Legal Counsel Data Privacy

What are you looking for?

What do we offer?

• To be courageous
• To live wholeheartedly
• To keep growing

What do you bring?

• A team player
• Passion for your expertise
• An entrepreneurial attitude

Why Ahold Delhaize

• Huge Impact
• Work with fun and smart colleagues
• (Inter)national growth opportunities

How you can make a difference

As Legal Counsel Data Privacy, you assume end-to-end responsibility in supporting the Global and EU business and IT support offices with all matters related to data privacy. The role is focused on driving a consistent strategic vision of data privacy across the organization, enable innovation through the compliant use of data and act as a subject matter expert on the privacy requirements relating to the evolving technology landscape. You will play a key role in providing advice on strategic topics such as centralized customer profiling, the use of cookie data, data monetization, data analytics and data governance. You will also excel the compliancy of data use across all global AD brands by managing the designs of standard privacy templates, documentation, training materials, DPA’s, DPIA’s, record keeping standards and transfer impact assessments.

About Ahold Delhaize

We’re Ahold Delhaize, one of the world’s largest food retail groups and a leader in both supermarkets and e-commerce. Together with our 17 strong local retail brands in the United States, Europe and Indonesia, we make a meaningful difference in the lives of our brands’ customers, our people and the world around us. We offer a highly dynamic, international work environment in which our associates thrive.

Your new work environment

As Legal Counsel Data Privacy, you are part of the Legal Data Privacy team. You will be given the freedom and responsibility to take ownership of your work and broaden your horizons by working together with knowledgeable colleagues from different countries who have an abundance of expertise in many areas. We will continuously support you and help you build on your talents and skills for the future.

Key responsibilities of your role

• Your role is highly diverse and encompasses various responsibilities. Here are the key ones:
• Strategically and pragmatically advise our global and regional business on data privacy aspects and act as subject matter expert;
• Participate and influence key projects and working groups on strategic (data) topics. Design blueprints and group positions for strategic projects;
• Assist and support the business in conducting privacy risk assessments and Data Protection Impact Assessments on high-risk processing activities;
• Draft and update privacy notices and provide support in the development and implementation of internal regulations and policies;
• Assist and support the business in maintaining an up-to-date register of processing activities.
• Contribute to the privacy awareness of relevant stakeholders by providing training;
• Review, draft and negotiate privacy related contracts and supporting documentation (such as data processing agreements).
• Handle data incidents and privacy requests from data subjects or supervisory authorities.

What’s in it for you?
Aside from what we ask of you in this role, we also have a great deal to offer you: plenty of growth opportunities and various cross-brand career options; flexible working hours; a hybrid working model; and the chance to drive meaningful change on a global scale. You can look forward to a good work-life balance, and the chance to work in an inclusive environment that wholeheartedly encourages growth and welcomes you just the way you are.

Plus:

• A gross annual salary between €77,600.00 and €87,600.00 depending on your experience. This amount includes 8% holiday allowance;
• Attractive bonuses;
• A first-rate pension plan;
• 20 vacation days and the option to buy an additional 12.5 days from your personal ‘flex budget’;
• Travel expenses or an NS travel card;
• A laptop and smartphone.

Requirements

• We think you’ll be best geared for success if you meet the following requirements:
• Between 4-6 years of relevant work experience in a similar position or in an (internationally) oriented law firm;
• A master a Law degree;
• CIPP/E/CIPM (or other similar) certification;
• Good knowledge of the GDPR, e-Privacy Directive and related laws, such as the Dutch GDPR Implementation Act;
• Deep understanding of system integration concepts, platform strategies, cloud-based infrastructures and new IT technology fields;
• Knowledgeable and experienced in applying risk-based decision making;
• Excellent in ENG. NL and other languages are a plus;
• Good contract drafting skills in the areas of privacy related contracts.

Aside from these hard skills, we think you should also bring some much-valued soft skills to the table: a hands-on attitude, outspoken communication skills and the ability to take the lead in order to get things done. In addition to these, a high level of creativity, empathy, and enthusiasm will take you far.

What matters to us?

Ahold Delhaize is one of the world’s largest food retail groups and a leader in both supermarkets and e-commerce. Together, we help people eat well, save time and live better – it’s how we make a difference. And we do it because we care: for our customers, our people and the world around us.

Be courageous

"I realized how much impact you can truly have as an individual, working for such a huge international company.”
Colleague, Role

Live wholeheartedly

“The support this company has always offered means the world to me."
Colleague, Role

Keep growing

“I feel the freedom to show initiative, propose changes and try new things. Having that freedom gave me wings to fly.”
Colleague, Role