Legal & Compliance - Assistant Manager Legal and Compliance (Data Protection)

Job Description

The successful candidate will be either:

• A specialist personal data privacy lawyer; or
• A general corporate or commercial litigation lawyer with data privacy law experience or qualifications, e.g. Certified Information Privacy Professional qualifications.

The successful candidate will undertake legal and regulatory compliance work for the Singapore Airlines Limited (“SIA”) group of companies, especially with respect to the Singapore Personal Data Protection Act and global privacy laws.

As part of the Legal, Compliance & Secretariat Department (“LCS”) in the Corporate Planning Division of SIA, the successful candidate’s responsibilities will include the following:

Personal Data Protection Work

• Advise business units on personal data protection matters (including legal risks and/or implications of business decisions), and offer appropriate solutions, if possible;
• Draft, review and negotiate personal data protection clauses, data processing agreements/templates, privacy notices, etc;
• Work with business units to evaluate, implement and monitor internal personal data protection compliance policies, procedures, controls and/or remediation measures, as may be needed from time to time;
• Prepare personal data protection compliance reports periodically;
• Provide personal data protection training to relevant employees;
• Promote and update the personal data protection compliance programme periodically.

Legal Work

• Draft, review and negotiate agreements and other legal documentation to support commercial transactions;
• Provide legal advice.

Requirements

The candidate should have:

• A law degree from a reputable university in Singapore or a Commonwealth jurisdiction;
• At least three (3) years of legal experience and/or personal data protection law experience gained in a reputable law firm or in-house;
• Excellent contract drafting skills.
• Experience in the following areas is an added advantage:
  • cybersecurity;
  • cross-border transactional experience;
  • intellectual property.
• Admission to the Singapore Bar is not required.
• The candidate should be able to:
  • work independently and as a team player;
  • communicate with people effectively in a dynamic environment in SIA and its unlisted subsidiaries.

The successful candidate should have a positive attitude to learn with an enthusiasm to excel.

We thank all candidates for your interest in Singapore Airlines, and regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.