Junior Regulatory Counsel (Privacy, Product, Cyber & AI)

Junior Regulatory Counsel - Privacy, Product, Cyber & AI - In-house

Location - Belfast (Hybrid), 1–4 years' PQE | One day a week in the office | Competitive salary and benefits

Conekt Legal is working exclusively with a leading global company to recruit a Junior Regulatory Counsel into their in-house legal team.

This is a unique and exciting opportunity to move into privacy and emerging regulation at an early stage of your career, with proper training behind you. It is a highly developing area of law, and you would have the scope to learn it working alongside a really experienced lawyer.

Why this role?

• A supportive and genuinely friendly team
• Real flexibility, with only one day a week required in the office
• Full training and the chance to build specialist expertise early
• Exposure to emerging AI regulations, cyber and privacy as this area develops, which is experience that is difficult to acquire and increasingly sought after
• A leading global business with the scale to give you varied and interesting work

The role

You will sit within the in-house legal team and work closely with the product team on rolling out privacy requirements across the business, from early design decisions through to launch. Alongside that, you will advise on the full range of regulation affecting the business, including data protection and privacy, cyber and security requirements, and emerging AI regulations.

As this is a new area of law, this is an exciting opportunity for a junior lawyer to learn it, and previous knowledge in this area is not expected.

What you will be doing

• Working alongside the product team to build privacy requirements into products and features from the outset
• Advising the business on data protection and privacy compliance day to day
• Supporting on cyber and information security matters
• Helping the business navigate emerging AI regulations and get ready for what is coming
• Working with stakeholders across the business, and translating regulatory requirements into advice people can actually act on

Who it would suit

• Qualified Solicitor - 1 to 4 years PQE
• Previous experience and PQE within either corporate/commercial or a regulatory/compliance background, previous experience of privacy/GDPR is desirable but not essential
• A genuine interest in learning privacy & AI regs and a real interest in this area
• An affinity to pick up new regulations and legislation and apply to a business
• Strong ability to work well as part of a cohesive team, good communication skills
• Commercial awareness, ability to take legislation and regulations and apply to a business