Job Description

As Privacy Counsel at Onfido you will:

• Work closely with our Product and Engineering teams to ensure privacy by design and ongoing compliance with biometric, privacy, AI and cyber security laws and regulations.
• Develop and improve Onfido\'s privacy compliance programme to meet requirements of emerging laws.
• Advise colleagues across our business on customer-facing matters such as: coordinating responses to customer privacy and security concerns including AI governance and transfer impact assessments, communicating Onfido\'s privacy compliance and safeguards.
• Supporting the wider legal, procurement and growth teams with client deals including being a point of escalation for contract negotiations.
• Respond to day to day privacy queries from across the Onfido business including on Product, HR, Contracts, Client queries, End User and Law Enforcement requests.
• Lead on privacy vendor due diligence and ongoing vendor management matters, undertaking risk assessments, developing supplier privacy compliance frameworks and managing records of processing including client notifications.
• Work collaboratively with key stakeholders, including Product, Marketing, Compliance, Legal, Strategy, HR and Information Security teams, setting clear accountabilities and policies for data protection.
• Create and deliver training programmes, legal resources and contribute to our playbooks.
• Monitor global privacy, AI and biometric regulation and policy developments, advise on risks and opportunities arising from emerging laws and help drive Onfido\'s policy positions.

We\'re looking for a Privacy Counsel who can display the below skills & experience throughout our interview process:

• 2-6 years\' experience in-house or at a top law firm (with secondment experience), with a solid focus in data protection matters.
• Demonstrable experience of leading on a range of privacy projects and issues.
• Expertise in advising on UK and EU GDPR, ideally in a fast paced technology company, financial services company or other regulated industry.
• Strong commercial acumen; able to take a pragmatic approach to legal risk and advise the business accordingly.
• Skilled at collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders across all levels of the business.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Team player with a can-do approach; no job is too big or too small.
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, dynamic business.
• Qualified to practise law in the UK or equivalent jurisdiction.
• Interest in technology.

It would also be great to see the following:

• Prior in-house experience within a high-growth technology company.
• Familiarity and working knowledge of other global data protection regimes including US state laws.
• Experience with data risk management and/or supporting audits from a privacy perspective.
• CIPP/E or equivalent.

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Onfido Culture

Onfidoer\'s share a set of core values and want to hear from you if you believe in:
> Succeeding together; you work collaboratively and put the team first
> Taking pride; you care about quality, producing great work and customer / user outcomes
> Creating customer buzz; you demonstrate a strong user / customer focus
> Learning things & sharing them; you have a natural curiosity and default to sharing knowledge with others
> Finding a better way; you\'re adept at finding solutions, experimentation and innovating to make things better

Benefits
We\'re committed to making Onfido a fantastic place to work, so we go to great lengths to give you what you need to succeed. You will receive:
> 25 days annual leave plus a day off for your Birthday.
> Two paid volunteering days per year.*
> Bupa Private Medical and Dental Insurance*
> Life Assurance (3x Annual Base Salary)*
> Pension with The People\'s Pension (employer contribution 4% of base salary)*
> Generous paid parental leaveFree mental health coaching provided online
> Life enrichment allowance of up to \xc2\xa380 per month to use for services including gym, yoga, fitness classes, massages, childcare, and therapy
> Dedicated learning opportunities including using tools like Learnably with availability to use for learning resources such as books, coaches, conferences, courses, podcasts, and more
> Our open and transparent culture is reflected in our "Better Together" motto and we bring this to life by meeting once a week for our global weekly roundup (OnThursday); holding quarterly team socials, and other company-wide social events
> Expense up to \xc2\xa3300 (or local equivalent) to purchase workstation setup equipment
> The opportunity to become a member of Onfido\'s resource groups in order to learn different skills in our belonging groups

*after passing probation

Onfido Balance

Personal hyper-growth requires a fast-moving environment, a clear career development plan and-crucially-looking after ourselves.

Onfido Balance is the toolkit we\'ve developed to succinctly communicate our benefits offering:
> Our Body benefits prioritise health, wellbeing, exercise and recovery.
> Our Head benefits are focussed heavily on learning whatever your learning style, mental wellness and flexible working.
> Our Heart benefits are framed around sharing our success with our peers, our local communities and our future selves in the form of equity, corporate social responsibility and better togetherness.

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Onfido is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment. We\'re always on the lookout for talented, passionate people and encourage applications from all backgrounds regardless of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, parental status, race or religion. If you need reasonable accommodation at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.

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