Privacy Legal Counsel

Madrid Medtronic

Adaptable Work Arrangement

Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Prague, Hlavni Mesto Praha, Czech Republic

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Milano, Lombardia, Italy

Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Full time

R75511

A Day in the Life

As Privacy Legal Counsel, you will play a key role as part of a global team in supporting privacy, data protection, and responsible data use by Medtronic primarily across the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Working at the intersection of law, healthcare, technology, and digital transformation, you will provide legal advice to business and functional stakeholders on complex data protection and privacy matters, helping the organization navigate evolving regulatory requirements while enabling innovation and operational excellence. This position offers the opportunity to provide expert legal advice across a broad range of strategic initiatives including digital health, data governance, and artificial intelligence within a global healthcare environment. This is an EMEA-based role. Travel is expected to be up to 5%.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned

- Advise stakeholders on privacy, data protection, and related regulatory requirements across the EMEA region.
- Monitor and interpret legal and regulatory developments, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), ePrivacy requirements, and other applicable frameworks.
- Provide legal guidance on digital health solutions, artificial intelligence initiatives, data governance activities, secondary use of data, and new product developments.
- Draft, review, and negotiate privacy-related agreements, including data processing agreements and data transfer agreements.
- Support privacy risk assessments, transfer impact assessments, and compliance reviews related to personal data processing activities.
- Advise on cross-border data transfers and legal requirements for international data flows.
- Support privacy incident investigations, remediation activities, and regulatory notification assessments.
- Develop privacy guidance, templates, governance processes, and compliance resources to support global privacy programs.

Required Knowledge and Experience

- Law degree and 4+ years of experience as legal counsel, or an advanced law degree with 2+ years of relevant experience supporting data protection, privacy, security, or related legal matters
- Experience providing legal advice on data protection and privacy matters within a large, matrixed organization
- Knowledge of privacy and data protection regulations across EMEA, including GDPR and UK GDPR
- Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial and data-related agreements
- Professional fluency in English, both written and verbal

Preferred qualifications include qualification as legal counsel in a relevant jurisdiction, experience within healthcare, life sciences, medical technology, or another regulated industry, knowledge of emerging regulations such as the European Union Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act and European Union Data Act, and experience supporting privacy assessments, privacy incident response, data subject rights requests, and international data transfer matters.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package. A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: Belgium: 92,800.00 EUR - 139,200.00 EUR | Czechia: 1,300,000.00 CZK - 1,950,000.00 CZK | Hungary: 15,852,800.00 HUF - 23,779,200.00 HUF | Italy: 63,440.00 EUR - 95,160.00 EUR | Netherlands: 92,320.00 EUR - 138,480.00 EUR | Poland: 232,000.00 PLN - 348,000.00 PLN | Portugal: 49,600.00 EUR - 74,400.00 EUR | Romania: 256,240.00 RON - 384,360.00 RON | Slovenia: 70,400.00 EUR - 105,600.00 EUR | Spain: 64,400.00 EUR - 96,600.00 EUR |

The final salary within this range will be determined based on objective, job-related criteria, including relevant experience, skills and qualifications, in accordance with our compensation framework.

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission - to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life - unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.

These commitments set our team apart from the rest

- Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world
- Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities
- Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning

Experiences that put people first

Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.

Life-transforming technologies

No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.

Better outcomes for our world

Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.

Insight-driven care

Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You’re shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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