Group Privacy Lead Counsel – Innovation, Arlo EU, AI

The Innovation, Arlo Europe and AI Privacy Counsel role offers a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of emerging technologies and innovation, driving privacy governance across dynamic product and service landscapes. Reporting to the Group Head of Data Privacy, this position combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution, acting as the first point of contact for a wide range of privacy matters. The role stands out for its cross-functional influence—spanning product and service innovation, AI compliance, and regulatory engagement—while embedding privacy by design into cutting-edge technologies. With responsibilities that include leading privacy assessments for new initiatives, managing operational privacy tasks, and contributing to regulatory workstreams such as the EU Data Act, this position is ideal for a privacy professional eager to drive impact across jurisdictions and collaborate with senior stakeholders in a dynamic, forward-looking environment.

The Company

Verisure is the leading European provider of professionally monitored security systems with 24/7 response services.  We currently protect c.5.8 million families and small businesses across 17 countries in Europe and Latin America.  Our mission is to provide our customers with peace of mind by protecting what matters most to them.

With over 35 years of experience and innovation, Verisure is known for category-creating marketing, sales excellence, innovative products and services and customer-centricity.  Thanks to a strong focus on high quality, our customers are amongst the most satisfied and loyal in our industry.

We have had some of the strongest double-digit growth and retention rates globally in consumer services, demonstrating our exceptional service levels and strong value proposition to our customers.

Group Privacy Lead Counsel

As Innovation, Arlo Europe and AI Privacy Lead Counsel, you will join a forward-thinking, cross-functional privacy team that plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of data governance and AI compliance across innovative product and service landscapes. Reporting to the Group Head of Data Privacy, you will work closely with the Arlo Europe & Innovation AB DPO, Group Legal Commercial & Innovation Team, Group AI Counsel and business directors—forming part of a collaborative, high-impact legal function that values agility, ownership, and strategic foresight.

The team has a strong track record of embedding privacy by design into cutting-edge technologies and navigating complex regulatory environments with confidence and clarity. Its mission is to ensure that privacy is not just a compliance requirement but a core enabler of innovation and trust. As part of this mission, the team is increasingly focused on AI governance, data ethics, and the evolving regulatory landscape, including the EU Data Act.

In this role, your impact will be felt across multiple dimensions: you will directly influence the success of new product and service launches, ensure regulatory readiness, and safeguard the integrity of data practices that underpin business growth.

Success in this role means becoming a trusted advisor and proactively identifying risks and opportunities, leading assessments for AI and data-driven initiatives, and ensuring that privacy frameworks are not only compliant but future-ready. You will be seen as a key enabler of innovation, helping the business move fast while staying aligned with global privacy expectations.

Key Responsibilities and Priorities:

• Act as the first point of contact for day-to-day privacy matters across Arlo Europe and Innovation AB entities.
• Lead privacy assessments for new products, services, and privacy in AI systems, ensuring privacy by design is embedded from the outset.
• Serve as the local AI Officer for Arlo Europe, collaborating on AI Act compliance and system mapping.
• Manage operational privacy tasks including DPIAs/PIAs, ROPA entries, DSRs, incident response, and contract reviews.
• Contribute to regulatory workstreams, including legal analysis and implementation of new data regulations such as the Data Act.

Experience and Qualifications

The ideal candidate is a forward-thinking privacy professional with a strong legal foundation and a passion for innovation, particularly in the context of emerging technologies and AI. They are comfortable operating in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment and thrive on translating complex regulatory requirements into practical, business-enabling solutions. This person is both a strategic thinker and a hands-on executor, capable of managing day-to-day privacy operations while also shaping the future of privacy governance across product and service innovation.

Qualifications and Experience

• Law degree with specialization or strong focus on data protection, technology law, or AI governance.
• +5 years of proven experience in data privacy and protection, ideally within a multinational or technology-driven environment.
• Strong working knowledge of GDPR and other relevant privacy regulations, including practical experience with DPIAs/PIAs, ROPA, DSRs, and incident management.
• Demonstrated ability to lead privacy assessments for new products and services, including those involving AI.
• Experience advising on privacy matters in cross-border contexts and working with global stakeholders.
• Ability to act as a first point of contact for operational privacy matters and provide clear, actionable legal advice.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate legal concepts into business-friendly guidance.

Competencies

• Problem Solving and Analytics – strong at structuring complex problems through quantitatively sound analysis, demonstrating exceptional business and commercial judgment. Ability to synthesize information into actionable conclusions enabling efficient decision making.
• Agility and Flexibility - thrives in dynamic environments, adapting swiftly to new information and changing circumstances, and with a solid ability to navigate and operate successfully amidst complexity.
• Effectiveness and Impact - self-motivated, proactive in self-development and demonstrates a hands-on approach to deliver by rolling up their sleeves and deep dive into the details
• Entrepreneurial - forward thinker who can challenge the status quo while maintaining a strong customer focus. Willing to take a "hands on" approach, while keeping the strategic objectives in mind.
• Communication - active listener, with high emotional intelligence and decision-making ability with discernment, who communicates clearly and effectively, projecting credibility, capable of influencing stakeholders across various levels. Also good at managing confidentiality.

Company DNA

Finally, there must be a strong fit with our company DNA:

• Passionate in Everything We Do: Our people have a sense of energy that is unmistakable, one that drives us to delight our customers and focus on creating impact quickly. 
• Committed to Making a Difference: When we say we will do something; we deliver with excellence. We are accountable, focused and operate with discipline.
• Always Innovating: We believe that Innovation can be big or small; it’s a continuous state of mind that inspires us to think differently and always make things better. We are risk takers and we learn continuously. 
• Winning as a Team: Our people know that by leveraging one another’s strengths, investing in and developing our team’s capability and by collaborating well, we will win.
• With Trust & Responsibility: Operating with integrity is core to our success. We are humble, honest and value deep mastery and expertise. We do the right thing, always.

The Legal team

Our global combined legal, compliance, privacy and regulatory advocacy and public affairs team consists of over 140 lawyers and other professionals across the organization that come from 18 countries, representing four continents, with a strong gender balance across all levels of the team, including in the Group legal management team. We are well-integrated, working closely together across countries as well as the organization to leverage each other’s experience, to develop best practices, and to deliver our colleagues best-in-class legal partnership.

Our vision is to be business enablers, and our mission is to deliver value through innovative and leading-edge legal thinking, impactful regulatory advocacy, and leadership in protecting our reputation and building trust with customers and key stakeholders for sustainable business growth. We are currently on a digital transformation journey, integrating AI and other digital solutions into how we operate, led by our Group Legal Operations Manager reporting into the Group CLO. 

Our team has also been recognized as one of the leading in-house legal functions in the Legal 500 GC Powerlist Switzerland in 2019, 2023, 2024 and 2025 and the Legal 500 GC Powerlist Europe LATAM Specialists in 2023. For over 30 years, The Legal 500 has been analyzing the capabilities of law firms across the world, turning its attention to in-house legal functions which are driving the legal business forward.

The Legal team also offers the ability to continuously grow, with several examples over the past period of moves, growing responsibilities and promotions within the Function.

Join us to become one of us – business enablers and essential contributors to sustainable business growth.