Privacy counsel

The role

The role of the privacy counsel is to help ensure that the organization handles privacy well; complies with privacy and data protection regulations, as well as execute on Schibsted’s privacy strategy. The tasks includes to:

• Provide privacy advice to all companies, managers and personnel in Schibsted

• Advise product and tech teams in product development on how to implement privacy by design and combining privacy with data driven products

• Develop and implement processes to identify and address evolving privacy and data protection requirements and risks related to Schibsted’s operations and in the development of new products and services

• Design, implement and execute privacy processes and procedures

• Assist in carrying out DPO tasks, such as handling user enquiries

• Establish documentation on privacy compliance topics, and ensure vendor control through negotiating and advising on DPAs and other critical contracts

• Advise in performing DPIAs

• Advice and support of Schibsted's privacy tech teams.

• Initiate, facilitate and promote activities to foster privacy and data protection awareness and competence within the organization and related entities, including by providing training and written procedures that are widely disseminated and made available to all employees

The privacy counsels will be expected to undertake any other relevant duties relating to privacy in Schibsted.

We are looking for the right candidates to strengthen our Nordic team, and the new roles may be based in either Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen or Helsinki.

Schibsted Data & Tech, which includes the Privacy team, is positive towards and is currently doing a pilot on a hybrid way of working (combination of working from home and in the office, alternatively fully remote, depending on the employee’s preferences). More information about this will be shared in the interview process.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in law

• As we are looking for two privacy counsels, both junior and more experienced candidates are encouraged to apply

• Relevant experience or educational specialisation

• Strong communication skills (written and oral)

• Fluency in English

Key Success Factors in the role

• Be collaborative, create trust and develop privacy culture

• Share expertise and guide in a matrix organization

• Be proactive, and have the ability to work independently

• A solution-oriented privacy mindset when guiding and advising brands and functions

We can offer

• The opportunity to join an exciting and vibrant international company at the forefront of technology

• Through close collaboration with product and tech expertise in areas raising highly complex privacy challenges at the forefront of the technical and legal landscape, this is a unique opportunity to obtain expert knowledge on privacy law.

• The opportunity to be given responsibility from day one and to be trusted to deal with complex legal issues

• Highly competent mentoring

• Competitive salary and benefits

Some travel will be required.