Offer summary

Qualifications:

Strong knowledge of GDPR and other privacy regulations., Experience with privacy issues specific to multi-national companies., Proficient in drafting and negotiating vendor Data Protection Agreements (DPAs)., Excellent communication skills for collaboration with internal and external stakeholders..

Key responsabilities:

Draft, negotiate, and finalize a high volume of vendor DPAs, ensuring compliance with privacy policies.

Create Annexes to the SCCs for vendor DPAs using data from OneTrust.

Manage the workflow for DPAs and resolve issues to maintain progress.

Collaborate with various teams to identify and escalate risks related to vendor DPAs.

Job description

Our client, a global utility company, is seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Data Protection Agreement (DPA) Specialist to join their team on a contract basis. In this role, you will be responsible for drafting, negotiating, and finalizing a high volume of vendor DPAs, ensuring compliance with privacy and data security policies. Additionally, candidates should be equipped to assist the client in streamlining and templatizing parts of the DPA process through OneTrust as well. The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of GDPR, experience with multi-national companies, and excellent communication skills to collaborate with various internal and external global stakeholders. A JD for this role is a plus but not required. This is anticipated to be a six-month contract, working in a fully remote capacity, directly supporting the CPO.

Responsibilities:

Successfully draft, negotiate and bring to execution a high volume of vendor Data Protection Agreements (DPAs), including the cybersecurity portions, using already developed guidelines
Create the Annexes to the SCCs for vendor DPAs using data from OneTrust, the Business Process Owner or the vendor
Manage the workflow for DPAs and resolve issues as they arise to keep the workflow moving
Collaborate with the Data Privacy, Cybersecurity, Legal and other teams to ensure that risks to the company are appropriately identified and escalated
Demonstrate high quality drafting, editing and proofing skills
Liaise with internal and external clients in the DPA creation and negotiation process
Ensure vendor DPAs comply with our privacy and data security policies
Advise and assist with questions from internal teams regarding vendor DPAs
Participate as a main team member in our project to operationalize the vendor DPAs
Help improve the DPA guidelines and educate others in our business about DPAs

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Strong knowledge of GDPR and other privacy regulations
Experience with privacy issues specific to multi-national companies and cross border transfers
Some cybersecurity knowledge
Strong experience drafting and negotiating vendor DPAs
Good organizational skills to keep control of many DPAs in process simultaneously
Professional communication ability when negotiating with vendors
Ability to work independently
Able to make good independent decisions based on guidelines
Strong cybersecurity knowledge is a plus
Experience in OneTrust and/or Ariba is a plus
Able to influence and drive change is a plus

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