About Ancestry:
When you join Ancestry, you join a human-centered company where every person’s story is important. Ancestry®, the global leader in family history, empowers journeys of personal discovery to enrich lives. With our unparalleled collection of more than 40 billion records, over 3 million subscribers and over 23 million people in our growing DNA network, customers can discover their family story and gain a new level of understanding about their lives. Over the past 40 years, we’ve built trusted relationships with millions of people who have chosen us as the platform for discovering, preserving and sharing the most important information about themselves and their families.

We are committed to our location flexible work approach, allowing you to choose to work in the nearest office, from your home, or a hybrid of both (subject to location restrictions and roles that are required to be in the office). We will continue to hire and promote beyond the boundaries of our office locations, to enable broadened possibilities for employee diversity.

Together, we work every day to foster a work environment that's inclusive as well as diverse, and where our people can be themselves. Every idea and perspective is valued so that our products and services reflect the global and diverse clients we serve. 

Ancestry encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants. Passionate about dedicating your work to enriching people’s lives? Join the curious.

Ancestry is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Privacy Counsel to join our International Privacy Legal team on a fixed-term basis for maternity cover.
 

You will be responsible for advising Ancestry’s business on all aspects of privacy law in a vibrant, fast-paced environment. You will need to have experience applying complex and evolving privacy legal frameworks to new and innovative products and services. You will focus on providing privacy legal advice and acting as a trusted partner to internal commercial, security, marketing and other business teams in order to identify and mitigate legal risk, and to develop privacy governance frameworks across the business. To be successful you must have proven experience advising on privacy compliance issues, a strong work ethic, and a keen interest in learning about new technologies such as artificial intelligence.
 

We offer flexible and remote working; however, you must reside in Ireland or the UK.

What you will do

• Perform privacy impact and legitimate interest assessments on processing activities engaged in by the business

  Advise on and negotiate the privacy aspects of commercial contracts

  Work with Product Counsel to review new products and features for compliance with privacy laws, and develop commercial solutions

• Assist in the continued development and improvement of all aspects of Ancestry’s privacy compliance programme

• Work cross-functionally with Ancestry’s Legal, Security, Procurement, People & Places, Marketing and other teams to ensure business-wide privacy compliance

• Contribute to and provide data protection training and awareness programs

Who you are

• You are A qualified EU or UK lawyer with 5+ years of relevant post-qualification privacy legal experience (at a law firm or as in-house counsel)

• You have In-depth knowledge of international privacy laws, in particular the GDPR

• You're an excellent multi-tasker, with strong organisational and communications skills

• You have Strong contract drafting skills and attention to detail.

• You will monitor developments in data protection, information security and AI / ML (i.e., new laws, regulations, important judgements, regulatory guidance, etc.)

Desirable but not essential 

• Familiarity with AI/ML and AI legislation, such as the EU AI Act;

• A track record of developing strong relationships across a diverse range of stakeholders;

• Experience supporting security incident situations, notifications and communications with regulators and data subjects

• At least one IAPP certification

This is a full time, fixed-term role with full benefits, including 25 days paid time off, completion bonus, remote working, pension, health and dental insurance. We have offices in both Dublin and London, but our working location policy is fully flexible.

Additional Information:

Ancestry is an Equal Opportunity Employer that makes employment decisions without regard to race, colour, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizenship, marital status, civil status, family status, membership of the Traveller community, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. In addition, Ancestry will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation or adjustment to support you during the interview process, please notify the recruiter.

All job offers are contingent on a background check screen that complies with applicable law.  

Ancestry is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Ancestry via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Ancestry. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Ancestry as a result of the referral or through other means.