About Ericsson
At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and creativity to push the boundaries of what´s possible.
To build never-before solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.
About the Opportunity
Ericsson is looking for a Privacy Legal Counsel to guide and support the global privacy strategy in India through its program in the Market Area South East Asia, Oceania & India in alignment with market area compliance officers, privacy officers, security officers, legal counsels, and other stakeholders. As an expert privacy counsel, you will provide privacy legal advice on critical matters impacting our Market Area South East Asia, Oceania & India. You will translate relevant regulations, and industry privacy standards into policy, guidance, tools, best practices and advice on contractual clauses, privacy impact assessments, incident handling, data subject access requests and records of processing activities.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Maintain a sound understanding of Ericsson’s business activities and applicable laws/regulations in the Market Area with a focus on India.
- Monitor, track and assess the constantly evolving landscape of privacy-relevant laws and regulations, as well as industry, approaches to privacy program management.
- Provide legal and operational guidance and advice on privacy-related matters for the Market Area and collaborate to assess and implement the privacy compliance program, including providing requirements for new data uses cross-border data transfers, data subject rights, incident preparedness and response and privacy risk management.
- Partner with other in-house counsels, e.g. to provide privacy support for commercial agreements, including drafting and negotiating privacy-related contract terms.
- Ensure that the privacy strategy and policy requirements across Ericsson have been adequately implemented.
- Recognize emerging privacy issues and trends and provide advice on topics such as data analytics, AI, cloud, IoT, SaaS, and other technologies.
- Coordinate ongoing activities as well as perform internal reviews/assessments to supervise the efficiency of the program and alignment with internal stakeholders to ensure compliance with applicable law, internal policies, and contractual requirements.
- Cooperate with the stakeholders, authorities, other legal entities, and organizational executive officers in any privacy compliance reviews or investigations.
- Provide regular updates to management teams and other stakeholders regarding privacy and implementation of the privacy compliance program.
- Proactively conduct and ensure appropriate monitoring of privacy training and awareness in the Market Area; developing a culture of privacy compliance.
- Maintain documentation of compliant, timely and practical advice.
- Manage and control external legal resources.
Eligibility Criteria
- A minimum of 10 years working experience as a business lawyer with substantive privacy and security experience
- Extensive knowledge of privacy regulations, particularly the India Digital Personal Data Protection Bill and EU General Data Protection Regulation, industry standards and best practices with a curiosity about data and cyber security
- Good business knowledge/understanding!
- Ability to independently handle and lead legal matters and prioritize conflicting demands from multiple business clients in a very fast-paced environment.
- Experience negotiating, drafting, and updating privacy and security-related contract terms, notices, assessments, records and other documentation
- High level of Integrity and strong analytical skills.
- A willingness to be a great teammate who initiates and inspires changes
- Solid understanding and curiosity about new technologies
- Fluency in English, a second language desirable
- Independence, goal-oriented and a detailed way of working
- Willingness to travel up to 10%
How to Apply?
Apply through the links given below this post.
Location
Gurgaon.
