Travelport is a place of opportunity. It's our incredible team that makes our company great - our people drive our winning culture. What's Travelport? Travelport is a worldwide travel retail platform that provides easy ways for businesses like airlines, hotels, and car rental companies to connect through personalized content to agencies and travelers. The world is changing, and our industry must change with it. We're leading the change; we are the change.
We are on a mission to power the future of travel; come join us.
What does a great Legal Counsel Data Protection and Privacy do? This role requires the provision of legal advice and project management on a variety of data protection issues/projects as they relate to Travelport, including drafting and negotiating of contractual provisions relating to data protection. This person must be a results-orientated lawyer with a good understanding of the data privacy legislative framework. Support on other contractual/commercial matters may also be required. The role of Legal Counsel - Data Protection and Privacy will report into the Data Protection Officer.
Responsibilities include: - Provide legal advice and support to management and staff on a wide range of data protection legal issues across multiple territories but with a focus on GDPR and the UK GDPR/Data Protection Act.
- Assist with data protection matters in a contractual/transactional context for customer, supplier and technology providers.
- Work with key internal stakeholders (including the People Team) to ensure compliance with data privacy laws, and where necessary, advising on and monitoring data protection privacy assessments.
- Review and negotiate vendor contracts (including EU standard clauses) and consents needed to implement projects in partnership with the technology legal team, procurement, and cyber security functions.
- Work with Compliance in the management of Travelport's privacy governance framework with regular and ad-hoc reporting on data privacy compliance within the organization.
- Deliver data project, such as compliance programs, merger and acquisition support (where required), intra-group data transfer agreements and, other advisory work.
- Support the work of the Data Protection Officer, participating in the Privacy and Compliance Team and Privacy Steering Committee meetings.
- Advise the business on how data can be used in a compliant way both in the product and technology lifecycles.
- Maintain an (i) in-depth knowledge of the contracts, legislation, guidance and policies that regulate the use of data assets by the Travelport group; and (ii) expert level understanding of how these impact the business.
- Assisting with maintaining the Records of Processing Activity and managing any notifications/registrations with local supervisory authorities.
- Advising on data protection impact assessments and legitimate interest assessments.
- Provide training and support to the business in respect of the use of the Travelport group's data assets, products and services in compliance with data protection legislation.
- Provide legal support on data protection queries and complaints received from data subjects and commercial, product, technology, People or marketing teams (including advising on communications with supervisory authorities if required).
- Analyse, draft and negotiate customer, supplier and technology contracts.
- Prioritise workload and adhere to timeframes for completing tasks.
- Provide clear, accurate guidance to internal stakeholders on contracts, legal risks and other legal authorities.
- Support company purpose, vision, and values.
Who we are looking for in this role: - Trained in top or mid-tier commercial law firm in a common law jurisdiction.
- 4-6 years of relevant post-qualification experience in data protection/privacy matters.
- In-house experience (on secondment or otherwise) preferable.
- Previous hands-on experience advising on data protection projects is a key requirement, including experience of advising on GDPR, on international data transfers, drafting privacy notices, negotiating and drafting processor agreements, advising on website/marketing issues and report drafting to update internal stakeholders.
- Strong knowledge of EU data privacy and data protection regulation, and a good understanding of other major privacy frameworks and evolving legislation worldwide and an understanding of cyber security measures. Experience of CCPA and other US state privacy laws would be advantageous.
- Appetite to obtain expert level knowledge of the Travelport group's wider regulatory universe relevant to data protection.
- Experience with general commercial/contractual negotiation and drafting also required.
- Work well and minimal supervision but with an emphasis on being a team player.
- Excellent oral, interpersonal and written communication skills, with contractual clause drafting and negotiation experience.
- Able to work on a wide range of projects with frequent interruptions but progress projects in a timely manner.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills, detail-orientated, flexible, and innovative.
- Experience handling IT/IP matters and technology transactions is helpful.
- Strong sense of business and legal ethics.
- Robust character with the ability to influence and to work under pressure.
- Ability to disseminate technical legal advice to non-lawyers.
Our ambition is to hire for potential not just experience, and you're likely to succeed if you: - Are always ready to give it your all and deliver high quality work
- Are excited to use your creativity and innovative thinking to try new things
- Take responsibility and own your work
- Are courageous and ambitious to challenge what's been done before
These are just a few of our employee's favourite benefits/perks... Competitive base salary, annual bonus, cash car allowance, private medical insurance, and very generous holiday allowance
Interested? We'd love for you to get in touch! We are an equal opportunities employer and will consider all qualified applicants purely on their skills and abilities. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation, if needed.