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Privacy Specialist

Qlik
19 hours ago
Full-time
On-site
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Privacy Specialist
Working as part of a wider global Legal department, the successful candidate will join the global Qlik privacy team (currently 3 lawyers). Reporting to Senior Counsel, Privacy, this role will involve working on cutting-edge technology and legal (privacy, information security and AI) issues, critical for Qlik’s compliance and its Go-To-Market.

The role may be fully remote for the right candidate, though is ideally performed 3-days per week remote, 2-days in the office (London (Bank) or Winnersh).

Duties:
Privacy Program Management:
  • Be the point-of-contact for maintaining Qlik’s privacy program assets, including its knowledge resources and program assets (e.g., ROPA, notice and policies.
  • Monitor the privacy inbox, answering and managing internal and external queries.
  • Assist privacy colleagues for large projects, providing organizational and other support e.g., research.
Supplier Management:
  • Be the point-of-contact for supplier privacy reviews, utilizing the OneTrust 3rd Party Risk platform.
  • Partner with the business to conduct privacy-impact-assessments and provide implementation advice, e.g., regarding data access and retention, in particular in relation to supplier SaaS solutions.
  • Negotiating supplier DPAs.
Business Partnering: partner across the business to deliver practical privacy advice and training.
Compliance:
  • Assist the privacy team to monitor for emerging relevant privacy, information security (e.g., NIS 2) and AI (e.g., EU AI Act) laws around the world, conducting gap analyses and working with the business to implement any required changes.
  • Identify privacy risk areas within the business and drive projects to minimise these, including around data access and retention.
  • Lead on or assist as needed with regular, recurring privacy tasks, such as transfer impact assessments.
Other:
  • Assist other legal team members from time-to-time, such as on broader vendor legal issues and customer legal matters.
  • Liaise with Information Security, such as on investigations.
  • Conduct privacy audits and deal with any follow-up to ensure best practice.
  • Assist with data subject access requests and data breach procedures.
  • Deal with any ad-hoc projects relating to privacy, information security and/or AI laws.

Desired Skills & Experience:
Required:
  • Excellent organizational skills.
  • Thorough understanding of the EU GDPR.
  • 1+ year’s experience advising on privacy matters and assisting in managing a privacy program.
  • A pragmatic approach, taking advice and turning it into solution-building.
  • A pro-active approach to identify risk areas and willingness to drive projects to help mitigate these.
  • Enthusiasm to flex beyond GDPR, developing your skills to advise in relation to international privacy laws, AI as well as information security laws.
  • Good communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills.
  • Good team player.

Preferred:
  • Familiarity with the OneTrust 3rd Party Risk platform.
  • Exposure to international privacy laws, information security laws and AI laws.
  • In-house international tech company experience.
  • An interest in technology, in particular SaaS and AI. 
  • Foreign language capability.

Benefits:
As well as a market benefits package, Qlik company will sponsor the successful candidate to complete relevant IAPP courses and exams, such as CIPP/E, CIPM and AIGP.