Data Privacy & Commercial Contracts Lawyer

Kitman Labs is a global human performance company, disrupting and transforming the way the sports industry uses data to increase the performance of the world's top athletes.

Driven by a passion to innovate in the areas of sports performance, analytics and user experience, we have assembled a team of the industry’s top data scientists, sports performance scientists, product specialists and engineers. The company received recognition by Fast Company in 2019 as one of the most innovative companies in the world.

Kitman Labs’ advanced Outcome-driven Analytics and Performance Intelligence Platform are used by over 700 teams in 50 leagues on 6 continents spanning soccer, rugby, American football, baseball and ice hockey.

We have an immediate vacancy for an experienced in-house Data Privacy and Commercial Contracts Lawyer to join our team. This is an important role within the organisation and the right candidate will be capable of managing a wide range of legal matters, in Europe, US and Internationally.

We will expect you to:

Policy Development and Implementation:- Develop, implement, and maintain data protection policies, procedures, and guidelines in compliance with relevant regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA etc.

• Ensure organisational adherence to data protection laws and regulations.
• Advise on data protection issues in the EU & US and work with other key stakeholders in the business in relation to such matters. Data Protection Compliance:- Regularly review and update data protection policies and procedures to reflect changes in laws and regulations.
• Perform the statutory duties of a Data Protection Officer as outlined in the GDPR
• Continuous Improvement:
• Stay updated on developments in data protection laws, regulations, and industry best practices.
• Recommend and implement improvements to data protection processes and controls to enhance compliance and mitigate risks. Client contracts:- Be responsible for drafting, negotiating, reviewing, and advising on a wide range of customer and supplier contracts including but not limited to: DPAs; master service agreements; NDAs; software licences; support and maintenance agreements; SaaS agreements; service level agreements; consultancy/services agreements; website terms and conditions and privacy statements.
• Support the Revenue team with legal issues that arise on a day-to-day basis as part of the group’s business and operations.
• Be responsible for a wide variety of commercial matters such as bespoke commercial contracts with customers. Other:- Manage our 3rd party legal supply firm for any specialised legal or data privacy support we may need.
• Work with our Chief Security Officer to develop cross company training and policies to ensure we are maintaining best practice with respect to our overall data security posture.

Experience and skills we look for:

• At least 3 years of in-house counsel experience.
• Proven experience of working across multiple functions and influencing at all levels in a global organisation.
• Prior experience of managing complex key legal projects from start to finish.
• Ability to assess and evaluate risks against applicable business goals to provide practical legal advice.
• Attention to detail.
• Excellent commercial acumen.
• Experience and familiarity with IT/software arrangements, intellectual property, insurance, data protection and employment matters preferred.
• Experience identifying and implementing process changes.
• Knowledge of HIPAA and US Data Protection Legislation highly beneficial