Data and Privacy Analyst

Job Title:  Data and Privacy Analyst

Location - Austin, TX (Hybrid) - (Only Local candidates from Austin)

Full time 

Job Summary:

A Privacy Analyst manages the legal and operational risks around sensitive and critical information assets by assessing business operations on a continual basis, developing the right policies, procedures, and training programs, and overseeing all data agreements.

Essential Functions:

• Assist in the development, implementation and ongoing maintenance of global privacy policies, procedures, requirements and notices.
• Assist in conducting annual assessments of global privacy programs, identify areas of opportunities and design and implement improvements to help ensure compliance with global privacy laws.
• Assist in developing and delivering, with input from key stakeholders, enterprise-wide and role-based privacy training.
• Support the day-to-day operations of the Data Subject Rights program.
• Assist in maintaining records of processing activities and data processing inventory.
• Engage and liaise with other legal and business teams to provide guidance on and ensure privacy considerations are integrated into project planning and day-to-day operations.
• Provide privacy guidance and requirements to business teams for the onboarding & offboarding of third-party vendors.
• Assist in managing and maintaining privacy metrics reporting.
• Assist in managing external-facing Contact Privacy inbox.
• Managing teams implementing Data Governance tools with a complex business environment, through requirements gathering, building, testing, and production roll-out.
• Understanding of data privacy, data protection and regulatory aspects of data governance, such as creating and implementing a data rights framework, including contractual requirements, controls set, etc.
• Understanding of data privacy and data protection including applicable regulations and the handling of sensitive information.
• Understanding of information governance and data lifecycle management, including retention management.
• Understanding of privacy, protection and information governance data discovery tools (e.g., BigID, OneTrust, Microsoft etc.).
• Possessing knowledge and experience with overall data architecture, profiling, quality, metadata management etc.
• Leading evaluation of new solutions and services, providing a business case on whether the firm should develop skills and vendor relations within new Data Governance solutions and technologies

• Strong understanding of information security and data protection.
• One of more IAPP certifications (e.g., CIPP, CIPM, CIPT) preferred.
• Familiarity with US, EU, and other global privacy laws and regulations, such as CCPA/CPRA and GDPR.
• Experience supporting privacy and consent management, individual rights, compliance processes, policies, reporting and controls.
• Strong analytical, communication, organizational, and presentation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be able to develop and articulate strategy for process improvement.
• Works effectively as a team member
• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university; experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis.
• A minimum of three (3) years’ experience in governance, risk management, and compliance roles, preferably in a regulated industry or highly complex environment.