Privacy Counsel
Wotton under Edge (Hybrid 3 days on site)
Renishaw is a global leader in precision engineering, manufacturing, and technology innovation. With a strong heritage in advanced manufacturing and metrology, we deliver cutting-edge solutions across industries including aerospace, automotive, healthcare, and electronics.
We are currently seeking a Privacy Counsel (or Privacy Officer) to support Renishaw’s ongoing compliance with its global privacy framework. In addition, the role will also provide wider support in areas including anti-bribery and corruption, competition and anti-fraud.
Responsibilities
As a subject-matter expert on privacy, and reporting directly to the Group Head of Legal Compliance (GHLC), activities will include:
Maintain up-to-date knowledge of global privacy laws and regulations (with a particular focus on the UK, EU, USA, and China) and related fields such as AI and cyber security.
Analyse proposed legislation, guidance, and best practice to develop and mature all aspects of the Group privacy compliance programme.
Provide advice to stakeholders of all levels across the Group on a wide range of complex issues (including direct marketing, cookies, and processing special categories of data), and other legal compliance topics as agreed with the GHLC.
Review privacy and security alerts in conjunction with the IT & Security team.
Manage responses to data incidents, maintain the data incident register, and manage notifications to supervisory authorities as applicable, in conjunction with the GHLC and Senior Legal Counsel.
Manage and deliver responses to requests to exercise data subject rights, in conjunction with HR and other teams where appropriate.
Conduct data protection impact assessments.
Maintain privacy policies, guidelines, procedures, and notices, and other legal compliance policies as requested by the GHLC
Conduct due diligence on third parties.
Provide guidance on personal data exports and conduct transfer impact assessments.
Maintain accurate and appropriate data processing records.
Conduct global privacy and other compliance audits, make recommendations for process improvements, establish robust remedial plans, and monitor completion of actions.
Liaise with the external Data Protection Officer and seek advice from external legal advisors as applicable.
Manage the internal and external facing privacy mailboxes.
Prepare and deliver awareness communications and training packages across the Group (including generic e-learning and bespoke face-to-face sessions).
Assist with risk assessments.
Key requirements
Significant knowledge and experience in Privacy and Data Protection.
Passion for privacy, IT (security) and all aspects of compliance
Strong attention to detail.
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to operate at all stakeholder levels.
Ability to convert research into practical, risk-based advice in a commercial environment.
Highly competent IT skills.
Desirable requirements
Relevant privacy and/or legal qualification
Experience of other aspects of compliance e.g. anti-bribery and corruption, competition law, investigations, whistleblowing, anti-fraud etc.
Experience within a manufacturing or engineering company
Experience of working with international privacy frameworks.
Benefits
When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, *subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. ( not available at all sites).
We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.
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At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement.
If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw.
We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, or require any reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team on 01453 524600 or [email protected].
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Employment Type:
PermanentTime Type:
Full timeRequisition Number:
R8966 Privacy Counsel (Open)Top Skills
What We Do
Renishaw is one of the world's leading engineering and scientific technology companies, with expertise in precision measurement and healthcare. The company supplies products and services used in applications as diverse as jet engine and wind turbine manufacture, through to dentistry and brain surgery. It is also a world leader in the field of additive manufacturing (also referred to as 3D printing), where it designs and makes industrial machines which ‘print' parts from metal powder.
The Renishaw Group currently has 80 offices in 36 countries, with over 5,000 employees, of which over 3,000 people are employed within the UK. The majority of the company's R&D and manufacturing is carried out in the UK and for the year ended June 2019, Renishaw achieved sales of £574 million of which 94% was due to exports. The company's largest markets are USA, China, Japan and Germany
