Sr. Legal Counsel - Privacy

May 23

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Communications APIs. Unified Communications. Contact Centers. Now we're talking.

UCaaS • CPaaS • CCaaS • Cloud Communications • Unified Communications

1001 - 5000

💰 $225M Post-IPO Debt on 2014-08

Description

• Roll out of privacy programs and policies across Vonage and related enterprise entities. Ongoing monitoring and reporting of effectiveness of privacy policies and controls. • Creating Vonage and related enterprise entities privacy requirements and supporting their implementation. • Building privacy into products and services through proactive privacy impact assessments of new products and services and corporate functions (e.g., Sales, Marketing, HR, Finance). • Supporting commercial and CMT teams by providing privacy advice and negotiating relevant data protection agreements with resellers, suppliers, vendors and customers. • Monitoring, communicating and adjusting to developments in global privacy legal frameworks as well as in relevant industry best practices and standards. • Identifying strategic opportunities and communicating them to relevant business teams. • Promoting and maintaining privacy awareness across Vonage and delivering effective, role-based privacy training programs. • Managing consultants and outside counsel.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience working in privacy with in-house experience in a privacy department a plus. • Expert legal or regulatory skills in privacy and data protection in at least the UK and EU, and excellent understanding of global privacy landscape in technology and online businesses. • Demonstrated ability to identify and solve problems in a complex technology and business environment by creating simple, repeatable and actionable solutions and policy positions. • Excellent communication, presentation, public speaking and people skills. • Comfortable with ambiguity. Persistence to drive change over time. • Results oriented, proactive, responsible, pragmatic and ethical person with a passion for privacy and interest in technologies and their societal impact. • Experience with communication platforms as a service (CPaaS) and APIs a plus. • CIPP/E certified at a minimum and other CIPP and privacy certifications a plus.

Benefits

• Legal & General Pension • Life Assurance • Income Protection • Private Medical & Dental Insurance • Eligible for Free Eye Tests • Shopping Discounts • Optum Employee Assistance Programme • Unlimited Discretionary Time Off • Three Paid Volunteer Days a Year