Lead Specialist - Global Privacy (APAC and EMEA) l Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore l

We are hiring for our leading global insurance brokerage client.

Looking for an LLB professional with proven experience in privacy risk assessments, data protection frameworks, and regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities:

- Develop and maintain a deep understanding of business activities.

- Assist in developing and implementing any required local Data Privacy Frameworks to minimize privacy risks and drive risk reduction initiatives, including the creation and roll out of policies, standards, processes, playbooks and associated training.

- Complete and maintain Privacy Risk Registers, with specific focus on inherent and residual risk

- Provide clear and concise privacy advice in an impactful manner using a wide range of communication channels.

- Conduct privacy risk assessments, AI impact assessments and personal data transfer impact assessments in respect of new or amended proposed processing activities

- Develop playbooks for managing and manage complex data subject rights requests including application of applicable exemptions and redactions where required

- Assess personal and commercial data incidents using playbooks and provide advice and guidance for their containment, mitigation and regulatory reporting obligations

- Assess privacy risks in relation supply chain, working closely with colleagues in security, IT, legal and procurement.

- Provide privacy practitioner advice in relation to data protection contractual terms

- Support the M&A Privacy Lead(s) in respect of mergers and acquisitions and their future integration or divestiture

- Assist in the maintenance of Records of Processing activities

- Carry out duties following internal policies and procedures in accordance with applicable laws, rules, regulations, good governance and shared values putting clients at the heart of our business.

Required Qualifications:

- Min 4+ years' demonstrable experience in an operational / consultative privacy role providing hands on privacy advice and support in the identification, assessment, management and monitoring of privacy risks including independently conducting privacy risk assessments and transfer impact assessments as well as advising on complex data subject rights requests

- Privacy qualifications / certificates e.g. CIPP/Asia, CIPM, data protection practitioner certifications (preferred).

Technical Knowledge:

- Good practical knowledge of APAC, UK and European data protection laws and regulations such as Australia's Privacy Act 1988 and Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000, New Zealand's Privacy Act 2020 and Singapore's Personal Data Protection Act.

- Proven track record of providing hands on privacy advice in line with Data Protection Laws