Privacy Specialist

Overview

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 and 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 knowledge resources and program assets (e.g., ROPA, notices and policies).
• Monitor the privacy inbox, addressing and managing internal and external queries.
• Assist privacy colleagues on large projects, providing organizational and other support (e.g., research).

Supplier Management

• Be the point of contact for supplier privacy reviews, utilizing the OneTrust Third-Party Risk platform.
• Partner with the business to conduct privacy impact assessments and provide implementation advice (e.g., data access and retention), particularly regarding supplier SaaS solutions.
• Negotiate supplier DPAs.

Business Partnering

Partner across the business to deliver practical privacy advice and training.

Compliance

• Assist the privacy team in monitoring emerging privacy, information security (e.g., NIS 2) and AI (e.g., EU AI Act) laws worldwide; conduct gap analyses and implement required changes with the business.
• Identify privacy risk areas within the business and drive projects to minimise these, including data access and retention.
• Lead on or assist with regular privacy tasks, such as transfer impact assessments.

Other

• Assist other legal team members as needed, such as with broader vendor legal issues and customer legal matters.
• Liaise with Information Security, such as on investigations.
• Conduct privacy audits and address follow-ups to ensure best practice.
• Assist with data subject access requests and data breach procedures.
• Handle ad-hoc projects relating to privacy, information security and AI laws.

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, turning advice into practical solutions.
• A proactive approach to identifying risk areas and driving projects to mitigate them.
• Willingness to expand beyond GDPR to advise on international privacy laws, AI, and information security laws.
• Good communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills.
• Good team player.

Preferred

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

Benefits

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