Hybrid Privacy Counsel

at AVEVA

• Job title: Privacy Counsel
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior, Mid level
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Privacy Counsel at AVEVA providing day-to-day privacy advice and managing privacy governance. Supporting data protection efforts while collaborating with various departments across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day privacy advice to internal stakeholders across HR, Security, Marketing, Sales, Procurement, Product
• Support the Senior Privacy Counsel on complex queries, escalation items, and strategic initiatives
• Assist with completion and review of DPIAs and privacy-by-design checklists
• Review, draft and negotiate privacy-related terms in customer agreements (e.g. customer DPAs)
• Support procurement with vendor DPAs and privacy clauses in supplier agreements
• Help maintain and improve DPA templates and fallback positions aligned to AVEVA’s business
• Support assessment of cross-border transfers and appropriate safeguards (e.g., SCCs, transfer risk assessments where required, onward transfer considerations)
• Help maintain privacy policies, notices, playbooks and internal guidance (e.g., retention, transparency notices, ROPA support)
• Support handling of data subject requests (DSARs) and related enquiries
• Assist with training/awareness materials for key functions (Sales, Marketing, HR)
• Support incident response processes from a privacy perspective (triage, regulatory notification assessments, customer notification considerations, record-keeping)
• Track global privacy regulatory developments relevant to AVEVA
• Contribute to reporting, and audit-readiness

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer with at least 2–4 years PQE (or equivalent experience)
• Demonstrable privacy/data protection experience (preferably in-house within the tech sector)
• Knowledge of major privacy frameworks (especially UK/EU GDPR)
• Ability to apply them practically in a commercial setting
• Exposure to other global privacy laws would be advantageous such as US state privacy laws, APAC privacy laws
• Experience reviewing/drafting DPAs and advising on controller/processor topics
• Experience with privacy assessments (DPIAs), ROPA, retention, and DSARs
• Interest/experience in data governance topics such as AI governance
• Pragmatic and risk-based approach
• Comfortable operating in a matrix environment with global stakeholders and competing priorities
• Collaborative and open to learning.

Benefits

• Flexible benefits fund
• Emergency leave days
• Adoption leave
• 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• Pension
• Life cover
• Private medical insurance
• Parental leave
• Education assistance program