Summary
Join our Data Protection team as a Senior Data Protection Specialist, where you will help shape our approach to privacy and data protection. We are looking for an experienced privacy professional with a pragmatic mindset and strong knowledge of data protection law. Partnering with stakeholders across the business, you will provide practical advice, support GDPR compliance, and help teams make informed, risk-based decisions.Job description
To be considered for this role, you must demonstrate:
extensive legal and practical experience in data protection law, GDPR compliance, international data transfers, privacy governance frameworks, privacy by design, supervisory authority guidance, practices, and enforcement trends
To increase your chances of being shortlisted for an interview, please ensure that your CV includes comprehensive and detailed information about your specific legal and practical experience in personal data protection, including hands-on experience with GDPR implementation, audits, DPIAs, ROPA, data processing agreements, international data transfer mechanisms, supervisory authority interactions and embedding data protection requirements into international business processes and governance frameworks.
About the Role
Responsibilities:
Act as the company’s senior subject-matter expert on GDPR, data protection law, privacy governance, and privacy compliance within the Data Protection team
Independently manage complex data protection and privacy legal projects, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating data protection agreements, joint controller agreements, data processing frameworks, SCCs, TIAs, DPIAs, and related governance measures
Independently prepare complex legal analyses and practical risk-based recommendations on data protection risks, regulatory exposure, and compliance strategies
Provide tailored legal and data protection guidance to business, IT, security, HR, product, and legal stakeholders on matters with significant impact for the company
Advise on privacy by design, data minimization, retention policies, security incident handling and breach notification obligations
Support and manage interactions with supervisory authorities, audits, inspections, and potential investigations
Monitor developments in EU and international data protection law, including EDPB guidance, supervisory authority practice, and enforcement trends, and identify related risks, opportunities, and required changes
Continuously identify opportunities to improve data protection governance, legal processes, templates, policies, and internal procedures, and support their implementation
Represent and support the company in negotiations and discussions with customers, vendors, business partners, and other external parties on data protection matters
Essential Requirements
University degree in Law (Mgr., LL.M. or equivalent)
At least 5 years of post-graduate legal experience, including a minimum of 3 years focused on data protection, privacy law, GDPR compliance, or privacy governance
Strong knowledge of GDPR, international data transfers, privacy governance frameworks, privacy by design principles, and regulatory guidance and enforcement trends
Hands-on experience with GDPR implementation, DPIAs, ROPA, data protection audits, data processing agreements, and privacy compliance programs in an international environment
Professional proficiency in English (C1), with the ability to work confidently with legal documentation and communicate effectively with stakeholders
Ability to provide clear, practical, and business-oriented advice on complex data protection matters
Excellent written and verbal communication,
Strong collaboration, and stakeholder management skills, combined with a high level of ownership, integrity, and accountability
Good understanding of data protection concepts, information security basics, technology-driven processing activities, and regulatory risk management terminology
Ability to translate legal and GDPR requirements into practical business, technical, and operational processes
Desirable Requirements
Experience with privacy compliance in a technology-driven environment is an advantage
Experience with AI governance
Familiarity with international data mechanisms
Basic wage component (brutto): from 3300/m. EUR
* Financial bonus based on performance paid twice a year up to 15% from the base salary paid during the evaluation period (usually 6 months).
* The final basic wage component may be increased according to individual skills and experience of the selected candidate.
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Benefits
Primary location
BratislavaAdditional locations
Time type
Full timeJob details are sourced from the employer's original posting.
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