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Senior Privacy Counsel

London

We’re very proud of our achievements:

In July, we secured a $200M investment led by General Atlantic to help revolutionise women’s health, and became the first purely digital consumer women’s health app to achieve unicorn status! 🦄

We’ve had 380M+ downloads, have almost 70M monthly users, are #1 by installs in the iOS Health category, hit 4.9 stars on the App Store (3M+ reviews), are backed by 9 VCs, had a 40% revenue increase last year, and topped a valuation of $1B.

We’re a growing, ambitious HealthTech business building the essential digital health partner of tomorrow to empower women, girls, and people who menstruate with the knowledge and support they need to stay well and live better.

Our cycle, ovulation and pregnancy tracking, educational content and anonymised community platform have been trusted for years by millions to help them feel more in control of their health every day.

Now, we’re harnessing the power of data analytics and AI to build a smarter future, one where we all know our bodies better, with an aim to become the essential health partner to women worldwide.

The Job

Legal and Compliance are partners across the whole business here at Flo. They watch over everything: Flo’s privacy programme, compliance with regulatory obligations, contract management, IP enforcement… you name it. 

The team’s divided into three groups - Privacy & Data Protection, Regulatory & Compliance, and Legal Services, each managing its own area. 

This role’s all about delivering on Flo’s continued commitment to data privacy by design and default. It’s a senior counsel position reporting directly to our VP of Privacy, sitting as part of a team of four doing some really exciting work.

Having achieved our ISO 27701 Privacy certification (the first business of our kind with it!), and having launched Anonymous mode (also recently making it open source), we’re continuing to embed privacy into our product and internal processes, and focus on protecting the rights and freedoms of our customers.

Your Experience

Must have:

  • Qualified solicitor in the UK with approx 5  years’ PQE
  • Proven track of work in a tech company, or in-house with a software product focussed organisation
  • Knowledge of data protection laws globally (including the US)
  • Practical experience in privacy by design
  • Knowledge of risk management
  • Knowledge of OneTrust, JIRA, Confluence

Nice to have:

  • CIPP certifications (CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT, CIPP/US of others)
  • Knowledge of agile methodologies
  • Proven track of work in a health tech, digital health or digital wellness company

What you'll be doing

You'll be responsible for:

  • Develop and maintain global privacy policies and procedures with appropriate attention to detail and an appreciation of practical application
  • Provide prompt and pragmatic privacy and data protection advice to the business (special focus on AI, health, and adtech)
  • Give guidance to ensure data protection is baked into the design, build, test and deployment stages across activities and departments
  • Carry out Data Protection Impact Assessments, and providing practical solutions to mitigate privacy risks
  • Reviewing and speaking confidently to controls in audits
  • Proactively assist with the creation and delivery of staff training, playbooks and guidance in privacy best practice
  • Explaining complex legal topics and risks in plain language.
  • Applying a risk-based approach to managing privacy tasks.
  • Undertake legal research on emerging privacy and data protection laws and guidance and consider how legislation impacts Flo’s practices
  • Work to ensure that data protection and best practices are fully integrated into Flo’s compliance framework
  • Support our technology and information security teams on cyber security initiatives
  • Effectively managing projects independently in parallel and meeting conflicting deadlines.
  • Proposing solutions for improvements in business processes. 
  • Manage strong relationships with Flo teams and act as a trusted advisor. 

You'll be targeted on:

  • Successfully providing timely business-oriented and compliant privacy solutions to the companyAssisting with aligning our practices to  the controls of ISO 27701.
  • Meeting sprint deadlines and quarterly targets in your areas of responsibilities. 

#LI-JC1 #LI-Hybrid 

Ranges may vary depending on your skills, competencies and experience.

Reward

People perform better when they’re happy, paid well, looked after and supported. 

On top of competitive salaries, Flo's employees have access to:

  • A flexible working environment with the opportunity to come into the office and work from home
  • Company equity grants through Flo’s Employee Share Option Plan (ESOP)
  • Paid holiday and sick leave 
  • Fully paid female health and sick leave, in addition to holiday and regular sick leave
  • Workations - an opportunity to work abroad for two months a year
  • Six months paid maternity leave, and one months paid paternity leave (subject to qualifying conditions) inclusive of same-sex and adoptive parents
  • Career growth, progression, and learning development resources
  • Annual salary reviews
  • Unlimited free premium Flo subscriptions
  • A whole host of other benefits (health/pension/social schemes)

 

Our Culture

We’re problem solvers, we’re adaptable, we’re empathy driven and results led. 

People here like working in a fast-paced, multi-national, multi-cultural and ever changing environment. Everyone has an impact on a powerful mission, and is happy to roll their sleeves up to ideate solutions and put them in place. Being part of a  growing business means that sometimes it's not easy and we work hard, but our mission is always at the forefront of what we do. 

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The strength of our workforce is in the diverse backgrounds of our employees, and Flo is committed to applying its equal opportunities policy at all stages of recruitment and selection. This means recruitment and selection of talent into Flo Health companies is only based on individual merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. Shortlisting, interviewing, and selection will always be carried out without regard to gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, color, race, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or beliefs, ancestry, age, veteran status, mental or physical disability, medical condition, pregnancy or maternity status, trade union membership, or any other protected characteristics.

By applying for the above role, you confirm that you have reviewed our privacy notice for job applicants: https://flo.health/privacy-policy-for-job-applicants 

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