Assistant General Counsel, EU Data Privacy

Description

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced attorney to be a member of our data privacy and digital regulatory legal practice focused on the EU region but with responsibilities outside the region as well providing strategic counsel across business segments and corporate functions.

The position carries both strategic and operational weight: shaping enterprise policy while managing day-to-day legal risk where compliance failures can trigger regulatory enforcement loss of customer trust or disruption to business operations. The role partners closely with functional and business teams to embed legal and compliance considerations into internal systems product development incident response and business operations.

This position has no direct reports but operates at an executive level in the Law Department with significant influence on legal and business strategy.

You will report directly to our VP & GC Data Privacy and youll work out of our Bracknell UK location on a hybrid work schedule.

Why This Role Matters

Data Privacy and digital regulations are growing in complexity and consequence across Honeywell Technologies global operations. Considering GDPR the EU Data Act and cross-border data localization requirements this role ensures Honeywell meets its legal obligations while enabling the business to operate at speed.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

EU Data Privacy Regulation

Responsibilities:

Legal Counsel

• Provides legal advice to Honeywell SBG and Functional Leadership concerning data privacy and data export/localization laws and regulations that impact Honeywell primarily in the EU including the GDPR but also encompassing other regional national and local laws regulating Honeywells operations and activities in the areas of cross-border data sharing new system implementations new service and product offerings including cloud-based SaaS XAAS and PAAS offerings and the use of emerging technologies like Generative AI and ML

Privacy Program Development Implementation and Administration

• Works as part of a Corporate COE cross-SBG and Functionally to develop implement and administer a robust global and sustainable data privacy program to minimize data privacy risk and support Honeywells organic growth through product and service offerings that are privacy compliant and build trust in the Companys brand.
• Works with the Government Relations team to influence and formulate data privacy localization and related laws consistent with Honeywells business objectives.
• Develops and maintains mechanisms to facilitate intragroup and external cross-border data transfers.
• Develops Honeywell-wide and Function-specific data privacy training programs including Accelerator modules.
• Reviews privacy impact assessments and conducts DPIAs for assigned SBGs and Functions.
• Promotes a culture of high data privacy ethical standards and accountability.

Human Resources

• Provides EU data privacy legal support to Human Resources on employee candidate contingent worker and workplace data processing activities including recruiting onboarding performance management benefits administration workforce analytics investigations employee monitoring and HR technology implementations.
• Advises Human Resources on GDPR transparency lawful basis retention access transfer and data subject rights requirements for employee personal data including special category data.
• Reviews and supports DPIAs legitimate interest assessments notices policies and procedures for HR processing activities involving sensitive data monitoring technologies or new HR systems.
• Partners with Human Resources IT and Compliance teams to manage privacy risks in HR vendor engagements cross-border HR data transfers employee investigations works council consultations and responses to employee privacy complaints or requests.

Marketing

• Along with other COE team members provides data privacy strategy and leadership for Honeywells Marketing and Sales teams identifying and developing innovative initiatives to improve communication and execution of Honeywells Digital Marketing Policy and processes while identifying opportunities to maximize data use.
• Provides thought leadership for data privacy developments in the Sales and Marketing space including the impact of EU rulings.
• May conduct PIAs and/or DPIAs on marketing processing activities that involve tracking technologies or new and complex innovative technologies.

M&A

• Supports M & A team and SBG GCs on data privacy aspects of mergers acquisitions and divestitures from the due diligence phase until successful integration.
• Continuously improves the COEs M & A toolkit and integrates lessons learned from transactions.

Transactional Work and Third-Party Privacy Compliance

• Supports SBGs on particularly complex or high priority commercial transactions involving data privacy including participating as needed in difficult negotiations with vendors customers channel partners or other entities regarding data privacy compliance and contract provisions.
• Drafts and reviews privacy-related template provisions and agreements for global cross-SBG use with goal of standardization simplification and integration of best practices including data processing agreements privacy statements and notices and other standard privacy documents.
• Reviews third party privacy policies terms of use and other third-party materials for compliance with applicable data privacy laws regulations and Honeywell policies/best practices.
• Conducts and/or reviews data privacy impact assessments or similar analyses of third-party practices.

Data Subject Requests Regulator Inquiries Litigation External Data Requests and Complaints

• Addresses privacy-related complaints received from third parties.
• Provides legal support for external and internal investigations into alleged privacy violations.
• Advises on Data Subject Requests and third-party requests to ensure compliance with applicable privacy laws.
• Partners with the SBGs as a subject matter expert in privacy-related litigation.

Digital Regulation and Governance

• Advise IT and product teams on data governance including data classification retention access controls and data quality standards across Honeywells automation products and internal systems.
• Serve as the lead legal advisor on data rights and obligations under the EU Data Act including user access rights to co-generated data data sharing obligations and restrictions on unfair contractual terms related to data access.
• Counsel product and commercial teams on data localization and residency requirements across jurisdictions including emerging requirements in the EU China India and other key markets and advise on compliant architecture and contractual solutions.

Critical Skills

• Established expertise in data privacy law data governance and technology regulatory risk with demonstrated ability to influence senior leadership.
• Deep working knowledge of GDPR and the EU Data Act.
• Strong contracting capability for data privacy and data governance terms including data access and data rights provisions security addenda audit rights and flowdown clauses.
• Incident response and regulatory engagement experience including breach notifications investigations and interactions with regulators in the EU.

Qualifications

Qualifications You Must Have

• J.D. (or equivalent) and admitted to practice law in a jurisdiction in the EU.
• 10 years of relevant legal experience including significant experience advising on data privacy data governance and technology matters.
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex issues quickly and communicate clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proven subject matter expertise in data privacy law data governance and regulatory risk management.

We Value

• Prior in-house legal experience in regulated or industrial sectors.
• Experience with global data privacy and data governance regulatory regimes including the EU Data Act and GDPR.
• Investigation litigation or regulatory compliance experience in data privacy and digital regulation.
• Strong independent leadership and the ability to set strategic direction and execute in a matrixed organization.

ABOUT HONEYWELL

Honeywell International Inc. (Nasdaq: HON) invents and commercializes technologies that address some of the worlds most critical challenges around energy safety security air travel productivity and global urbanization. We are a leading software-industrial company committed to introducing state of the art technology solutions to improve efficiency productivity sustainability and safety in high growth businesses in broad-based attractive industrial end markets. Our products and solutions enable a safer more comfortable and more productive world enhancing the quality of life of people around the globe. Learn more about Honeywell:click here.

THE BUSINESS UNIT

The Corporate Strategic Business Group (CORP SBG) at Honeywell is a division focused on corporate-level functions and initiatives that support the overall operations and strategy of the company. It is responsible for overseeing areas such as finance legal human resources communications and corporate governance working closely with other business units and SBGs to ensure alignment and coordination across the organization. The CORP SBG plays a crucial role in the overall strategic direction and management of Honeywells corporate functions and operations supporting the companys business objectives.

Honeywell is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age race creed color national origin ancestry marital status affectional or sexual orientation gender identity or expression disability nationality sex religion or veteran status. Learn more about inclusion and diversity: click here

Required Experience:

Junior IC

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1