Job Description

Privacy Counsel

Wotton under Edge (Hybrid 3 days on site)

Renishaw is a global leader in precision engineering manufacturing and technology innovation. With a strong heritage in advanced manufacturing and metrology we deliver cutting-edge solutions across industries including aerospace automotive healthcare and electronics.

We are currently seeking a Privacy Counsel (or Privacy Officer) to support Renishaws ongoing compliance with its global privacy addition the role will also provide wider support in areas including anti-bribery and corruption competition and anti-fraud.

Responsibilities

As a subject-matter expert on privacy and reporting directly to the Group Head of Legal Compliance (GHLC) activities will include:

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of global privacy laws and regulations (with a particular focus on the UK EU USA and China) and related fields such as AI and cyber security.

• Analyse proposed legislation guidance and best practice to develop and mature all aspects of the Group privacy compliance programme.

• Provide advice to stakeholders of all levels across the Group on a wide range of complex issues (including direct marketing cookies and processing special categories of data) and other legal compliance topics as agreed with the GHLC.

• Review privacy and security alerts in conjunction with the IT & Security team.

• Manage responses to data incidents maintain the data incident register and manage notifications to supervisory authorities as applicable in conjunction with the GHLC and Senior Legal Counsel.

• Manage and deliver responses to requests to exercise data subject rights in conjunction with HR and other teams where appropriate.

• Conduct data protection impact assessments.

• Maintain privacy policies guidelines procedures and notices and other legal compliance policies as requested by the GHLC

• Conduct due diligence on third parties.

• Provide guidance on personal data exports and conduct transfer impact assessments.

• Maintain accurate and appropriate data processing records.

• Conduct global privacy and other compliance audits make recommendations for process improvements establish robust remedial plans and monitor completion of actions.

• Liaise with the external Data Protection Officer and seek advice from external legal advisors as applicable.

• Manage the internal and external facing privacy mailboxes.

• Prepare and deliver awareness communications and training packages across the Group (including generic e-learning and bespoke face-to-face sessions).

• Assist with risk assessments.

Key requirements

• Significant knowledge and experience in Privacy and Data Protection.

• Passion for privacy IT (security) and all aspects of compliance

• Strong attention to detail.

• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to operate at all stakeholder levels.

• Ability to convert research into practical risk-based advice in a commercial environment.

• Highly competent IT skills.

Desirable requirements

• Relevant privacy and/or legal qualification

• Experience of other aspects of compliance e.g. anti-bribery and corruption competition law investigations whistleblowing anti-fraud etc.

• Experience within a manufacturing or engineering company

• Experience of working with international privacy frameworks.

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