Policy Development: Formulate and enforce comprehensive data protection policies in alignment with relevant laws and regulations.
Data Privacy Impact Assessments (DPIA): Lead the DPIA process to evaluate and mitigate privacy risks associated with new projects and systems.
Risk Assessment: Conduct thorough risk assessments to identify and mitigate potential data protection risks within the organization.
Compliance Oversight: Stay abreast of evolving privacy laws and regulations, ensuring our company policies and practices remain in compliance.
Training and Awareness: Implement training programs to educate employees on data protection policies and best practices, fostering a culture of privacy awareness.
Data Subject Rights: Manage and respond to data subject access requests and other requests related to individual privacy rights.
Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, legal counsel, and IT security to integrate data protection principles into business processes.
Reporting: Regularly report to executive leadership on the state of data protection within the organization.
Qualifications
Experience: 3+ years of experience in data protection and privacy management, with a strong understanding of data protection practices, technologies, solutions and global privacy laws and regulations.
Certifications: Relevant Data Privacy certification (e.g. CIPP, CDPSE).
Communication Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively engage with stakeholders at all levels.
Analytical Thinking: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to assess risks and develop effective mitigation strategies.