Americas Regional Privacy Officer
About the position Responsibilities • Work with the Global Privacy Office to develop, maintain, and evolve SITA's privacy program including providing input into policy and guidance documents. • Represent the Global Privacy Office in day-to-day activities with GEO leadership, business and other functional stakeholders to drive pragmatic privacy risk management, policy compliance, education and awareness to enable compliant growth in region. • Develop and maintain an in-depth understanding of GEO's processes, systems, technologies, data, customers, consumers, vendors, data flows and international transfers. • Provide timely reporting and cascade of privacy risks to the CPO and appropriate committees. • Execute privacy risk assessments for SITA products and services, documenting the supporting evidence and ensuring that there are robust audit trails. • Evaluate the impact of contractual and regulatory privacy and security requirements on business practices, including supporting Legal and Business colleagues in commercial negotiations. • Proactively identify areas of potential improvements and facilitate mitigations to reduce privacy non-compliance. • Horizon scan for privacy developments, such as new laws or regulatory guidance, and provide analysis and recommendations. • Conduct second line monitoring reviews and control testing, providing input to the Global Privacy monitoring programme and supporting third line of defence activities. • Regional privacy SME for incidents where there is a data privacy impact including post incident reviews. • Act as the front door for external regional privacy regulatory/customer enquiries and complaints, including data incidents/breach notification at the direction of the CPO. • Design, support and deliver privacy training and awareness in region and more broadly across SITA. • Represent SITA externally in region at privacy events, conferences, client facing engagement, and industry forums. Requirements • Minimum of 8 Years + demonstrable experience working at scale and at a senior level within a multinational environment as a privacy officer or in a comparable data compliance role. • Robust knowledge of data compliance frameworks and design, execution and monitoring of associated compliance programs. • Robust understanding of regional data protection laws, standards and associated compliance requirements. • Demonstrable experience of OneTrust or equivalent compliance platform. • Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively and work independently whilst collaborating across competing stakeholders and teams. • Ability to influence outcomes and at times without the express authority to meet objectives. • Excellent and concise written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey complex technical legal/privacy issues in simple terms. • High level of interpersonal skills to interact with senior leaders and facilitate team interactions. • Analytical aptitude with an emphasis on investigative, methodical critical questioning and logical thinking; a data-driven decision maker. • Strong team player with a positive attitude, sense of humour and a desire to learn. Nice-to-haves • IAPP or similar recognised privacy accreditations preferred. Benefits • Flex Week: Work from home up to 2 days/week (depending on your team's needs) • Flex Day: Make your workday suit your life and plans. • Flex Location: Take up to 30 days a year to work from any location in the world. • Employee Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your dependents 24/7, 365 days/year. • Champion Health - a personalized platform that supports a range of wellbeing needs. • Professional Development: Level up your skills with our training platforms, including LinkedIn Learning! • Competitive Benefits: Competitive benefits that make sense with both your local market and employment status. Apply tot his job