Corporate Counsel, APAC

Knorr-Bremse is the global market leader for braking systems and a leading supplier of subsystems for rail and commercial vehicles, with annual sales of over EUR 6.7 billion in 2021. Knorr-Bremse’s products make a decisive contribution to greater safety and energy efficiency on rail tracks and roads around the world. For more than 115 years the Company has been driving forward innovation in mobility and transportation technologies with an edge in connected system solutions. As a result, Knorr-Bremse profits from the key global megatrends: urbanization, eco-efficiency, digitization and automated driving. For more information, kindly visit

Location: Hong Kong
Position Type: Full Time, Permanent
Reports to: Deputy General Counsel, APAC (Legal & Data Protection) 

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the APAC regional data protection counsel and the first point of contact in APAC to drive and manage data protection topics in all APAC countries/jurisdictions where KB runs businesses (both RVS and CVS), including mainland China, India, Japan, Korea, Australia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore.
• Develop, review and maintain data governance and protection policies to ensure compliance with data protection laws in APAC.
• Provide timely and accurate data governance and protection advice to internal clients.
• Devise and conduct trainings on data protection.
• Actively monitor latest legislation development and keep organization informed of the same, work out solutions to keep abreast of evolving data protection regulatory environment.
• Work with various departments across the organization (such as HR and IT) to maintain requisite understanding and awareness of evolving data protection landscape and to design and implement necessary actions.
• Support KB global data protection team in developing and maintaining global data protection policies and initiatives, and ensure compliance in APAC region.
• Draft, negotiate and review data protection clauses/agreements, handle data protection incidents, coordinate and perform data protection audits, in APAC region.
• Other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Laws or above.
• At least 5 years of work experience, with a minimum of 2 years of extensive/focused experience in data protection laws, particularly those in China (personal data, cybersecurity, data security), is required.
• Strong knowledge of APAC and EU data protection and privacy legal frameworks.
• Knowledge and experience in the field of China data protection laws is a must. 
• Qualification on data privacy such as CIPP or the equivalent will be a plus.
• Experienced in project management in the data protection area, and in particular designing and implementing the regional aspects and nuances in a global data protection program.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to balance business needs with legal risks. 
• Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English and Mandarin, able to clearly and succinctly communicate legal advice.
• Ability to work independently, self-driven, learning and strive to improve company's data protection practice constantly.

We offer a 5-day work week and hybrid work environment.

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