Senior Legal Counsel – GDPR, Privacy & AI

Senior Legal Counsel – GDPR, Privacy & AI

Heimstaden is a pan-European real estate investor, manager and operator. We manage around 155,000 homes across nine countries with a property value of around EUR 30bn. We acquire, develop, and manage properties, focusing on creating lasting value for shareholders, our tenants and the communities where our properties are located.

Do you want to help shape how one of Europe's largest residential real estate companies uses data, AI and digital technology responsibly? Heimstaden Bostad is looking for an experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join our Legal team. You will advise on GDPR/data protection, AI, digitalisation and technology law, while helping build governance that enables innovation across nine European markets.

Key responsibilities:

• Advise the business on GDPR/data protection, AI, digitalisation and technology-related legal issues.
• Support the continued development, implementation and monitoring of Heimstaden Bostad’s Privacy Governance Framework.
• Provide legal advice on a broad range of GDPR/data protection and privacy matters, including roles and responsibilities, lawful basis, transparency, data subject rights, retention and deletion, personal data breaches, supplier processing, intra-group data sharing and international data transfers.
• Draft and maintain internal GDPR/data protection governing documentation, including employee training.
• Conduct data protection impact assessments (DPIAs), risk assessments and transfer impact assessments (TIAs).
• Advise on GDPR compliance and technology-related legal matters in relation to shared services, systems, applications, infrastructure and digital resources.
• Review and structure data processing, data sharing and outsourcing arrangements.
• Advise on AI Act implementation and other emerging digital regulations.