Senior Legal Counsel- Privacy - Aristocrat

Senior Legal Counsel - Privacy (Specialist)

At Aristocrat, we are dedicated to bringing happiness to life through the power of play. We have a vibrant and inclusive culture and are committed to innovation, creativity, and excellence in gaming. As a Senior Legal Counsel - Privacy specialising in privacy, you will play a key role on our Privacy Legal team supporting the development and operation of our world class gaming products. You will work at the intersection of product development, data protection, and player experience.

What You'll Do

• Provide embedded legal support to product and engineering teams on privacy by design and default principles across the game lifecycle.
• Advise on the development and launch of new features involving player data, personalization, live ops, and online services.
• Conduct and guide Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) and risk assessments.
• Offer recommendations regarding conformity with GDPR, UK GDPR, ePrivacy directives, and relevant European privacy policies.
• Interpret and operationalise regulatory requirements into practical product mentorship.
• Track and offer advice regarding upcoming EU/UK developments (e.g., Digital Services Act, AI related regulation, children's data rules).
• Counsel on data use in free to play models, including analytics, advertising, monetisation, and player engagement features.
• Advise on children's and teens' privacy, age appropriate building, parental controls, and profiling restrictions.
• Support the use of virtual economies, telemetry, and behavioural data while managing regulatory risk.
• Assess and offer recommendations regarding third party integrations (analytics, ad networks, SDKs) and the accompanying data sharing arrangements.
• Draft and negotiate data protection clauses, DPAs, and cross border transfer mechanisms (e.g., SCCs, UK IDTA).
• Work with teams cross functionally (including GIS, Compliance, Product, Engineering, and Marketing) on user protections and platform obligations.

What We're Looking For

• Qualified lawyer in the UK or EU jurisdiction with 3+ years PQE (or equivalent).
• Solid background in privacy and data protection law, including GDPR and UK GDPR.
• Experience advising on consumer facing digital products or platforms, ideally in a product counselling role.
• Demonstrated ability to embed legal advice into product development processes.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross functionally with technical and non legal teams.
• Experience in the gaming industry preferred.
• Familiarity with ad tech, analytics, and data monetisation models preferred.
• Experience working with children's data, age verification, or youth safeguarding frameworks (e.g., Age Appropriate Design Code considerations) preferred.
• Certification or specialisation in privacy (e.g., CIPP/E, CIPM) preferred.
• In house experience in a fast paced technology or gaming environment preferred.
• Experience advising on products containing AI preferred.

At this time, we are unable to sponsor work visas for this position. Candidates must be authorised to work in the job posting location for the full time role without the need for current or future visa sponsorship.

We welcome and encourage applications from all people regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, cultural background, disability status or LGBTQ+ identity. We are an equal opportunity employer (EEO M/F/D/V).