Senior Advisor

Enterprise focused: - Lead and collaborate in the formulation of policies related to collection and processing of personally identifiable information, based on the Privacy & Data Protection Laws of the countries in which the company operates or would like to expand its operations. - Implement and monitor the data privacy policies and associated processes across functions and business units. - Proactively partner with functional groups (HR, CAG, CCD, Facilities) to ensure that the adoption of new technologies, processes, services and solutions are compliant with the applicable data privacy regulations - Assess the development & enhancements of internal processes & systems and recommend privacy related controls. - Conduct employee awareness on lawful handling of personally identifiable information, as part of their work. - Identify risks and also plan and implement the risk mitigation plans - Lead the data breach handling process for effective addressal of privacy related gaps (if any) reported, in the current process & systems. - Manage the process related to personal data access requests from individuals. - Assess subcontracting/outsourcing of any processing of personally identifiable information and recommend privacy related controls (including inclusion of appropriate clauses in the vendor contract. - Liaison with external Privacy and Data Protection Counsel for expert views and audits. - Identify and implement internal initiatives on Data Privacy. Client focused: - Partner with the product development team in the development of new products (including cloud based) and recommend privacy related features/controls, in summary Privacy by Design. - Review and respond to privacy related sections in the RFI/RFQ/MSA from clients and collaborate in the feasibility study of privacy related requirements/clauses of the prospect, in the pre-contract sign-off stage. - Advise the delivery teams regarding implementation of the privacy related requirements. - Conduct employee awareness on lawful handling of personally identifiable information, as part of their work. - Assess subcontracting/outsourcing of any processing of personally identifiable information and recommend privacy related controls (including inclusion of appropriate clauses in the vendor contract. - Conduct internal audits. - Lead the data breach handling process for effective addressal of privacy related gaps if any, in the current process & systems.