Data Protection and Privacy Lead Expert

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Company: Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority

JOB PURPOSE :

Jobholders at this level are responsible for leading work activities and working autonomously with minor direction towards predetermined long-term objectives.

Jobholders might act as internal consultants and facilitators through providing guidance to deliver and perform operational activities.

Their main operational role includes providing guidance in developing data privacy and protection plan to improve protection of ZATCA’s sensitive data, supervising plan implementation to advise on corrective actions, providing expertise in identifying improvement areas and recommending improvement projects.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Review National Data Management Office (NDMO) approved standards and policies to update ZATCA’s current data guides and ensure continuous adherence with NDMO requirements
• Conduct needed assessments to identify needs and challenges related to personal and private data management and highlight improvement areas
• Assisting the development of data privacy and protection policies, standards and procedures in line with ZATCA’s strategy and based on best practices and international standards
• Suggest data privacy and protection improvement plans and initiatives to safeguard improve the protection of ZATCA’s sensitive data and information assets
• Devise list of data privacy and protection KPIs in line with strategic objectives to ensure proper follow-up
• Communicate data policies, standards, strategy and plan with related stakeholders to secure clear understanding and enable engagement
• Conduct risk assessment against data privacy to identify faced data issues and recommend accordingly corrective and preventive actions
• Develop controls measures and metrics to monitor employees’ performance and confidentiality ensuring protection of ZATCA’s sensitive data
• Prepare data privacy and protection awareness programs and initiatives to ensure proper communication of NDMO and ZATCA requirements
• Manage proper implementation of data privacy and protection plans while identifying data issues related to evaluation, integration and automation to ensure timely resolution
• Identify and assess improvement areas and develop accordingly needed initiatives and projects to minimize facing data issues and ensure continuous adherence to data obligations
• Follow-up on proper implementation of approved improvement action plans to enhance data privacy and protection
• Consolidate data privacy issues and partner with internal stakeholders in particular IT functions to implement remedial actions
• Develop reports for related stakeholders highlighting ZATCA’s compliance levels with data standards and policies
• Follow all relevant policies, processes and standard operating procedures so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner
• Help in solving escalated problems and provide needed support for junior team to ensure work is carried out in an efficient manner
• Escalate complex problems to the relevant person to ensure cases/issues are closed properly
• Perform other duties as requested

JOB QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS :

• A minimum of 6 years of relevant experience

Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science or equivalent is required

Master’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science or equivalent is preferred