Senior Data Privacy Expert (m/f/d)

102579 | Legal & Compliance | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Services | Full-Time | Permanent

130 years of trust. One team shaping what's next. Allianz Group is one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers - built on over a century of stability, expertise, and financial strength. Allianz Services is where that legacy meets the future. 8,500+ people. Twelve countries. Four continents. We deliver specialized services to clients within Allianz Group, powered by AI, advanced analytics, and a mindset that refuses to stand still. From core insurance operations to engineering and consulting services, we reimagine how insurance works. What truly sets us apart are our people and the trusted partnerships we build, anchored in our values of expertise, integrity, and empowerment. We don't support the business. We shape it.

Role overview

The Senior Data Privacy Expert ensures organisational compliance with data privacy laws, regulations, and internal policies by advising on existing processes and developing new procedures for privacy programs. This role conducts Privacy Impact Assessments and security risk evaluations, and implements risk-based privacy controls and measures across the organisation and its affiliates. The role also includes regular monitoring and tracking of control effectiveness to maintain a strong data protection posture.

What you do:

• Develop, maintain, and implement data privacy governance systems in line with GDPR, Allianz Privacy Standard (APS), and Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs); provide privacy advice and review supplier/customer contracts
• Handle data subject enquiries (consent withdrawal, right to be forgotten) and consult on personal data incidents including breach notifications and remediation
• Prepare and roll out Allianz Data Privacy trainings and awareness campaigns; track completion rates and support local entities to ensure adequate privacy knowledge
• Maintain Records of Processing Activities in OneTrust; initiate Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs/TIAs); conduct on-site/off-site data privacy controls and vendor assessments focused on TOMs compliance
• Support the full control lifecycle (analysis, documentation, reporting); monitor and track remediation measures; prepare regular and ad hoc privacy reports to Management

What you bring:

• Master's degree in economics, legal, or similar disciplines; 8+ years of experience in data privacy, risk management, internal control or compliance
• Solid understanding of GDPR, ISO security standards, OneTrust tool functionalities and IT systems in relation to data protection and processing
• Strong analytical thinking; proven experience in risk analysis, controls frameworks, process/control design and re-engineering principles
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and influencing skills; ability to convey compliance and governance topics effectively to diverse audiences
• Fluency in English; IAPP certification is a plus; strong sense of initiative, responsibility and awareness of business impact of compliance
• We highly welcome candidates with a genuine interest and affinity for Information Technology (IT) and Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), as these attributes are considered valuable assets to our team.

What we offer:

• We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working incl. up to 25 days per year working from abroad
• We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location)
• From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered
• Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach.

About Allianz 

Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges is what makes us a unique employer.
We are united by a shared commitment: to put our customers first and at the center of everything we do. Their needs inspire our thinking and guide our actions.
Together, we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and confident to explore, grow and shape a better future – for our customers and for the world around us. At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. The foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and where integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust are at the heart of our culture.
We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural Internal background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

Join us. Let’s care for tomorrow.

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