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 advice on privacy and data protection 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 delicate 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 concerns, and regulatory interactions across multiple jurisdictions.

• Draft, review, and negotiate provisions related to privacy and data protection, international data transfer agreements, and high-risk third-party terms.

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

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

• Create global privacy policies, guidelines, and precedents.

• Collaborate with Legal, Ethics & Compliance, People, Health, IS&T, Cyber, and Procurement teams.

• Manage external counsel and specialized advisors as necessary.

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

⛳️ Requirements

• A strong commitment to ensuring the safety of yourself and your team.

• A qualified lawyer who is admitted, or has previously been admitted, to practice in a recognized jurisdiction.

• Significant post-qualification legal experience.

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

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

• Proven ability to interpret complex privacy regulations and communicate them as clear, proportionate, and practical advice for senior management.

• Experience working independently across various jurisdictions.

• Experience overseeing external law firms or specialized privacy advisors.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual incentive program.

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

• Attractive share ownership plan.

• Company-provided insurance coverage.

• Extensive salary sacrifice and salary packaging options.

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

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

• Leave for all of life’s occasions.

• Exclusive employee discounts on banking, accommodation, cars, retail, and more.

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

• Occasional travel may be required.