Data Protection Compliance Officer

This leading private equity and investment advisory firm is looking for a Data Protection Compliance Officer to lead the development and institutionalisation of data privacy compliance arrangements on a worldwide and group basis.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the Data Privacy function and be the direct line manager for data privacy professionals in the group.
• Lead the GDPR data retention project in collaboration with Risk, Legal and IT functions as well as advisors and legal counsel.
• Assist in the performance of Data Protection Impact Assessments, Data Transfer Impact Assessments and maintenance of Records of Processing Activity in accordance with GDPR requirements.
• Ongoing improvement of the privacy governance framework to manage data processing and retention in compliance with relevant data privacy laws.
• Oversight and review of key corporate projects including those relating to new IT system implementations and integrations to ensure adherence with relevant data privacy laws, industry best practices.

About you:

•  In-depth knowledge of EU data privacy and data protection regulation, and a good understanding of other major privacy frameworks and evolving legislation worldwide.
• Experience in project management with ability to create and manage a roadmap of activities and interactions with business stakeholders.
• Hold at least one Data Protection and/or Privacy certification such as, CIPP, CIPT, ISEB
• Experience in leading a data privacy team with financial services industry experience beneficial but not strictly required

This is a great opportunity to work in an organization with global reach and build out a team from scratch.