Senior Advisor – Privacy & Data Protection

Responsibilities

• Lead and collaborate in the formulation of policies related to collection and processing of personally identifiable information, based on the Privacy & Data Protection Laws of the countries in which the company operates or would like to expand its operations.
• Implement and monitor the data privacy policies and associated processes across functions and business units.
• Proactively partner with functional groups (HR, CAG, CCD, Facilities,…) to ensure that the adoption of new technologies, processes, services and solutions are compliant with the applicable data privacy regulations
• Assess the development & enhancements of internal processes & systems and recommend privacy related controls.
• Conduct employee awareness on lawful handling of personally identifiable information, as part of their work.

Additional Responsibilities

• Excellent understanding of Delivery operations.
• Quick Learner.
• Excellent Business Communication.
• Privacy Certifications such CIPP (US/EU/IT), DCPLA, DCPP

Technical and Professional Requirements

• Partner with the product development team in the development of new products (including cloud based) and recommend privacy related features/controls, in summary Privacy by Design.
• Review and respond to privacy related sections in the RFI/RFQ/MSA from clients and collaborate in the feasibility study of privacy related requirements/clauses of the prospect, in the pre-contract sign-off stage.
• Advise the delivery teams regarding implementation of the privacy related requirements.
• Conduct employee awareness on lawful handling of personally identifiable information, as part of their work.
• Assess subcontracting/outsourcing of any processing of personally identifiable information and recommend privacy related controls (including inclusion of appropriate clauses in the vendor contract.

Preferred Skills

• Privacy by design

Educational Requirements

Bachelor of Laws,Bachelor of Engineering