Legal Associate

Who we are…and what we offer

Be part of the world’s most successful, purpose-led business. Work with brands that are well-loved around the world, that improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We promote innovation, big and small, to make our business win and grow; and we believe in business as a force for good. Unleash your curiosity, challenge ideas and disrupt processes; use your energy to make this happen. Our brilliant business leaders and colleagues provide mentorship and inspiration, so you can be at your best. Every day, nine out of ten Indian households use our products to feel good, look good and get more out of life – giving us a unique opportunity to build a brighter future.

The Legal Powerhouses are part of the legal function and provide defined, structured services to our other lawyers and to the broader business.

Where this position fits-into the team

• Part of the Unilever Legal Powerhouse – a team we’ve built which consists of around 60 colleagues in Bangalore
• Integral part of the Global Privacy Team - a specialist legal team based across India, Mexico, USA, China, Spain, South Africa and the UK.
• Based alongside the Uni Ops Function in Bangalore – a wider team of 1,600 that powers Unilever’s strategy through world class business operations enabled by technology and innovation

Role purpose

This role will support and progressively lead privacy operations and advisory activities across defined areas of the business, combining strong privacy expertise with growing fluency in technology capabilities, digital processes and the interaction points between privacy and cyber risk management.

You will act as a key contact for brands and functions navigating Unilever’s privacy processes, taking ownership of delivery and providing structured guidance to stakeholders, while escalating higher-risk or complex matters. You’ll bring a practical understanding of how technology solutions operate in practice and when privacy issues should be managed within the privacy team, the cyber team or through coordinated hand-offs across both.

You’ll also support the effective operation of Unilever’s privacy programme, including Privacy Risk Assessments (PRAs), Data Subject Requests (DSRs), Records of Processing Activities (ROPAs), Incident Management and general compliance tracking, while contributing to continuous improvement and standardisation of processes.

Key Responsibilities

General Privacy Responsibilities

• Across all our core privacy processes, provide practical, process-based privacy guidance to stakeholders, escalating complex or high-risk issues to senior team members.
• Act as a primary point of contact for the Privacy Risk Assessments (PRA) process for stakeholders in the countries you support, independently managing lower-to-medium complexity PRAs and queries, and producing reports and metrics while monitoring cases to help ensure timely action.
• Provide strategic advice and support to Local Privacy Advisers in the countries you are Relationship Manager for on matters including records of processing activities (ROPAs), Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs),