Lead Counsel Privacy & Compliance

at  Superdrug

WHY SUPERDRUG?

Passionate about Beauty and Health? Want to be part of an innovative, trend setting retailer? Our vibrant Head Office, based by East Croydon station is a fantastic environment filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities.
We’re a team that puts our customers and our teams at the heart of everything we do. At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved by our customers for value, choice, friendly advice, service and fun.
Our success comes from our people – they make the difference. We’re all about personality, we have fun, and we work hard to deliver That Superdrug feeling.

ROLE PURPOSE:

We have an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated, experienced, and talented compliance lawyer to join AS Watson UK’s legal team (“Team Legal”). You will act as the lead Privacy, AI & Compliance lawyer for three beloved retail business units (Superdrug, Savers and The Perfume Shop). Reporting to our Deputy General Counsel (Neil Humphryes), you will work cross-functionally with business and legal colleagues across our Europe and Asia to develop effective strategies and policies related to privacy, AI and compliance.
The role can be full-time (3 days in the office) or part-time (2 days in the office).

A TYPICAL DAY IN THIS ROLE INCLUDES:

Building relationships and interacting with a variety of stakeholders in the business units and legal across our Europe and Asia.
Being the principal specialist legal advisor on Privacy, AI & Compliance matters.
Creating an agile strategy designed to support an effective and efficient compliance approach, ensuring the business units can evolve in the fast -paced environment in which we operate.
Developing a robust and engaging training programme to ensure the business units are educated to deliver legally sound initiatives promoting a culture of good conduct and legal risk mitigation.
Working collaboratively in cross-functional teams to support the delivery of new business initiatives.
Building a strong network of relationships with peers to benchmark legal approach, share best practice and promote the interests of the UK business units.
Developing your relationship with relevant regulatory bodies (e.g. ICO) to keep abreast of a changing regulatory landscape and support the business unit operations.
Building proactive plans to manage potential risk from changes to legislation.
Keeping technically up to date, especially in the fast-moving areas of data privacy, AI and cyber-security.