Director Data Protection and Compliance Programs at Michael Page

Job Description
Th role entails the following:

• Build close working relationships with country IT organisation to ensure that each country's IT needs and issues are understood.
• Provide regular and timely reports to senior business stakeholders concerning data protection, as well as compliance to IT infrastructure and service management standards across the Region.
• Ensures regional adherence to the organisation's Data Protection / Privacy requirements.
• Build and execute a data protection roadmap in a practical manner that enables the business to achieve compliance with data protection regulations
• Prepare for and Respond to Audits
• Implement Data Protection Processes & Tools
• Manage escalations within the Region and taking the lead to bring these up to the Global organisation and Corporate Data Protection.
• Ensure information Security management standards and best practices are implemented and adhered to across the SSA Countries, via regular KPI reporting and follow-ups.
• Coordinate with country external legal Councils and internal stakeholders to ensure compliance with local Data Protection Regulatory requirements
• Monitor overall progress and initiate corrective action

The Successful Applicant
The suitable candidate should possess the following:

• Experience working outside of South Africa and has been exposed to other countries
• Legal qualification (Legal degree or Master's in law )
• Expertise is Data Privacy Laws
• Detailed understand of Violations laws/procedures in various countries
• Solid understanding of Data Procedures /Customer information protection Laws in various countries
• Understand the laws around employee Data protection
• Be seasoned in presenting reports/giving advice to CEOs and forums etc
• Good relationship building skills
• Good people management skills