Legal Associate (Data Privacy)

Site: Bosques, Mexico City (Hybrid)

Who we are…and what we offer

Be part of the world’s most successful, purpose-led business. Work with brands that are well-loved around the world, that improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We promote innovation, big and small, to make our business win and grow; and we believe in business as a force for good. Unleash your curiosity, challenge ideas and disrupt processes; use your energy to make this happen. Our brilliant business leaders and colleagues provide mentorship and inspiration, so you can be at your best. 

Every individual here can bring their purpose to life through their work. Join us and you’ll be surrounded by inspiring leaders and supportive peers. Among them, you’ll channel your purpose, bring fresh ideas to the table, and simply be you. As you work to make a real impact on the business and the world, we’ll work to help you become a better you.

We’reestablishing four Legal Powerhouses in Bangalore, Mexico City, Barcelona and São Paulo, which will be an integral part of the Legal Function and provide defined, structured services to our other lawyers and to the wider business.

Where this position fits-into the team:

• Part of the Unilever Legal Powerhouse- a team we’re currently building, which consists of around 20 colleagues in Mexico City

• Integral part of the Unilever’s Legal Function - a global operation consisting of approximately 600 lawyers and specialists.

• Specialist privacy support for the Americas with a focus on our North America Business Units.
  

Role purpose

Tobe the first point of contact for our brands and functionsin the Americas during the privacy risk assessment processwith a focus on supporting our NA Business Units. Advise stakeholders in the Americas on operational privacy work including compliance with Unilever’s privacy processes,negotiating privacy contracts, and responding to data subject requests.Support the tracking and management of our NA privacy program, including compliance with new US state privacy laws. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Acting as first point of contact for our brands and functionsin the Americas during the privacy risk assessment process.

• Assist the US Data Privacy Officer with the management of our North American (NA) Privacy Program, including tracking compliance with new US privacy laws and progress against our privacy program priorities. 

• Tracking the privacy compliance of our Global Business Units, including with Unilever’s Minimum Privacy Standards for Acquired Businesses, and support the deployment of new compliance requirementsfor those businesses to comply with new US privacy laws. 

• Supporting the US Privacy & Data Governance teamsto handleData Subject AccessRequests (DSARs) and Privacy Risk Assessments (PRAs).

• Supporting operational privacy tasks such asimplementing updates to our US privacy notices and data mapping.

• Updating NA privacy materials and resources such as our Privacy Risk Assessment guidance, marketing consent guidance, and NA data incident management protocol. 

• Reporting on trends in privacy requests/ issues, producing standard reports and supporting the team’s agenda to become more data driven in decisions. 

Qualifications & Experience 

• Legally qualified with experience in data protection and privacy.

• Privacy certification such as CIPP US or willingness to complete.

• Experience with ] privacy compliance processes including privacy risk assessment

• Experience in project management and coordination.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.