Associate Privacy and Security Counsel

7 days ago

Cape Town, South Africa DigiCert Full time

**ABOUT DIGICERT**

We're a leading, global security authority that's disrupting our own category. Our encryption is trusted by the major ecommerce brands, the world's largest companies, the major cloud providers, entire country financial systems, entire internets of things and even down to little things like surgically embedded pacemakers. We help companies put trust—an abstract idea—to work. That's digital trust for the real world.

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**JOB RESPONSIBILITY**
- Provide support to privacy and legal team on routine day-to-day business matters with reasonable degree of independence.
- Coordinate with sales and information security teams on questionnaires and general inquiries.
- Conduct gap analyses and develop solutions to remediate any gaps.
- Assist in conducting annual global privacy audit and remediate any audit findings.
- Assist in drafting privacy notices, policies, and procedures.
- Track evolving legislation and emerging areas of risk and regulation related to data protection laws, work with the business and legal colleagues on implementation of new requirements.
- As assigned, assist in negotiating data processing agreements and vendor agreements.
- Spearhead other moderately complex projects relating to privacy and information security.
- Work proactively with business and legal partners to identify and address potential regulatory, legal and business risks.
- Exercise judgment and ability to manage competing deadlines.
- Collaborate with legal colleagues to identify legal issues with potential cross-functional impact.
- Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with co-workers, management, customers, and other stakeholders.
- Demonstrate ability and interest in learning and willingness to take on new challenges.
- Maintain complete confidentiality of company business.

**REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS**
- Working knowledge of privacy law.
- Law degree from a reputable university.
- Experience with running privacy compliance assessments and/or audits.

**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS**
- Familiarity with privacy compliance technologies in the market.
- CIPP/E, CIPP/US, or similar.
- Experience handling incidents.
- Experience drafting policies/procedures.
- Cybersecurity experience is a plus.

**BENEFITS**
- Provident Fund
- Medical Aid + Gap Cover
- Employee Assistance Program
- Gym Reimbursement
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Sabbatical

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