Senior Privacy Compliance Specialist

Company Description

About SEEK

SEEK’s portfolio of diverse businesses make a positive impact on a truly global scale. Our purpose is to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organisations succeed. We create world-class technology solutions to connect more people to relevant employment, education, small business and volunteer opportunities. We have a culture of high-performance in our workplaces and celebrate the diversity of our employees who contribute to the success of our organisation.

SEEK AP&A
Operating across multiple countries, SEEK Asia Pacific (APAC) brings together Strategy, Product, Commercial, AI, Online Technology, and Technology teams to develop innovative solutions addressing the unique needs of job seekers and employers at scale across APAC.

The Role

As the Senior Privacy Compliance Specialist within SEEK's Data Management & Privacy team, you will be tasked to ensure SEEK meets its privacy and compliance obligations, promoting trust and accountability throughout the organization. Reporting to the Head of Data Management & Privacy, you will drive ongoing operational excellence and continuous improvement in privacy practices across SEEK. The role will be responsible for the end-to-end process of data collection, analysis and reporting through to preparing the content ready for presentation to senior stakeholders, for example to the Technology Leadership Team, Data Trust Committee, and the Audit & Risk Management Committee.

Key Responsibilities

Privacy Compliance

• Responsible for privacy compliance monitoring, audit monitoring and reporting across SEEK.
• Support the adoption of SEEK privacy policies and standards.
• Proactively identify, track and mitigate privacy risks and issues, engaging stakeholders in the decision-making process.
• Collaborate with SEEK’s Legal & Risk Management team to ensure the privacy compliance remains robust and responsive.
• Champion process automation and workflow enhancements to improve privacy management efficiency.
• Proactively drive SEEK’s BAU Privacy Compliance as new policies and requirements are enacted.

Privacy Operations

• Lead data privacy impact assessments for new and existing business processes and technology initiatives.
• Assist with maintenance and updates to privacy policies, procedures, and compliance frameworks.
• Monitor privacy regulatory changes, analyse impacts, and advise business units accordingly.
• Design and deliver privacy training and awareness programs SEEK-wide.
• Assist with complex data subject rights requests and respond to privacy-related inquiries.
• Collaborate effectively across relevant business functions, such as IT, Legal, Security, Risk, Product, Sales and Commercial to drive cohesive and comprehensive privacy outcomes.

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• 3+ years working in privacy or data protection roles.
• Strong knowledge of at least one privacy regime (e.g. PDPA, GDPR, CCP, PIPL).
• Knowledge of compliance frameworks, controls and regulatory environments.
• Experience implementing privacy programs, frameworks and controls.
• Experience with privacy by design principles in product development.
• Demonstrated success building productive relationships with senior stakeholders, managing conflicts, and providing sound advice influencing strategic decisions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to drive clear, authoritative communications to diverse audiences.
• Experience developing streamlined privacy operations.

Other Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Successful record of meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Great time management, prioritisation, and follow-up skills.
• Proven exposure to multiple privacy jurisdictions.

The Team

This role supports the Data Management/Governance & Privacy Function and Practices Function. The role also contributes to the Data Trust Committee and Citizenship Committee. Other forums and committees will be established during the build out of the framework and function including Data Quality forums for example.

The extended team will span Melbourne, New Zealand, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and Hong Kong.

Data is key to everything SEEK does and as such this role is accountable for ensuring we have a SEEK wide approach to leading, protecting and enabling use of our data.

Why SEEK

• Hybrid working mode
• Mature and collaborative work culture
• Extensive employee benefits

At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.

We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but don't meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us.

Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.