Legal Counsel

Your new role: Legal Counsel, Data

As Legal Counsel, Data at Global, you will advise on complex data protection matters across Global’s diverse media and entertainment businesses, including radio, video, podcasts, adtech, outdoor advertising, live events, competitions and more. You’ll act as a trusted legal partner, helping Global navigate a fast‑moving regulatory landscape while supporting innovation across our business including digital and adtech products, technology and commercial.

Your expertise will shape how Global builds products, protects consumer trust, and manages data responsibly across a wide and fast‑changing portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Data Protection Advice (40%): Advising on data protection issues across Global’s businesses including radio, video, podcasts, adtech and outdoor. This includes supporting teams on privacy risks, compliance requirements, new initiatives, marketing activity, and business operations involving the use of personal data.

• Product & Technology Support (20%): Advising on new B2B and B2C products, features and systems, including profiling activities, targeted advertising and data matching. You’ll partner closely with product managers, engineers, and digital stakeholders to embed privacy into product design.

• Compliance & Governance (20%): Supporting DPIAs, LIAs, ROPA maintenance, internal privacy policies, data breach management and ICO correspondence. You’ll help oversee data subject rights processes and support internal audits by the DPO.

• Contracts (20%): Drafting and reviewing data processing and data sharing agreements, adtech‑related terms, due diligence questionnaires, and international transfer arrangements.

What You’ll Love About This Role

Think Big: Exposure to cutting‑edge technologies, Global’s DAX platform, and complex, evolving privacy challenges.

Own It: Lead on significant data, privacy and adtech matters with autonomy, accountability and room to shape Global’s approach.

Keep it Simple: Provide clear, pragmatic, commercially focused advice that empowers stakeholders to move quickly and safely.

Better Together: Collaborate with Digital, Tech, CRM, Customer Support, Commercial, Information Security, People & Culture and Global’s external DPO.

What Success Looks Like

In your first few months, you’ll have:

• Built strong relationships with Global’s legal, tech and digital teams, and our external DPO.

• Advised on privacy matters across Global’s diverse and innovative business activities.

• Developed a solid understanding of our DAX platform and Global’s data processing activities.

• Reviewed and negotiated privacy‑related agreements.

• Overseen management of data subject access requests, data breaches and ROPA obligations.

What You’ll Need

• Qualifications: A UK‑qualified lawyer with at least 3 years’ experience in data protection. In-house experience in a media/adtech business is a plus.

• Problem Solving Skills: Ability to identify and remedy complex legal issues with minimal external support.

• Communication Skills: A clear, concise and commercial communication style.

• Collaboration Skills: Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills.

• Confidence and Agility: Ability to manage your workload independently and adapt in a fast‑paced environment.

• Organisation Skills: Excellent organisation, attention to detail and the ability to keep sight of the bigger picture.

Please note: We are open to this role either being a full time position or part time (4 days a week)