Data Privacy Specialist

Job Purpose:The Data Privacy is responsible for supporting, managing, and enhancing the organization's data privacy program to ensure compliance with applicable data protection regulations, privacy frameworks, and industry best practices. The role contributes to the development of privacy governance, risk management, regulatory compliance, and privacy-by-design initiatives while safeguarding personal data across the organization.Key Accountabilities:Develop, implement, and maintain data privacy policies, standards, procedures, and governance frameworks.Conduct Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) and Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs).Ensure compliance with applicable data protection regulations, including PDPL, GDPR, NDMO, and other relevant regulatory requirements.Maintain personal data inventories, data flow mapping, and data classification activities.Manage Data Subject Rights (DSAR) requests and support associated compliance processes.Conduct third-party privacy assessments and vendor privacy reviews.Perform privacy risk assessments and ongoing compliance monitoring activities.Support privacy incident management, investigations, reporting, and remediation activities.Participate in Privacy-by-Design reviews for new systems, applications, and business initiatives.Collaborate with business, legal, compliance, cybersecurity, and technology teams to strengthen privacy controls.Develop awareness materials and support privacy training initiatives across the organization.Monitor changes in privacy regulations and recommend updates to policies, procedures, and controls.Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor's Degree in Information Security, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related.Professional certifications such as CIPP, CIPM, ISO 27701, DAMA, or equivalent are preferred.Saudi National (Mandatory).Minimum Experience:+3 years of experience in Data Privacy, Data Governance, Information Security, Compliance, Risk Management, or related disciplines.Experience leading privacy initiatives, assessments, and regulatory compliance programs is preferred.Job-Specific Skills:Data Privacy Program Management.Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA/DPIA).Personal Data Inventory and Data Mapping.Data Subject Rights (DSAR) Management.Third-Party Privacy Risk Assessments.Privacy Risk Management and Compliance Monitoring.Privacy Incident Management.Privacy-by-Design Principles.Regulatory Compliance (PDPL, GDPR, NDMO, SAMA requirements where applicable).Privacy Policy, Standard, and Procedure Development.Data Governance and Information Lifecycle Management.Stakeholder Management and Regulatory Communication.Risk Assessment and Control Evaluation.Strong analytical, documentation, and reporting skills.Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement capabilities.