About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced Data Protection Officer (DPO) to join our team. This role will support the organization in managing its privacy and data protection obligations.

Key Responsibilities:

- Act as the central point for privacy governance, regulatory compliance, advisory, risk management and data subject rights.

- Establish and maintain a privacy governance framework, policies, procedures and compliance documentation.

- Manage data mapping, records of processing activities (RoPA) and identify privacy risks associated with data flows.

- Coordinate incident and breach management, regulatory notification and corrective actions.

- Conduct vendor due diligence and third-party privacy assessments, and maintain a vendor privacy risk register.

- Provide privacy awareness training and conduct compliance reviews.

- Prepare periodic management reports on privacy registers and compliance status.

Required Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Risk, Compliance or a related field.

- 5+ years of hands-on privacy compliance experience.

- In-depth knowledge of DPDPA (India), GDPR (EU), UK GDPR and applicable US privacy laws.

- Experience conducting DPIAs and privacy risk assessments.

- Strong communication, analytical and risk-assessment skills.

- Certifications such as CIPP/E, CIPM, CDPO or ISO/IEC 27701.

- Experience in AI/ML privacy assessments.

- Experience with data-subject rights process automation.

- Familiarity with vendor privacy risk registers.