Lead Counsel Privacy

1 week ago

Croydon, United Kingdom SUPERDRUG Full time

Why Superdrug?


Passionate about Beauty and Health? Want to be part of an innovative, trend-setting retailer? Our vibrant Head Office, based by East Croydon station, is a fantastic environment filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities.


We're a team that puts our customers and our teams at the heart of everything we do. At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved by our customers for value, choice, friendly advice, service, and fun.


Our success comes from our people - they make the difference. We're all about personality, we have fun, and we work hard to deliver That Superdrug feeling.


Role Purpose:

We have an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated, experienced, and talented compliance lawyer to join AS Watson UK's legal team ("Team Legal"). You will act as the lead Privacy, AI & Compliance lawyer for three beloved retail business units (Superdrug, Savers, and The Perfume Shop). Reporting to our Deputy General Counsel (Neil Humphryes), you will work cross-functionally with business and legal colleagues across our Europe and Asia to develop effective strategies and policies related to privacy, AI, and compliance.


The role can be full-time (3 days in the office) or part-time (2 days in the office).


A typical day in this role includes:
  1. Building relationships and interacting with a variety of stakeholders in the business units and legal across our Europe and Asia.
  2. Being the principal specialist legal advisor on Privacy, AI & Compliance matters.
  3. Creating an agile strategy designed to support an effective and efficient compliance approach, ensuring the business units can evolve in the fast-paced environment in which we operate.
  4. Developing a robust and engaging training programme to ensure the business units are educated to deliver legally sound initiatives promoting a culture of good conduct and legal risk mitigation.
  5. Working collaboratively in cross-functional teams to support the delivery of new business initiatives.
  6. Building a strong network of relationships with peers to benchmark legal approach, share best practices, and promote the interests of the UK business units.
  7. Developing your relationship with relevant regulatory bodies (e.g. ICO) to keep abreast of a changing regulatory landscape and support the business unit operations.
  8. Building proactive plans to manage potential risk from changes to legislation.
  9. Keeping technically up to date, especially in the fast-moving areas of data privacy, AI, and cyber-security.

This job is a good fit for you if:
  1. You enjoy working in a fast-paced, ever-changing retail environment.
  2. You are dynamic, flexible, pragmatic, relatable, and inspire trust and confidence from stakeholders at all levels and all areas of the business.
  3. You have strong interpersonal skills, a commercial mindset, and a proven ability to effectively influence with sensitivity and credibility.
  4. You rise to a challenge and remain calm and composed during times of uncertainty and stress.
  5. You have a passion for what you do, meaning you always stay up to date with what's going on in the world of data privacy, AI, and cyber-security.
  6. You can manage a project through to completion and are able to close projects effectively and promptly, while ensuring quality and attention to detail.
  7. You are at your best when problem-solving.
  8. You can operate at both a strategic and operational level.
  9. You have developed the ability to use a blend of data and great instincts to make decisions.
  10. You are tech-savvy and understand the importance of technology for enabling our operations and as a strategic pillar for your growth.
  11. You like an international flavour to your work - the AS Watson Group is a global business - and you enjoy liaising with colleagues in different operations to deliver/receive support.

What you'll need:
  1. License to practice law in the UK, Europe, US, or other common law jurisdiction.
  2. At least 5 years PQE experience focused on privacy and compliance gained at a top law firm and/or in-house.

The team:

We are a diverse team of 9 lawyers on a mission to provide best-in-class support to the UK business by following our Team Legal Tenets, which are:

  1. Anticipate: We proactively identify, monitor, and offer options to mitigate potential legal and regulatory risks.
  2. Synergise: We are collaborative and trusted business partners. We communicate clearly and set realistic timescales. We prioritise what is most important to AS Watson UK.
  3. Work smart: We continuously innovate and simplify to improve our efficiency and effectiveness.
  4. Advocate: We encourage high standards of compliance, ethics, and integrity. We build confidence in our relationships with regulators.
  5. Think big: We support decision-making which is data-driven, customer-obsessed, and in the best long-term interests of the AS Watson Group.
  6. Solutions-orientated: We are problem-solvers who help to identify the root cause of issues and offer pragmatic solutions.
  7. Ownership: We are owners who go the extra mile to drive results.
  8. Nurture: We lead with empathy. We are supportive, compassionate, and kind. We encourage and respect diverse perspectives.

Here's what's in it for you:
  • 33 days holiday rising to 38 days with length of service (inclusive of bank holidays).
  • 2 staff discount codes for yourself and a family member or friend.
  • 30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand Products both in store and online.
  • Hybrid working patterns available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern, and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station.
  • Company pension matching and bonus.
  • We offer Wagestream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it.
  • Being part of more We are part of a group who work closely with Savers, The Perfume Shop, and Three UK.
  • We are part of A.S. Watson Group, the world's largest international health and beauty retailer with over 15,700 stores in 25 markets
  • Unrivalled Learning and Development programmes.

Come and be part of something special.


Hours: 37.5 | 9.00am - 5.30pm - Hybrid working available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern, and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station.


For information on how we manage and store your data please go to Superdrug Privacy Policy.

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