Support and drive development or improvement of the data privacy team’s processes and internal tools, and methodologies for governance and risk management in a data privacy context.
• Conduct privacy reviews of new or existing internal projects and/or client facing and other data privacy compliance strategic projects on regional and global scale. Act as an expert on data privacy topics related to the processing of personal data within Accenture’s internal functions and client facing services.
• Effectively work with the regional and local stakeholders to create and maintain suitable privacy review processes and embed privacy by design methodology into relevant business processes.
The role will also closely collaborate with other legal functions, especially with Employment Law and Geographic Compliance & Corporate teams and with colleagues in Corporate Functions including the Data Privacy and Information Security Leads. Effectively work with the other DP team role