Data Protection and Privacy Specialist

About the Role

As a member of the Data Protection and Technology Services team, this role will support the efforts of the Privacy Office to ensure adherence to regulatory and legal data protection and privacy requirements. This position supports all lines of business and functional areas across the organization globally.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a current understanding of global data privacy laws and regulatory requirements that apply to the organization.
• Conduct the annual privacy inventory of data and processing activities, performing PIA and DPIAs.
• Manage and respond to inquiries received in the privacy mailbox and provide consultation, guidance, or escalate as needed.
• Perform privacy vendor evaluations to assess regulatory and privacy risks associated with the onboarding of third parties.
• Liaise with business lines to identify privacy risk areas and determine appropriate privacy controls for new projects and cloud initiatives.
• Draft and maintain privacy policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Assist in the review of changes to applicable laws and regulations and the interpretation of their impact.
• Assist with the annual privacy training and ongoing awareness program.
• Assist with procedures to address Data Subject Access Requests.
• Align risk and control processes into day-to-day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk.
• Keep current on evolving technologies, such as AI, and their associated risks and impact on data protection.
• Assist with data breach investigations, management reporting, and trend analysis impacting data privacy and confidentiality.
• Support other daily program elements as needed.

Requirements

• A minimum of 3-4 years of related experience in areas such as data privacy, audit, information security, or risk management.
• A Bachelor's degree is preferred, or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant industry certification (e.g., CIPM, CIPP EU/A/C/US, CISSP, etc.).

Benefits

• Supplemental benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance plans.
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) and a 401K program with company match after 12 months of tenure.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) on the HDHP plan.
• SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions.
• Corporate discount savings program and other discounts.
• On-demand training program and access to certification prep, technical and leadership courses/books/seminars after 6+ months of tenure.
• Certification discounts and perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA.
• Dedicated customer service team for benefits and resources, and a certified Career Coach.