Major, Lindsey & Africa is supporting a major social media / technology company that is looking to hire an interim junior privacy counsel for a 12-month period.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast‑moving tech environment that will focus on operational privacy work with cross‑functional collaboration.
In this role, you will help translate complex privacy requirements into practical, human-cantered solutions that keep our members safe and our products compliant. Partnering closely with product, engineering, security, member support, P&C, and marketing, you will help embed privacy-by-design, streamline processes, and champion a member-first approach.
In this role, you will cover::
* Incident Responses, manging low–medium risk personal data breaches and support investigations into more complex cases
* Global Privacy Compliance, supporting on core privacy operations across GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA/CPRA and emerging global frameworks
* GDPR Documentation & Governance, where you will maintain draft and quality review of DPIAs, LIAs and similar data protection assessments, together with DSARs, escalating, as appropriate, to supervising privacy counsel. Review DPAs, data‑sharing agreements, vendor terms, SCCs/TIAs, .Review drafts of Data Processing Agreements, data sharing agreements, vendor data protection addenda, SCCs/TIAs, and related documentation for third-party processing transfers, escalating, as appropriate, to supervising privacy counsel.
* External DPO & Regulator Coordination, you will be responsible for the organisation of DPO meetings, track tasks, and maintain documentation and the preparation of draft responses to regulatory inquiries in collaboration with legal, product, engineering, info‑sec, and support teams
* Privacy by Design, working closely with Product, Engineering, Marketing, InfoSec and P&C to map data flows
* Operational Excellence & AI, create and refine SOPs, playbooks, policies, and training
About You
* England & Wales qualied Solicitor (NQ - 5 PQE) with experience in privacy, data protection, or compliance roles
* Strong operational privacy experience (ROPA, DPIAs, LIAs, DSARs, SCCs/TIAs, incident documentation)
* Ability to interpret complex privacy issues into actionable, business‑friendly guidance
* Experience working closely with Product, Engineering, InfoSec, Marketing, and Support teams
* Skilled drafter with excellent attention to detail
* Comfortable using AI‑enabled tools responsibly
If this role is of interest to you, please apply for additional information.