Senior Manager - Data Protection, Privacy and Corporate / Commercial

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Senior Manager – Data Protection, Privacy and Corporate / Commercial

Join BMG’s team in this newly established role within the Legal & Business Affairs department! We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced lawyer with a strong emphasis on data protection, compliance and corporate/commercial legal matters. In this critical position, you will ensure that BMG’s operations adhere to legal and regulatory requirements, particularly in the areas of privacy and data security. You will provide strategic legal counsel on corporate governance and various commercial business transactions, helping to guide our organisation toward success in a rapidly evolving landscape.

Key Responsibilities.

Data Protection and Privacy

• Work with the Global Privacy and Data Protection Compliance Manager, to ensure compliance with regional and global data protection and privacy laws, including the UK Data Protection Act, GDPR, and other relevant regulations.
• Assist the Global Privacy and Data Protection Compliance Manager to draft, review, and update privacy policies, data processing agreements and data protection provisions across broad range of commercial agreements.
• Advise on potential data breaches, data subject access requests, regulatory notifications and mitigation strategies.
• Assist Global Privacy and Data Protection Compliance Manager to conduct data protection impact assessments and liaise with department heads to provide guidance on data handling, retention and transfer best practices in conjunction with Global Privacy and Data Protection Compliance Manager.
• Raise awareness on data protection across the whole BMG UK team, conduct staff training initiatives, and act as the first port-of-call for all data protection and privacy related issues.

Corporate / Commercial

• Assist the VP LBA UK and Head Office Corporate Legal (as applicable) with negotiation of commercial agreements between BMG and various third-party service providers as required (e.g. marketing, software-as-a-service platforms, events venue owners, direct-to-consumer distribution partners).
• Assist VP LBA UK with UK M&A pipeline and the negotiation of related asset and share acquisition purchase agreements. 
• Support Legal and Business Affairs team in developing and maintaining its suite of precedents for its non-music rights agreements (e.g. service agreements with marketing freelancers / influencers, competition Terms & Conditions).
• Opportunity to work-on music rights related agreements.

Compliance

• Assist VP LBA UK Head Office Corporate Legal and Compliance team, and Bertelsmann (BMG’s parent company) with UK compliance matters.
• Assist Head Office Corporate Legal with development and maintenance of BMG UK’s compliance framework to ensure adherence to applicable laws, industry standards, codes of practice, and internal policies.
• Liaise closely with the UK marketing team and provide supervision within the Legal and Business Affairs team to ensure that audience engagement campaigns (e.g. fan competitions and digital activations) are conducted compliantly, from both a data protection and consumer-law perspective.
• Assist Head Office Corporate Legal with compliance audits, risk assessments, and internal training sessions.
• Monitor regulatory changes and advise on the implications for the business.

Legal Affairs

• Assist Legal and Business Affairs team with new areas of business as and when necessary.
• Provide reporting and critical updates /communication on significant UK legal and business affairs matters to VP, LBA UK and General Counsel/EVP Global LBA.
• Advise UK Board and senior management on various legal issues such as legal rights, and new and existing laws which impact the business.
• Ensure that BMG benefits from an increasingly digital, global commercial music environment. 
• Assist VP, LBA UK to develop initiatives to improve legal processes, workflows, and the overall efficiency of the Legal & Business Affairs Department.
• Actively support and collaborate with other departments in the initiation, development and implementation of processes and policies.

Your Profile.

• Experience working in data protection, privacy and compliance, whether in-house or private practice. Experience within the media sector is advantageous.
• Ability to interpret complex and technical legislation and develop policy and processes, to ensure regulatory compliance.
• A qualified lawyer or equivalent experience, working at a reputable law firm and/or in-house environment.
• First class drafting skills, organisation and ability to meet strict deadlines.
• A pro-active, creative and resilient candidate that demonstrates a collaborative approach.
• We’re seeking a candidate with strong interest in music and the music business, and a keen interest in law concerning the music industry.

Now, what's in it for you?

• 25 days pro-rated annual leave, plus 3 days between Christmas & New Year and an extra day for your birthday!  
• Flexible working opportunities. 
• Subsidised gym membership. 
• Private Health Insurance. 
• Competitive pension scheme. 
• All parents, regardless of gender or sexual orientation, will receive 6 months of fully paid parental leave.
• Annual gig allowance. 
• Artist showcases. 
• Cycle to work scheme. 
• Season Ticket Loan 
• Workplace Nursery Scheme 
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme. 
• Give As You Earn Scheme . 
• A fun and sociable office environment. 

Are you interested? Follow the link to apply!

As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we are dedicated to ensuring that candidates with disabilities are given a fair opportunity to demonstrate their abilities. Therefore, we guarantee an interview to applicants with disabilities who meet the essential criteria for the role.

Please note – there may be exceptional circumstances where the volume of applicants means we cannot interview all eligible candidates.

If you have any questions about the Guaranteed Interview Scheme or would like to confirm your eligibility, please reach out to us at career.uk@bmg.com.

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BMG - est. 2008 - is the world's fourth-biggest music company, the first new global player in the music business of the streaming age, and a record label and music publisher in one. Named in 2020 one of the world's Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company, BMG's pitch is unique - a relentless focus on fairness and transparency and service to its artist and songwriter clients. BMG's 20 offices across 12 core music markets now represent over three million songs and recordings, including many of the most renowned and successful catalogs in popular music history.

BMG's fresh approach includes production music, films, books, artist management, merchandise, neighboring rights, and live as well as music publishing and recordings off the same service platform. BMG is owned by international media, services and education company Bertelsmann, whose other content businesses include the broadcaster RTL Group, the trade book publisher Penguin Random House and the magazine publisher Gruner + Jahr. With its multi-platform perspective, integrated technology platform and commitment to help artists maximize their income, BMG aims to be the best company in music to do business with. www.bmg.com

BMG is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment. All job applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Company: BMG Rights Management Services (UK) Limited 

Country: United Kingdom 

State/Region: London 

City: London 

Postal Code: W2 1AS 

Job ID: 277106