Principal Adviser, Ethics & Compliance, Privacy

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom, +2 more countries.

📋 Description

• Deliver senior, commercially focused privacy and data protection guidance across global enterprises, operations, functions, and significant projects.

• Lead or supervise intricate privacy and data protection impact assessments, technology implementations, and transformation initiatives.

• Provide counsel on sensitive workforce and contractor privacy issues, including health information, biometrics, monitoring, surveillance, geolocation, and safety technologies.

• Direct responses to complex privacy incidents, data breaches, individual rights issues, and regulatory interactions across various jurisdictions.

• Draft, review, and negotiate privacy and data protection clauses, international data transfer arrangements, and high-risk third-party agreements.

• Advise on cross-border transfers, artificial intelligence, automated decision-making, data analytics, and emerging technologies where privacy risks may emerge.

• Assist with major transactions, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and organizational changes.

• Develop global privacy strategies, guidelines, and precedents.

• Collaborate across Legal, Ethics & Compliance, People, Health, IS&T, Cyber, and Procurement departments.

• Manage external counsel and specialized advisors as necessary.

• Report to the General Manager of Privacy, Data & AI Governance / Global Data Protection Officer.

⛳️ Requirements

• Dedication to the safety of yourself and your colleagues.

• Qualified lawyer admitted, or previously admitted, to practice in a recognized jurisdiction.

• Substantial post-qualification legal experience.

• Extensive privacy and data protection knowledge acquired at a senior level within a large, complex multinational organization.

• Broad practical experience in privacy impact assessments, incidents and breaches, sensitive information handling, privacy contracting, international data transfers, and workforce privacy management.

• Proven ability to interpret complex privacy regulations and convey clear, proportionate, and practical advice to senior leadership.

• Experience working independently across multiple jurisdictions.

• Experience in managing external legal firms or specialized privacy consultants.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual incentive program.

• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidized private health insurance for employees and their immediate families.

• Attractive share ownership plan.

• Company-provided insurance coverage.

• Extensive salary sacrifice and salary packaging options.

• Career development and education assistance to support your technical or leadership goals.

• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support.

• Leave for all of life’s occasions.

• Exclusive employee discounts across banking, accommodations, automobiles, retail, and more.

• Flexibility to work from a suitable Rio Tinto hub location.

• Occasional travel may be required.