Associate Director, Legal

3 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Blizzard Entertainment Full time
Job Title: Associate Director, Legal

Join our team as an Associate Director, Legal, and play a key role in driving the improvement and implementation of our global privacy program across ABK, covering King globally and Activision Blizzard in EMEA, LATAM, and ANZ.

Responsibilities:
  • Lead various global privacy projects to ensure compliance with new privacy laws and regulations in different parts of the business, including games and marketing.
  • Collaborate with international cross-functional teams on a variety of products and services (games, shared & central tech, and marketing & advertising teams) to ensure privacy compliance and advise them on innovative privacy challenges.
  • Manage the groups GDPR compliance program, including records of data processing activities (ROPA) and various privacy risk assessments, including AI, data protection impact assessments (DPIA), legitimate interest assessments (LIA), and transfer impact assessments (TIA/TRA).
  • Prepare, maintain, and update privacy documentation, including data protection agreements, standard contractual clauses, and internal policies.
  • Apply a risk-based approach to data protection reviews and guidance.
  • Keep up to date with changes in laws, regulations, and guidelines across the EMEA region and beyond that may impact the design, development, and marketing of our products and services.
  • Serve as a senior adviser for Customer Support when responding to customer queries related to privacy.
  • Prepare and deliver privacy and data protection training when needed.
  • Support the EMEA legal team in improving processes, efficiency, compliance framework, and standard methodologies and support the team in responding to privacy queries.
  • Manage and support privacy legal counsel role.
Requirements:
  • PQE 7+ (or equivalent), with experience gained in a similar role, either in a law firm and/or in-house, with significant exposure to data protection and privacy issues in Europe.
  • Experience and knowledge of UK and European laws.
  • Strong experience advising on data protection and privacy requirements, with an emphasis on use of EU/UK data in sophisticated market scenarios.
Personal Attributes:
  • Full commitment to the position and a passion for privacy.
  • Positive attitude.
  • Pragmatic and curious thinker, not afraid to work outside the box.
  • Great commercial awareness.
Our Company:

At King, we're Making the World Playful. We're the creators behind Candy Crush, Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch, Pet Rescue, and loads of other sweet games. As a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, King is part of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft.

Activision Blizzard plays a centralized role in the creation of epic entertainment by supporting our interactive gaming brands and studios with a diverse range of career opportunities across corporate functions such as Marketing, Communications, Legal, Human Resources, and Finance.

Our office is based in Soho, the cultural heart of London's West End, with a vast array of classic record shops and leading film companies, media offices, and great restaurants. Regents Park is close enough for a lunchtime run, as are the delights of Piccadilly Circus and the shopping mecca of Oxford Street.

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