Privacy Director

**Our Exciting Opportunity**

This role reports directly to the Group Head of Privacy/Chief Privacy Officer.

**What you will do**
- Maintain a sound understanding of Ericsson’s business activities and applicable laws/regulations in the Market Area
- Monitor, track and asses the rapidly evolving landscape of privacy relevant laws and regulation, as well as industry approaches to privacy program management
- Partner with other inhouse counsels, e.g. to provide privacy support for commercial agreements, including drafting and negotiating privacy-related contract terms
- Ensure that the privacy strategy and policy requirements across Ericsson have been adequately implemented
- Recognize emerging privacy issues and trends and provide advice on topics such as data analytics, cloud, IoT, SaaS, and other technologies
- Coordinate ongoing activities as well as performing internal reviews/assessments to monitor the effectiveness of the program and alignment with internal stakeholders to ensure compliance with applicable law, internal policies, and contractual requirements.
- Cooperate with the stakeholders, authorities, other legal entities, and organizational executive officers in any privacy compliance reviews or investigations
- Provide regular updates to management teams and other stakeholders regarding privacy and implementation of the privacy compliance program
- Proactively conduct and ensure appropriate monitoring of privacy trainings and awareness in Market Area; developing a culture of privacy compliance
- Maintain documentation of compliant, timely and practical advice.
- Instruct and manage outside counsel, as necessary

Role is flexible to based across MMEA.

**What will you bring**:

- A minimum of 10 years working experience as a business lawyer with substantive privacy and security experience
- Substantial knowledge of privacy regulations, industry standards and best practices, knowledge of the EU General Data Protection Regulation - with a curiosity about data and cyber security
- Good business knowledge/understanding
- Ability to independently handle and manage legal matters and prioritize conflicting demands from multiple business clients in an extremely fast-paced environment.
- Experience negotiating, drafting, and updating privacy and security-related contract terms, notices, and other documentation
- A high level of integrity and strong analytical and communication skills
- A willingness to be a team player who initiates and inspires changes
- Solid understanding and interest in new technologies
- Fluency in English, second language desirable
- Independence, goal-oriented and a systematic way of working
- Willingness to travel up to 10%

**Why join Ericsson?**

At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and creativity to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build never seen before solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.

**What happens once you apply?**

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Req ID: 737159