Context Within the Digital Trust & Software Legal team, you will support the deployment of Schneider Electric's Data agenda and related compliance activities, including the Data Act, data governance, data sharing and access, international transfers, cloud and data sovereignty. The role is primarily European in focus, with selected integral matters. Reporting to the General Counsel – Digital Trust & Software, you will own complex Data matters end to end, help shape Group-level standards and templates, and act as a trusted, business-facing legal advisor.
You will work with Cybersecurity, AI and Software legal teams, the DPO Office, the Data organization, as well as Procurement, Engineering and Software / Digital teams. Your missions Drive the practical legal deployment of applicable Data regulation, including the Data Act, Data Governance Act, cloud and switching rules, and sectoral Data requirements, translating them into clause books, playbooks, templates and business guidance.
Determine and deploy the appropriate contractual instrument for each situation,



depending on whether Schneider Electric acts as data holder, user or supplier, including for data use, access and portability. Monitor emerging and adjacent Data regulation and articulate how it interacts with GDPR, NIS2, the CRA and the AI Act. Advise on data localization, cloud and cross-border data access, and support consistent approaches to data sovereignty across jurisdictions.
Advise on the legal framework for the use of industrial and operational data, including analytics and AI-enabled use cases, balancing commercial opportunity and regulatory constraints. Review and negotiate Data-related clauses across supplier, customer, partner and digital-offer agreements, and develop templates, clause libraries and playbooks supporting a data-by-design approach. Provide informed support on EU data privacy under GDPR, identify matters requiring escalation and coordinate privacy-sensitive questions with the DPO Office.

📌 Legal Counsel (Cataluña)
🏢 Schneider Electric
📍 Cataluña