European Data Protection Officer Job

**European Data Protection Officer Job**:
Remote Eligible: Hybrid

Onsite Locations(s):
Madrid, ES

Additional Locations: Spain-Madrid

**THIS ROLE CAN BE BASED IN MILAN, MADRID, LONDON, PARIS, DUSSELDORF, WARSAW**

**Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - Caring - High Performance**

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing - whatever your ambitions.

**THIS ROLE CAN BE BASED IN MILAN, MADRID, LONDON, PARIS, DUSSELDORF, WARSAW**

**About the role**:
Boston Scientific is looking for a Europe based privacy counsel to join the legal department as a key contributor to its growing world-class Global Privacy Team as the organization’s European Data Protection Officer. This role provides you with the opportunity to deliver legal advice and counsel to an innovative medical device leader on a broad portfolio of diverse privacy and data protection matters. Your day will include a variety of topics that will require you to assist, advise, investigate, research, and resolve legal matters as well as write corporate legal policies to ensure that company personnel are aware of and in compliance with the GDPR and other applicable European regulations.

**Your responsibilities include**:

- Directing development and delivery of training to Company personnel.
- Managing outside counsel to support global business goals and ensure compliance with the GDPR, other EU directives and regulations as well as applicable laws issued by the Member States of the European Union.
- Fostering and monitoring company compliance with global privacy and data protection laws and regulations as well as privacy and information security best practices and standards.
- Providing legal counsel and support in business development activities, including conducting due diligence, advising on privacy and data protection matters, facilitating transfer of legal responsibilities, assisting and advising on product development related issues as they arise, and directing outside counsel in assisting the Company with issues as needed.
- Identifying, implementing, maintaining and updating privacy policies and procedures in coordination with Global Compliance colleagues, the Legal Department, Global Security, R&D, Global Quality, all business units, Human Resources including the Group Health Plan, Corporate Analysis and Control and Information Systems; interact with program and product management across Boston Scientific to provide direction and guidance on company-wide privacy and information security projects.
- Advising Human Resources department on content and implementation of data protection requirements of policies and procedures.
- In collaboration with Global Compliance colleagues, Human Resources, the Chief Information Officer, Global Security and the Legal Department, assisting with the processes for receiving, managing and appropriately responding to potential and actual security/privacy breach incidents, complaints related to privacy and security issues, and government authorities’ inquiries into the company’s privacy policies and procedures.
- Coordinating information for privacy risk assessments, data audits, which includes assisting in the subsequent implementation of any recommendations.
- Reviewing privacy and information security implications of proposed business changes, including of mergers and acquisitions, marketing, and outsourcing activities.
- Structuring, negotiating and drafting privacy, data protection and standard contractual clauses (SCC) and assisting business and commercial counsel in reviewing data protection sections of software license agreements, master services agreements, professional services agreements, SOWs, and other types of commercial agreements.
- Facilitating the development of privacy and data protection training and educational materials tailored to specific business/functional needs and legal requirements.
- Assisting in maintaining third-party/vendor data management and compliance.
- Remaining current on privacy and data protection developments, new legislation/regulations, and competitive benchmarking.
- Managing appropriate policy and operational implementation of the requirements under the GDPR, including negotiation of Data Processing Agreements, Standard Contractual Clauses and the development of related education.

**What we're looking for**:
Basic Qualifications:

- Qualified to practice law.
- A Comprehensive understanding of the GDPR, the ePrivacy Directive and other applicable European privacy and Member State data protection provisions required.
- Advanced proficiency in the independent review of complex privacy agreements and strong co