Senior Legal Counsel, Privacy & Data Protection

Business UnitThe S1 Legal & Administration Line functions as the backbone support system for corporate security, legal affairs, government affairs, administrative affairs, procurement, infrastructure, and corporate social responsibility.

What the Role Entails

About Tencent
Tencent is a world-leading internet and technology company that develops innovative products and services to improve the quality of life of people around the world. Founded in 1998 with its headquarters in Shenzhen China, our guiding principle is to use technology for good.
We are not only a major video game publisher in the world, we also produce other high-quality digital content, enriching interactive entertainment experiences for people around the globe. We offer a range of services such as cloud computing, advertising, FinTech, and other enterprise services to support our clients' digital transformation and business growth.
About International Privacy & Data Protection Department
The International Privacy & Data Protection Department is committed to ensuring that the company's products and services adhere to appropriate data privacy and protection requirements. Our team collaborates closely with product teams and other internal teams, and our responsibilities include researching international data privacy laws, supporting the day-to-day operations of product teams, and offering comprehensive internal data privacy compliance training. We are dedicated to upholding the company's commitment to privacy and regulatory compliance.
Tencent is seeking a senior global privacy attorney to advise on all aspects of Tencent’s privacy compliance program. This privacy attorney will provide privacy legal advice in relation to Tencent’s products, developing policies and procedures, conducting privacy risk assessments with stakeholders, enforcing privacy requirements and many other aspects of global privacy laws and industry best practices.

• Provide privacy legal advice and day-to-day support required to Tencent’s global businesses.
• Advise on compliance across all aspects of global privacy laws and regulations, including data protection, data security and data breach rules.
• Develop and implement program to facilitate compliance with international data privacy and personal information collection rules, regulations and standards, including the GDPR, CCPA and PDPO/ PDPA.
• Manage outside counsel for all privacy law projects.
• Draft, review, negotiate and administer legal and commercial documentations.
• Analyse global privacy legal requirements and oversee keep our stakeholders abreast of all new privacy laws and regulations that may have implications to Tencent.

Who We Look For

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school in the United States, Canada, or its equivalent in another jurisdiction strongly preferred
• Common law qualified lawyer with at least 4 years PQE, including at a law firm and/or in-house experience
• Able to work independently but work well in a team environment.
• CIPP/E, CIPP/US and CIPM certifications are preferred but not mandatory.
• Experience in dealing with privacy issues relating to international businesses. Experience in the design and implementation of a global privacy compliance program is a plus.
• Strong interest in the internet and cloud service space.
• Track record in problem solving, analytical and organizational skills.
• Proactive approach and able to handle matters independently.
• Sound interpersonal and communication skills.
• You have a good command of Mandarin Chinese and English (both written and oral) as working language to cooperate with international stakeholders and stakeholders who are based in HQ.

Equal Employment Opportunity at Tencent

As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community. We foster an environment where every employee of Tencent feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals.