Who we are looking for
We are looking for a Senior Data Protection Advisor to integrate our Privacy & Data Governance BU.
The current business dynamics are unprecedented for this department, which is multiplying ambitious projects all over Belgium. In other words, Approach is a major player in Data Protection and Data Governance and is quickly evolving.
We are therefore actively looking for people who have the ambition to participate in the development of the data protection department at Approach, while advising clients from various sizes and sectors, helping them improve their privacy and risk management maturity, providing top-notch legal expertise as well as governance recommendations.
You will have the opportunity to grow your expertise by getting acquainted and/or certified in recognized INDUSTRY and privacy STANDARDS (ISO 27001, ISO 31700, Europrivacy certifications, etc.) with our experts, and advise clients on the latest legislative frameworks.
Your role and responsibilities
You will join a small team with all levels of seniority. You will integrate your field of action within a more global cybersecurity approach. Therefore, you could rely on the knowledge of your expert colleagues with both technical and legal backgrounds.
You could:
- Provide high value services to customers in the light of Approach’s data protection offering/business:
- Bring your knowledge and energy on different steps of data protection projects, autonomously or within the team.
- Advise on all aspects of data privacy.
- Participate in the development of Data Privacy Impact Assessments (DPIA) and supervise their implementation.
- Monitor compliance with the international and local data protection legislations (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, e-privacy directive, Data Governance Act, …)
- Drive privacy compliance audits.
- Train employees involved in data processing activities.
- Liaise with national Supervisory Authorities (SA’s)
Use your energy, your proactivity, and your smile to develop our Privacy & Data Protection business unit by (for example):
- Actively contributing to the development of tools and methodologies used by your team.
- Sharing your knowledge about sector news to your team.
- Contributing to develop a business/commercial approach towards potential customers.
Following and coaching junior colleagues on your specific expertise.
Your profile
You have :
- Recognized Data Privacy Officer certification OR any other training, certifications, Executive Master, … in the frame of data protection or cybersecurity.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar function (DPO, Assistant DPO, Privacy officer, legal counsel, …)
- Good understanding of Information Risk Management and methodologies
- Interest in Data Protection technologies and how they link to Data Privacy
- English and Dutch is a must have. Bilingual (FR/NL) is a plus.
- True communicator with Business level communication skills: to make complex legal or data protection concepts easy to understand by a business or a technical audience, and to interact with C-level, to work with legal, GRC and IT departments, to challenge technical implementations and to understand business needs.
Considered as a plus:
- Ability to understand senior management considerations (strategic level) and ability to help them in their decision.
- Good understanding of ISO27000 standards
- Experience in risk assessments as assessor or contributor
- Exposure to security audit, as auditor, auditee, remediation owner
- Exposure to (security) incident response and crisis management
Mindset:
- Willingness to provide high quality deliverables and to go the extra mile.
- Project oriented by being dedicated to the client’s objectives and give advice.
- Teamplayer
- Manage diverse workloads and prioritize accordingly.
- Ambassador for the professional values that are at the heart of our philosophy:
TOP-NOTCH: We strive for best-of-the-best while staying up to date with the latest technology.
HUMAN-CENTRIC: We care about people in the digital world, listening before interacting respectfully in a responsible environment.
NO-NONSENSE: We go for it, we work together, we are committed to deliver, to exceed expectations.