Associate Ethics and Privacy Counsel (Denmark, Bagsværd)

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Bagsværd, Denmark

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Legal, Compliance & Audit

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Do you want to be part of our journey to ensure data ethics in the rapid development of new technologies? Are you excited to use your legal competencies and communication skills, and develop your project management and stakeholder management competencies to help our global business meaningfully comply with complex and evolving personal data protection and data ethics requirements? Would you like to help us discover whether the future of compliance is culture or digitalization, or both?

If yes, then you are the Associate Ethics and Privacy Counsel we are looking for. Apply now for a life changing career!

The position
As Associate Ethics and Privacy Counsel, your key responsibilities will be to:

• Handle our mailbox and provide risk-based advice to the organisation on how to identify, assess, and mitigate personal data protection and data ethics risks
• Drive data ethics and data protection compliance initiatives by ensuring solid implementation and coordination globally
• Develop and deliver engaging guidance and training to stakeholders to increase competencies and awareness regarding personal data protection and data ethics
• Conduct data protection impact assessments and assist in handling data breaches
• Help with practical tasks on an ad hoc basis.

Additionally, we expect you to think big on strategic issues, execute complex projects, engage with relevant stakeholders both internally and externally, and be a great team player.

This is a fantastic opportunity to obtain valuable insights into Novo Nordisk’s global compliance program and operations. You will have the possibility to develop your risk management, project management, and communication skills, while building a strong network within our global organization.

Qualifications
You hold a master’s degree in law and have 0-2 years of practical legal or compliance experience. Other success criteria are:

• Strong understanding of global data ethics and privacy laws and regulations
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to incorporate complex legal requirements into a business context
• Great people skills and a fast learner
• Fluency in English
• Experience from a relevant student job or current job is a plus

On a personal level, we expect you to be highly proactive, ambitious, and structured team player with a global mindset, who can positively contribute to the work environment and get motivated by interacting with stakeholders in all levels, functions, and geographical areas of the organization, while having the ability to communicate complex issues in an easy-to-understand manner.

At Novo Nordisk, your skills, dedication, and ambition help us change lives for the better. In exchange, we offer you an opportunity to work with extraordinary talent and benefit from a range of possibilities for professional and personal development.

About the department
DEPA is an energetic team of 8 employees and a manager. Our daily work includes close collaboration with two project managers and three business support colleagues located in India. You will therefore get 13 close colleagues. We are responsible for developing and driving the global data protection and AI ethics compliance program in Novo Nordisk to comply with relevant legislation including GDPR and the upcoming EU AI Act. DEPA works with a global network of more than 150 personal data protection anchors out in the Line of Business and is closely aligned with a 400+ strong global legal, ethics and compliance organisation.

We are part of the Business Ethics Compliance Office (BECO), which is responsible for Novo Nordisk’s global ethics and compliance strategy which includes personal data, AI, human rights, and anti-bribery/anti-corruption.

We are a diverse and inclusive organisation and we are looking for new colleagues with diverse backgrounds, experiences, profiles, and approaches to problem-solving.

Working at Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That’s why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 40,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.

Contact
For further information, please contact Manager Pernille Villadsen (+45 3077 6560).

Deadline
17th of November 2024.

We will review applications and conduct interviews during the application timeline, so do not hesitate to submit your application.

You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few lines about your motivation in your resume or CV.

To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.