Position Objective:
The Legal and Privacy Counsel is responsible for providing day-to-day management of the Porsche Cars Canada, Ltd. Privacy Management System ("PPMS") in coordination with and under the supervision and direction of the Director, Legal and Compliance. This position also provides day-to-day management of Legal topics such as marketing and advertising legal review, French language requirements, French language document review, French language litigation, customer complaints and other matters as they arise from time to time.
Primary Responsibilities:
Privacy
- Lead the efforts to fulfill the Porsche Privacy Management System (PPMS) requirements and support the development and execution of the local privacy strategy
- Assist with the oversight of the integration of privacy in all relevant local processes and instruments
- Promote and advise on privacy best-practices and standards to all levels of the organization
- Partner with and provide guidance to business units, to ensure privacy risks are identified, proactively managed, and/or mitigated appropriately
- Assess new initiatives and participate in solution design to ensure sustainable processes and capabilities are in place to support Porsche Cars Canada's privacy objectives
- Stay abreast of local and global privacy regulations, adapt regulatory requirements into business implications and remediation options
- Prepare reporting and provide oversight of the effectiveness of the local privacy activities as needed
- Partner with the relevant business leaders in the development and implementation of measures to improve the privacy-related local strategy
- Act as first point of contact for operational privacy compliance questions
- Assist with reporting, monitoring, and reviewing the effectiveness of the local privacy activities
Legal
- Review and provide legal advice and guidance related to marketing and advertising matters
- Review and provide legal advice and guidance with respect to French language requirements
- Assist with handling of French language legal issues, including customer complaints, marketing materials and litigation
- Assist with other legal topics as they arise from time to time
Compliance
- Promote Compliance Culture within Porsche Cars Canada and its subsidiary companies
- Provide compliance support as needed
- Assist with Compliance/Legal department administration
Education:
- Law Degree, from recognized law school
- Certification from recognized Canadian compliance professionals organization
Experience:
- Minimum 3- 5 years' corporate compliance and legal experience (preferably with exposure to automotive industry)
Skills:
- Substantive legal/compliance knowledge and basic understanding of laws pertaining to an automobile distributor in Canada, with a focus on privacy
- French language proficiency required
- Must have proven negotiation skills
- Ability to travel within Canada and Europe, as necessary
Competencies:
- Effective in establishing initiatives, actively contributes to the organization's best business practices by disclosing pertinent information to relevant stakeholders regarding prescribed rules and regulations
- Must be detail-oriented and have strong planning and organizational skills
- Ability to judge and solve problems and conflicts
- Ability to think entrepreneurially and thrive with a varying level of ambiguity and uncertainty
- Strong interpersonal skills, with demonstrated ability to work collaboratively at all levels of a multi-cultural organization
- Motivated, goal-oriented and high performing
- Ability to multi-task and deliver high quality work under tight timelines
- Ability to work independently with a high degree of initiative, takes ownership of their performance and driving results
- Ability to manage and execute projects with strong organizational and time management skills
- Strong interpersonal skills with passion for customer satisfaction and demonstrated ability to work in a team environment
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Is a role model, inspires others by demonstrating actions and attitude aligned with company values.