Privacy Compliance Engineer

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.

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.

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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.

• Wellbeing focused – Our people are our greatest assets, and ensuring everyone feels their best self to come to work is integral. 
• Annual Leave – 20 days of annual leave, plus public holidays 
• Employee Assistance Programme – Free advice, support, and confidential counselling available 24/7.
• 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
  • Online Learning Platform: SkillsHub - Learning at your fingertips, anytime from anywhere. You can access our online library with relevant content for your career growth. 
• Life Insurance - 3x annual salary 
• Personal Accident Insurance - providing cover in the event of serious injury/illness.
• Performance Bonus – Our Group-wide bonus scheme enables you to reap the rewards of your success

OneAdvanced is one of the 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.

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