Data Protection Officer - Privacy Compliance

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced Data Protection Officer (DPO) or Privacy Compliance Manager to join our team. This role will support the organization in managing its privacy and data protection obligations.

Key Responsibilities:

- Act as the central point for privacy governance, regulatory compliance, advisory, risk management and data subject rights.

- Establish and maintain a privacy governance framework, policies, procedures and compliance documentation.

- Manage data mapping, records of processing activities (RoPA) and identify privacy risks associated with data flows.

- Coordinate incident and breach management, regulatory notification and corrective actions.

- Conduct vendor due diligence and third-party privacy assessments, and maintain a vendor privacy risk register.

- Provide privacy awareness training and conduct compliance reviews.

- Prepare periodic management reports on privacy registers and compliance status.

Required Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in Law, Information Technology, Risk, Compliance or a related field.

- 5+ years of hands-on privacy compliance experience.

- In-depth knowledge of DPDPA (India), GDPR (EU), UK GDPR and applicable US privacy laws.

- Experience conducting DPIAs and privacy risk assessments.

- Strong communication, analytical and risk-assessment skills.

Nice to have:

- Certifications such as CIPP/E, CIPM, CDPO or ISO/IEC 27701.

- Experience in AI/ML privacy assessments.

- Experience with data-subject rights process automation.

- Familiarity with vendor privacy risk registers.