Head of Legal, Conde Nast
Technology & Data
3 days a week in office (The Adelphi, London)
Global media company
Open for applications
Global media company
1001+ employees
Open for applications
3 days a week in office (The Adelphi, London)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To inform in new and compelling ways, creating beautiful, visually arresting moments that offer new perspectives, and new forms of self-expression.
Role
Who you are
- Legally qualified in the UK or an EEA jurisdiction with significant relevant experience
- Strong experience in privacy law gained either in private practice or in an in-house role in a similar sector to Condé Nast, including a thorough knowledge of applicable industry codes and best practice
- Prior experience of managing and leading legal teams and establishing in house technology and data governance structures and programmes is desirable
- Deep knowledge of UK and European data protection law, GDPR and e-Privacy essential. Knowledge and awareness of international data protection laws, especially US and China data privacy laws, a plus
- Expertise in digital technologies, in particular adtech
- Excellent written and spoken English, and an ability to speak other languages would be an advantage
- Ability to present legal advice in a pragmatic, problem solving and commercial fashion
- Positive “can do” attitude and willingness to work flexibly and as part of a new and evolving team that is itself operating in a business and sector going through change
What the job involves
- You will be responsible for leading the Legal advice to Condé Nast’s Technology function as well as providing specialist Data Privacy and Technology law support to our Consumer, Commercial, AdOps, Revenue, Data and Procurement teams globally
- You will also partner with senior leadership in Condé Nast’s Technology Team to enable their access to legal advice from all towers of Condé Nast Legal and Policy, working as their legal primary contact for all subject matter areas and connecting them with colleagues in Condé Nast’s Legal and Policy team as appropriate
- Partnering with Chief Product & Technology Officer and senior members of Condé Nast’s Technology and Data teams to facilitate the delivery of legal services on all technology law matters
- Supervising and providing direction on data privacy operational and legal advice given by the data privacy team and across all towers of Condé Nast Legal & Policy and across all markets, including relating to data protection terms in agreements, marketing and ePrivacy issues, policy matters, rights requests, product development, accountability matters, litigation and investigations, data transfers, regulatory approvals, compliance projects and market launches
- Participating in and supporting the operation of the Data Forum, Condé Nast’s pathway for cross functional decision making on data related issues
- Partnering with VP, Enterprise Data & Analytics on the delivery of data & AI governance structures
- Leading a team of in house Technology and Data Privacy, and Data Privacy Operations lawyers based in key locations around the world
- Managing an external network of DPOs and global privacy resources and ensuring consistency of approach on privacy and technology matters globally
- Providing strategic advice and policy support on digital products and strategy
- Advising change leads within Technology on potential strategic plans
- Keeping up to date with with the latest developments in legal, commercial and industry trends
- Promoting Condé Nast’s data governance strategies and activities in-market
- Playing a key role in the Legal Leadership Team and supporting the General Counsel and other members of that team with the development and management of legal department strategy globally
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Condé Nast is a global media company responsible for producing print, digital, video and social brands. These include Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Architectural Digest. The company now operates in over 32 markets and has ventured out with entertainment and education divisions.
With the decline in printed media, Condé Nast has held its market-leading position by recognising that it is no longer just a ‘magazine company’. Millions more consumers interact with its digital and social content over those who read the magazines. Not only does it now prioritise its digital content but to account for the collapse of print advertising, Condé Nast moved titles behind online paywalls.
Targeting future growth, Condé Nast in 2022 appointed a strategy and corporate development role to seek out new opportunities, and has placed great efforts into building its entertainment division. Recently, the company has had to lay off a number of its staff and undergo some restructuring, but it is doubtful this will have a major effect on its operations.
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Company values
- Creativity
- Passion
- Innovation
- Empowerment
- Collaboration
- Integrity
Company HQ
World Trade Center, New York, NY
Articles
Leadership
Roger Lynch
(CEO, not founder)Previously served as President and CEO for Pandora, CEO for Sling TV, EVP of Advanced Technologies for DISH Network and EchoStar Corporation, and Chairman and CEO for Video Networks International LTD.
Diversity & Inclusion at Conde Nast
- Diversity Data Collection - As we assess our diversity and inclusion policies and processes to determine where we need to focus our efforts, we have asked U.S. employees to update and provide diversity data about themselves voluntarily. We plan to use this data to strengthen our recruitment, progression and retention efforts around the globe
- Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) - Employee Resource Groups play an important part in building an inclusive culture that celebrates our employees diversity. Currently, there are five ERGs in the U.S.: The Women’s Network, Pride (LGBTQ+), ACN (Asian American), Conexión (Hispanic/LatinX) and NOIR (Black)
- Inclusion Training - Mandatory inclusion training program was launched in 2020 in the U.S. and has now been delivered to all of our markets around the globe
- 2020 Global D&I Report - Our inaugural D&I Report was released last year to best capture our efforts through the first part of 2020. It will be updated with our entire year’s D&I achievements and will include many insights from our global markets
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