Privacy by Design Specialist - SaaS & AI

OneAdvanced

  • Birmingham
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 2 months ago
Role Introduction:About the Role📣The successful candidate will play a critical role within our Legal & Compliance team, helping to improve and maintain our Privacy by Design and by Default programme, serving as the technical bridge between Legal & Compliance and Security teams by translating privacy by design principles into implementable privacy by default controls and specifications. This role requires a strong understanding of global privacy laws along with privacy technical skills. You will be part of the wider Legal & Compliance team, working closely with Legal & Compliance and R&D teams, and you will report to our Legal Director – Privacy, Cyber & AI. What You Will Do:Tasks and Responsibilities:
  • Improve and maintain our Privacy by Design and by Default programme
  • Conducting regular privacy impact assessments (PIAs) of operational processes, identifying, and mitigating risks across the company through effective tools, training and guidance.
  • Work cross functionally with data protection, legal, cyber security, product and engineering (R&D) teams to align advanced technologies and Privacy by Design principles from the first stages of development and ensure that the data use meets established regulatory compliance needs.
  • Guide and drive the development of new privacy products, features and tools.
  • Respond to privacy incidents by conducting analysis and implementing remediation.
  • Maintain detailed documentation and data lifecycle management.
  • Keep up to date with global privacy regulations.
  • Use and implement data anonymisation, pseudonymisation and encryption protocols/techniques to develop systems that preserve and improve privacy protections.
  • Communicate program progress, escalations, and issue analysis to key stakeholders.
  • Optimise key privacy controls.
  • Creating KPIs to measure privacy by design programme effectiveness.
  • Developing technical privacy training for product and engineering teams.
What You Will Have:Knowledge and Skills:
  • Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), ability to influence without authority.
  • Ability to balance risks in ambiguous and complex situations.
  • Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration skills, in particular in leading or contributing to global and multi-functional teams.
  • Experience with privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs).
  • Experience conducting PIAs and with PIAs methodologies.
  • Knowledge of privacy challenges in machine learning/AI.
  • Experience or understanding of software applications design tools and languages.
  • Understanding of design for software applications running on multiple platforms.
  • Demonstrated working knowledge of software engineering fundamentals.
  • Data literacy: finding and managing data, cleansing data, manipulating data.
  • Ability to perform operations involving large datasets.
  • Ability to champion privacy within technical discussions.
  • Skill in explaining technical privacy concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Qualifications:
  • BS or MS degree in computer science, computer engineering, information systems, privacy engineering or related field of study.
  • CIPT certification, preferably.
  • Strong software and AI development skills.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills and the ability to effectively communicate designs, proposals, and results; and negotiate options at management levels.
  • 5 years' experience in privacy / data protection or a graduate degree or concentration in privacy by design engineering.
What We Do For You:Wellbeing focused – Our people are our greatest assets, and ensuring everyone feels their best self to come to work is integral
  • Annual Leave – 26 days of annual leave, plus public holidays and the ability to buy additional days
  • Employee Assistance Programme – Free advice, support, and confidential counselling available 24/7 through Care First
  • Endometriosis Friendly Employer - We are proud to confirm our commitment to developing an environment and culture that allows those with endometriosis to thrive in the workplace
Personal Growth - Regardless of where you are at in your career, we’re committed to enabling your growth personally and professionally
  • Development Programmes – From Future Managers to Leadership Training, our development programmes help you get where you need to go
  • Performance Bonus – Our Group-wide bonus scheme enables you to reap the rewards of your success
Financial wellbeing - We understand as well as your mental wellbeing, your financial wellbeing is really important
  • Pension Scheme – Our plan with Scottish Widows offers 5% matched contribution by the company
  • Income protection insurance – Providing you with support and assistance when you need it most
Recognition – Highlighting and rewarding the great work our people do
  • Performance & Talent – Our own technology platform that allows you to get real-time feedback, conversations and goals to help you become your best self
Making a Difference – we provide opportunities to help our people make a difference to the causes they care about
  • MatchIt! – Fundraise for a cause close to your heart and OneAdvanced will match part of the funding
  • Volunteering Time – Our volunteering leave scheme allows you to use your time to help those who need it
  • Pennies from Heaven – donate the pennies from your pay check to help make a difference without lifting a finger
Who We Are:OneAdvanced is one UK's largest providers of business software and services serving 20,000+ global customers with an annual turnover of £330M+. We manage 1.5 million 111 calls per month, support over 2 million Further Education learners across the UK, handle over 10 million wills, and so much more. Our mission is to power the world of work and, as you can see, our software underpins some of the UK's most critical sectors.We invest in our brilliant people. They are at the heart of our success as we strive to be a diverse, inclusive and engaging place to work that not only powers the world of work, but empowers the growth, ambitions and talent of our people.To learn more about working at OneAdvanced please

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