Privacy Legal Counsel

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Belgium.

📋 Description

• Provide guidance to stakeholders on privacy, data protection, and related regulatory obligations throughout the EMEA region.

• Keep abreast of and interpret legal and regulatory changes, including GDPR, UK GDPR, ePrivacy requirements, and other relevant frameworks.

• Offer legal advice on digital health solutions, artificial intelligence projects, data governance activities, secondary data usage, and the development of new products.

• Prepare, review, and negotiate agreements related to privacy, such as data processing agreements and data transfer agreements.

• Assist with privacy risk assessments, transfer impact assessments, and compliance evaluations concerning personal data processing activities.

• Counsel on cross-border data transfers and the legal obligations for international data flows.

• Aid in privacy incident investigations, remediation efforts, and assessments for regulatory notifications.

• Create privacy guidance, templates, governance processes, and compliance resources to enhance global privacy initiatives.

• Work collaboratively with Legal, IT, Security, HR, Clinical, R&D, Technology and Innovation, and other privacy teams.

• Report directly to the Chief Global Privacy Counsel as part of the Global Data & Privacy Legal department.

⛳️ Requirements

• Juris Doctor degree and a minimum of 4 years of experience as legal counsel, or an advanced law degree with at least 2 years of relevant experience in data protection, privacy, security, or related legal issues.

• Proven experience providing legal counsel on data protection and privacy topics within a large, matrixed organization.

• Familiarity with privacy and data protection laws across EMEA, including GDPR and UK GDPR.

• Proficiency in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial and data-related contracts.

• Professional proficiency in English, both written and spoken.

• Preferred: qualification as legal counsel in a pertinent jurisdiction.

• Preferred: experience in healthcare, life sciences, medical technology, or another regulated industry.

• Preferred: understanding of emerging regulations such as the European Union Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act and the European Union Data Act.

• Preferred: experience in supporting privacy assessments, responding to privacy incidents, managing data subject rights requests, and handling international data transfer issues.

• Travel may be required up to 5% of the time.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible Work Arrangement.

• Competitive Salary and adaptable Benefits Package.

• A comprehensive array of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to assist employees at every stage of their career and life.

• Short-term incentive known as the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).