Senior Legal Executive, Privacy & Compliance
Job Summary
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The successful candidate will primarily provide privacy support while also supporting legal compliance and AI governance matters for business and operational functions in Singapore and other APAC region including:
Conducting privacy impact assessment and provide solutions for products/services/activities from regional privacy regulatory perspective and promote and maintain privacy management framework in regions
Advising and counselling on various privacy legal compliance and AI governance matters of Sonys businesses
Drafting vetting and negotiating a varied range of legal commercial and corporate documents as well as reviewing and advising on the companys rights and liabilities under existing commercial and corporate agreements
Assessing compliance risksand supporting regional compliance activities to implement Sonys compliance policies and procedures compliance training and ethics messaging compliance reviews and audits and internal investigations
Assisting in legal disputes and governance matters and procedures liaising with and managing external lawyers
Supporting company secretary matters
Liaising with Sonys legal colleagues in Tokyo and other countries for region-wise or global matters
LLB (Hons) from the National University of Singapore and/or a recognized university in a common Asia Pacific law jurisdiction
Legal knowledge about privacy commercial consumer and AI laws in Singapore and/or other Asia Pacific countries
Expertise in applying legal frameworks to electronics hardware software data and retail business
Minimum 5 years post qualification experience in general corporate / commercial work
Minimum 3 years post qualification experience in privacy work including conducting privacy impact assessments drafting privacy-related documentation such as privacy policies privacy notices and data processing agreements and implementing new privacy regulations in-house in a corporation preferably in the information technology context. Experience in GDPR compliance is an advantage
Good command of written and spoken English
Data protection certifications: CIPP CIPM (advantageous)
Conscientious meticulous and analytical with good interpersonal and communication skill
Confident resourceful dynamic and proactive disposition
Facilitate across functions and business units with good understanding of business directions while having a facilitative and commercial mindset
Experiences of working in/w different cultures would be advantageous
Required Experience:
Senior IC