Senior Legal Counsel - Privacy & Cybersecurity

Senior Legal Counsel - Privacy & Cybersecurity Careem

We are looking for an exceptional attorney based in the MEA HQ in Dubai, to advise on the Careem Rides business in the MENA region, with expertise in local and global data protection laws, as well as commercial acumen and excellent stakeholder management skills.

What you'll do

• Advise local teams of the Careem Rides business in the MEA region on privacy, consumer protection, marketing, and e-commerce issues.
• Be part of the broader Careem Rides and Uber privacy legal team to help optimize synergies for the business.
• Follow up on data requests by data subjects, law enforcement agencies, and third parties.
• Provide privacy and marketing law training and respond to spam and advertising complaints while interacting with regulators as needed.
• Advise on data protection and privacy aspects of contracts, business development agreements, and acquisitions.
• Advise on data protection and privacy issues during the development of new products and initiatives.
• Conduct research on new legislation, advise on the impact for the business, and work with policy teams to minimize impact.

What you'll need

• 8+ years of data protection experience, preferably at a mid to large size law firm, and/or in-house at a tech company.
• Substantive knowledge and demonstrated expertise in MEA data protection and privacy laws, including Morocco, Pakistan, UAE, Kuwait, Iran, KSA, Bahrain, Jordan, Egypt, and more.
• Knowledge about GDPR and other legal areas such as ML and AI is a plus.
• Experience in dealing with data protection investigations and litigation.
• Expertise or familiarity with ads and marketing privacy legal frameworks.
• Excellent business judgment, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Enthusiasm for taking on new responsibilities, even if outside areas of expertise.
• Able to work in an extremely fast-paced environment under the direction of a manager, collaboratively, and autonomously.
• Written and spoken fluency in English is required; spoken fluency or basic knowledge of Arabic or other languages is a plus.

What we'll provide you

We offer colleagues the opportunity to drive impact in the region while they learn and grow. As a full-time Careem colleague, you will be able to:

• Work and learn from great minds by joining a community of inspiring colleagues.
• Put your passion to work in a purposeful organization dedicated to creating impact in a region with a lot of untapped potential.
• Explore new opportunities to learn and grow every day.
• Work 4 days a week in the office & 1 day from home, and remotely from any country in the world for 30 days a year with unlimited vacation days per year. (If you are in an individual contributor role in tech, you will have 2 office days a week and 3 to work from home.)
• Access to healthcare benefits and fitness reimbursements for health activities including gym, health club, and training classes.