Job Description

Careem

Senior Legal Counsel - Privacy & Cybersecurity

Job id: 566215

14 Feb 2025

Job Location

United Arab Emirates

Experience

8 to 15 years

Qualification Level

Graduate

Job Function

Lawyers / Legal Advisors

Skillset

Legal experience

Jobseeker Nationality

Only Nationals of the Country for which the Job is posted

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 the synergies for the business

Follow up on data requests by data subjects, law enforcement agencies and third parties

Provide privacy and marketing law trainings and respond to spam and advertising complaints and interact 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 development of new products and initiatives

Do research on new legislation, advise on impact for the business, and work with policy teams to minimize impact

What you’ll need:

8+ years data protection experience, preferably at a mid to large size law firm, and/or inhouse at a tech-company

Substantive knowledge and demonstrated expertise in MEA data protection and privacy laws, including Morocco, Pakistan, UAE, Kuwait, Iraq, KSA, Bahrain, Jordan, Egypt and more
Knowledge about GDPR, and other legal areas such as ML and AI 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 extremely fast-paced environment under direction of manager, collaboratively, and autonomously

Written and spoken fluency in English required; spoken fluency or basic knowledge of Arabic or other languages is a plus.

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