Senior Specialist, Data Protection

Job Purpose

Data Governance

• Design and roll out an enterprise-wide data governance framework focused on data quality, security, and privacy.
• Establish policy and procedural frameworks for enterprise data governance and management practices.
• Maintain an inventory of enterprise information assets, authoritative systems, and owners.
• Define governance roles, responsibilities, and accountability for stewardship of information assets.
• Facilitate adoption of data quality and data protection standards across the enterprise.

Risk Management

• Establish the enterprise risk management framework, assessment methodologies, and related practices.
• Support risk champions and practice owners in identifying, assessing, and reporting digital risks.
• Maintain risk registers and conduct periodic reviews in line with the enterprise risk management framework.

Relationships and Vendors

• Liaise between business, operations, and technology teams to clarify sensitive-data protection requirements.
• Manage escalated issues from business and operational data governance representatives.
• Provide technical guidance for market analysis and identification of relevant data protection vendors.
• Develop RFPs and RFQs and guide tender, contractual, and service-level agreement documentation.

Supervision and Operations

• Plan, supervise, and coordinate assigned activities to meet functional objectives.
• Train and develop assigned staff on relevant skills and business requirements.
• Support budgets, work plans, approved policies, procedures, performance objectives, and management reports.
• Design tools and techniques and identify process improvements aligned with industry best practices.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Security, or an equivalent field.
• A master’s degree is preferable.
• At least 10 years of experience in a major organization, preferably in consulting with international-market exposure.
• Experience with large-scale data governance audits, governance management systems, oversight, supervision, or transformation leadership.
• Practical experience in data governance, enterprise information asset management, and data protection.
• Knowledge of digital governance frameworks, regulatory requirements, risk management, business continuity, and technology architecture.
• Consulting skills with knowledge of change management, communication, cultural change, and performance measurement design.

Additional Requirements