Data Privacy Officer

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee Airtel Payments Banks Data Protection programme and related initiative.
• Manage and monitors compliance with all applicable Data privacy laws, regulations and standards including DPDPA, GDPR etc.
• Perform regular compliance assessments and reporting, i.e. Data Privacy Impact Assessment (DPIA)
• Work with business and technical team members, third party vendors and auditors to ensure adherence to all applicable Data protection law, regulations and standards
• Provide periodic and adhoc security awareness training for employees/contractors to increase Data Protection awareness pertaining to their job functions and evaluate training effectiveness
• Recommend and develops KPIs and metrics to evaluate the Data protection / Privacy program and related controls.
• Participate in planning, scheduling and preliminary analysis for all internal and external Data
• Protection / Privacy audits and assessments and maintain list of outstanding audit actions and works with the remediation team to remediate identified gaps
• Oversee process documentation and compliance adherence

Measures of Success:

• Timely implementation of data privacy programs at org level
• Completion of privacy impact assessments as per schedule
• Timely reporting of data privacy incident both internally and to the regulator as per the mandate
• Timely updation and board approval for data privacy policy
• No adverse observations in internal/external audits
• Timely completion of data privacy trainings for all eligible users
• Timely remediation of any findings or recommendations made by any of the internal or external assessors as part of privacy impact
• Adherence to data privacy policy within the organization

Qualifications:

• 10-12 years of post qualification experience.
• Relevant Experience with respect to the role: At least 05 years of experience in working with privacy laws, including drafting of privacy policies, technology provisions, and working on compliance.
• One or more certifications related to Privacy, i.e., Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E), Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE),Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), DSCI Certified Privacy Professional, CISSP, DSCI Certified Data Protection Officer (DCDPO) or any other equivalent certification
• Experience in technical training and in conducting awareness sessions
• Experience in dealing successfully with different business and external stakeholders
• Experience working with IT programming or infrastructure, including certification in information security standards
• Experience in performing audits of information systems, attestation audits and risk assessments
• Knowledge on how to assess, develop and implement Data Privacy program including drafting of privacy policies, standards, processes, procedures and technology provisions etc.