Senior Legal Counsel (Data Privacy)

About the role

Tencent's S1 Legal & Administration Line supports corporate security, legal affairs, government affairs, administration, procurement, infrastructure and corporate social responsibility. This Senior Legal Counsel (Data Privacy) role provides data and privacy-related legal advice and day-to-day support for Tencent's global businesses, advising on compliance with global privacy laws and regulations.

Key responsibilities

• Advise on compliance across all aspects of global privacy laws and regulations, including data protection, data security and data breach rules.
• Develop and implement programs to comply with international data privacy and personal information collection rules, including the GDPR, CCPA and PDPO/PDPA.
• Manage and coordinate outside counsel for all privacy law projects.
• Draft, review, negotiate and administer legal and commercial documentation.
• Analyse global privacy legal requirements and keep stakeholders informed of new privacy laws and regulations affecting Tencent.

Required profile

• Common law qualified lawyer with at least 4 years of professional qualification experience, including at a law firm and/or in-house.
• Able to work independently and contribute effectively in a team.
• Proven track record dealing with data and privacy issues for international businesses; experience designing and implementing a global privacy compliance program is a plus.
• Experience reviewing products for data privacy compliance, including ROPs, PIAs and TIAs.
• Experience working with business and technical teams throughout the product lifecycle.
• Strong interest in the internet, gaming, cloud services and AI space.
• Excellent written and spoken English and Chinese (Mandarin).