Job Title: Legal Counsel - Ethics & Compliance, Data Privacy

Career Level: Manager

Career Track: Corporate Function

Skill Track: Legal

Job Summary:

The Legal Counsel - Ethics & Compliance, Data Privacy is a permanent and full-time Manager role within Accenture's Global Data Privacy team, to be filled by an experienced data privacy professional. The successful candidate will combine strong legal and privacy expertise with business acumen, and demonstrate interest and experience in AI, digital technologies and emerging technologies.

The role serves as a strategic advisor to business and corporate functions globally, helping embed privacy requirements into services, products, technology solutions and operational processes. In addition to providing privacy counsel, the successful candidate will lead and coordinate strategic initiatives aimed at enhancing the maturity, effectiveness and scalability of Accenture's global privacy program, governance framework, operating model and privacy-by-design capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

The role has the following data privacy responsibilities:

Provide strategic and practical subject matter expertise to internal corporate and business functions globally on data privacy compliance, privacy risk management, privacy reviews and privacy by design.
Lead and coordinate strategic initiatives that further strengthen and mature Accenture's global privacy program, including governance frameworks, operational processes, review methodologies, reporting, stakeholder engagement models and privacy-by-design capabilities.
Drive continuous improvement efforts to enhance efficiency, consistency, scalability and effectiveness of privacy advisory processes and related privacy program capabilities.
Conduct and lead Privacy by Design reviews for new and existing internal projects, services, offerings, products, technology solutions and other data privacy compliance strategic projects on a regional and global scale.
Partner with key business stakeholders and senior individuals to ensure privacy considerations are addressed at the outset of new services, offerings, projects, products and initiatives.
Conduct legal research, interpret legal and regulatory requirements, and apply a risk-based assessment of how those requirements affect new services, offerings, projects, products or initiatives.
Advise on privacy considerations associated with AI, analytics, automation, digital technologies and emerging technologies, balancing innovation objectives with legal, ethical and compliance requirements.
Build and maintain strong and trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders, in particular Legal, business teams, Corporate Functions, Data Privacy and Information Security leads, and clients as needed.
Work with regional and local stakeholders to create, maintain and continuously improve privacy review processes and embed privacy-by-design methodology into relevant business processes.
Work with other Data Privacy team roles on global Data Privacy initiatives, projects, program enhancements and cross-functional workstreams.
Stay abreast of legal and regulatory developments related to data privacy and adjacent fields, including AI, technology trends and developments, and translate them into guidance, training, communications and thought leadership for internal audiences.

Relationships:

Reports to: Ethics & Compliance, Data Privacy Director

Key Relationships:

Legal, including Geographic Compliance & Corporate, Employment Law, Disputes & Litigation, eDiscovery, IP, Sourcing and external counsel.
Corporate Functions, including Global IT, Information Security, HR and other business stakeholders.
Market Unit leadership and senior stakeholders involved in privacy reviews, strategic initiatives and technology-enabled transformation.
Data Privacy and Information Security leads globally.
Related subject matter experts, including security professionals, records retention SMEs, analytics, AI, technology, risk management and government compliance stakeholders.

Ethics and Compliance Counsel Data Privacy Manager