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Candidates will be required to work from the office in central Glasgow 37.5 hr week, working on a hybrid basis.
Key responsibilities as a Senior Data Privacy Advisor:
- Serve as a Senior SME (Subject Matter Experts) and advisor for the Business and accountable Business Senior Manager(s).
- Fulfil responsibilities aligned to the Privacy RaCI Guide and advise the Businesses in line with relevant client wide policies and standards in accordance with the strategy and governance framework.
- Ensure Data Privacy is considered in new product approval and technology change processes and provide check/challenge in relation to new business propositions in relation to key risks to ensure that any risks are identified, and appropriate mitigating actions taken.
- Collaborate with the governance team to ensure that incidents, breaches, and risk events are appropriately reported, recorded, and monitored at the relevant governance fora.
- Drive the development of training to upskill DP functional leads in verticals, operating in a partnership role to upskill the wider population ensuring awareness of actual and emerging data privacy issues, themes, and risks.
- Ensure that the Businesses are advised of changes to related law/regulations and work with the Businesses to implement any operational changes.
- As necessary, collaborate with Legal to support these discussions and approach to address.
- Responsible for maintaining records of DP relevant artifacts.
- Responsible for ensuring these are kept accurate and up to date including the annual review of privacy notice(s) and Records of Processing Activities (RoPAs).
- Responsibility for identifying, assessing, and controlling the risks associated with transferring Personal data to a different jurisdiction.
- Provide input into or measure, as appropriate, conformance, assurance, and reviews from the perspective of Data Privacy within the Businesses, such as verification checks or monitoring reviews.
- Respond to ad hoc and critical DP control and governance requests and work on various projects and initiatives to ensure that an appropriate control lens is provided.
- Oversight of related incidents, issues, and control gaps, working with issue owners to ensure that analysis is undertaken for control weaknesses to be identified and remediated and be responsible for all subsequent change activities
- Monitor external privacy developments and maintain professional knowledge to ensure that processes reflect external best practice.
- Relevant knowledge with proven experience in data protection regulations/requirements in the UK, India and / or across the rest of the World (US, APAC & European regions), preferably in the financial services industry.
- Previous leadership experience, including people management, planning and promoting process improvements.
- Previous Business, Compliance or Legal experience is preferred but not required.
- Proven experience of advising and/or managing DP issues.
- Ability to operate in a fast-moving business environment and make decisions bearing in mind business objectives and commercial requirements.
- Strong technical and regulatory knowledge in the areas of DP.
- Certifications in one or more of the following disciplines: data privacy, legal, compliance information risk or information technology would be useful.
- Professional Privacy Certification from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (e.g., CIPP /E) or equivalent is preferred.
- BCS qualification in Data Protection.
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