Global Privacy Manager & Senior Legal Counsel

Your team’s dynamic:

We are looking to hire an experienced privacy and cybersecurity lawyer to join our global Legal Department to help Genetec navigate the ever-evolving privacy and cybersecurity landscape in a smart and pragmatic manner, ensuring regulatory compliance, enabling responsible innovation, and honouring the trust put in us by our customers, partners, and colleagues.

You will have the opportunity to act as a global leader for all privacy and data protection efforts, including working closely with various teams on innovative projects and cutting-edge technologies (including analytics, generative AI, and others). You will play an important role in our security and data protection compliance practices.

What your day will look like:

We strongly encourage and empower passion, curiously and leadership! This role will allow you to influence the course of your professional growth based on your interests, while being able to rely on the backing and coaching of a solid and fun team.

While no day is the same, in this role, you will be responsible for working with all Genetec teams and departments to accompany them with their privacy and data protection question. This means that you will work closely:

• with our Security team on our cyber security initiatives, incident management, and ISMS compliance efforts
• with our Product teams on our innovations and responsible use of data
• with our HR teams to provide assurances to our colleagues and job applicants
• with our Sales teams on address customer and partner questions and concerns
• with our Marketing teams on digital marketing initiatives (including tracking technologies, etc.)
• and, of course, with the members of our fun and friendly Legal Department team on team projects

More about you:

• We are only looking for smart, passionate, and curious people who are eager to learn, contribute and have fun in the process!
• The ideal candidate will be a lawyer / solicitor in good standing with the law society of Austria, France, or the UK. However, we are open to considering lawyers in good standing with other bar associations, so long as you are based in Vienna (Austria), Paris (France) or London (UK). This is a hybrid role, and the ideal candidate will be expected to come to the office regularly.
• The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in data protection and commercial law. Experience in the tech industry in general is considered an asset.
• High-quality spoken and written proficiency in English is required. Mastery of another language is considered an important asset.

Great if you have:

• Knowledge and understanding of software / cloud technologies in general
• Knowledge and understanding of the software / cloud technology industry, including practices, legal frameworks, etc.
• Strong business sense and judgment
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work efficiently in a team
• Strong organizational skills, with ability to work within tight deadlines and dealing with competing priorities

Let’s talk perks!

• Plenty of opportunities for you to learn new skills and grow in your career 
• Hybrid working environment with 2 fixed days in our Vienna office 
• Additional vacation days during Christmas season 
• Subsidised lunch vouchers or public transport ticket (up to you to choose) 
• German and French classes 
• Employee Performance Bonus Plan and Patent Filing Program 
• International Team Events and Conferences 

Genetec is an equal opportunity employer. 🏆 4.5/5 agreed in an Internal Engagement Survey “People of all age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, and perspective are valued here.”