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Position Summary Bristol Myers Squibb is seeking an experienced and strategic Regional Privacy Counsel for the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region to join our Global Privacy Law & Compliance team. This role is critical in ensuring BMS' data privacy and protection practices comply with the diverse and evolving regulatory landscape across APAC jurisdictions, while enabling the business to innovate and operate efficiently. The Regional Privacy Counsel will serve as the primary legal advisor on all privacy matters affecting BMS' APAC operations, working cross-functionally with business units including Commercial, Medical Affairs, IT, and HR.

Key Responsibilities APAC Privacy Legal Advisor. Serve as the subject matter expert on data privacy laws across APAC jurisdictions, including China (PIPL, CSL, DSL), Japan (APPI), South Korea (PIPA), India (DPDPA), Singapore (PDPA), Australia (Privacy Act/APPs), New Zealand (Privacy Act 2020), Hong Kong (PDPO), and Southeast Asia (Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Taiwan, etc.) Business Stakeholder Advisory. Advise business partners on privacy risks and legal obligations associated with new and existing initiatives across the region

Compliance Program Advice. Work with Director, Global Privacy Compliance to ensure accurate and actionable regional privacy compliance program in alignment with global privacy standards and policies. Privacy Impact Assessments.

Conduct PIAs and DPIAs for APAC-specific initiatives and maintain records of processing activities (RoPA) for APAC entities. Regulatory Monitoring. Track regulatory developments across APAC and ensure timely updates to internal policies, procedures, and controls.

Cross-Border Data Transfers. Advise on applicable transfer mechanisms and review/negotiate DPAs, vendor contracts, and data sharing arrangements with APAC partners. Training & Awareness.

Develop and deliver region-specific privacy training programs for APAC employees, contractors, and third parties; foster a culture of privacy accountability. Incident Response. Support, as needed, APAC privacy incident triage, investigation, notification, and remediation efforts in coordination with IT department along.

Qualifications Education: Law degree (LLB, JD, or equivalent); license to practice law in at least one APAC jurisdiction. Experience: Minimum 7-10 years of legal experience, with at least 5 years focused on data privacy and protection law in the APAC region. Deep expertise in at least three or more APAC data privacy regimes (e.g., PIPL, APPI, PIPA, PDPA, DPDPA)

Demonstrated experience advising on cross-border data transfer mechanisms and international privacy frameworks. Prior experience in the life sciences, pharmaceutical, or healthcare sector strongly preferred. Proven ability to navigate complex, multi-jurisdictional privacy issues with business pragmatism.

Strong negotiation skills for data processing and vendor agreements. Excellent communication skills in English; proficiency in at least one additional APAC language (Mandarin, Japanese, or Korean) highly desirable. If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn't perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway.

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On-site Protocol BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role: Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility.

Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

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R1605226 : Regional Privacy Counsel - APAC