Data Privacy Business Partner

As a Data Privacy Business Partner, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping and maturing our evolving data privacy function.

Department: IT Team
Team: Data Privacy Team
Location: London with hybrid working
Position type: Permanent

What the hiring manager says

"As a Data Privacy Business Partner, you'll have the unique opportunity to lead and shape the data privacy function at GSMA. This role offers an exciting chance to make a significant impact in a small but rapidly maturing team, where your expertise and vision will be instrumental in driving our data privacy strategy forward. Under my leadership, you'll enjoy the autonomy to build, evolve, and mature our data privacy function, implementing best practices and innovative solutions that align with our organisational goals. You'll be at the forefront of representing data privacy across GSMA, working closely with various departments to embed privacy principles into our core operations. This role presents a rare opportunity to directly influence and elevate GSMA's data privacy maturity and posture, ensuring we not only meet but exceed regulatory requirements while enabling business growth. As we expand our team, you'll have the chance to mentor and develop talent, further enhancing your leadership skills. If you're passionate about data privacy and excited by the prospect of shaping a function from the ground up, this role offers the perfect blend of challenge, responsibility, and potential for lasting impact. Your contributions will be highly visible and valued, positioning you as a key player in GSMA's journey towards data privacy excellence."
Andy Scott, Head of Information & Cyber Security

About the Team

The GSMA Data Privacy team is responsible for managing and enhancing GSMA’s operational data privacy capabilities to ensure compliance with regulations and the protection of personal and business sensitive data. This includes managing data privacy incidents, implementing and maintaining privacy frameworks, conducting data protection impact assessments, and monitoring privacy risks. By driving operational excellence in data privacy, the team ensures that privacy obligations are met efficiently while fostering trust with stakeholders and supporting GSMA's broader strategic objectives.

About the Role

As a Data Privacy Business Partner, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping and maturing our evolving data privacy function. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a small but growing team, where your contributions will be highly visible and valued. You'll be at the forefront of representing data privacy across GSMA, working closely with various departments to embed privacy principles into our core operations. Under my leadership, you'll have the autonomy to drive initiatives, implement best practices, and directly influence our company's data privacy strategy. The role offers a unique chance to build and mature a new data privacy function that spans multiple regulatory regions, including the EU, UK, US, and China. Your work will be instrumental in elevating our company's data privacy maturity and posture, ensuring compliance with diverse regulatory requirements while enabling business growth. As we expand our team, you'll have opportunities for professional growth and leadership development. If you're passionate about data privacy and excited by the prospect of shaping a function from the ground up, this role offers the perfect blend of challenge, responsibility, and potential for lasting impact.

About You and Capabilities

• You will possess a comprehensive understanding of data protection regulations, particularly GDPR, with demonstrable experience in applying these principles across diverse business operations and regions. 

• Your expertise should include the ability to foster a 'Privacy & Security by Design' ethos, showcasing your skill in influencing and educating at all levels. 

• You will have a proven track record of representing and promoting data protection in business engagements, effectively translating complex regulatory requirements into actionable business practices.

• You will demonstrate exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, as you'll serve as the primary point of contact for staff, regulators, and relevant public authorities on data protection matters. 

• Your experience should include managing stakeholder relationships and navigating complex regulatory landscapes. 

• You will have notable experience in developing and delivering comprehensive data privacy training programs, showcasing your ability to enhance organisational awareness and compliance.

• You will exhibit strong project management skills, with the capability to oversee and coordinate multiple compliance processes simultaneously. This includes managing data protection and information security compliance calendars, policy management, Records of Processing Activities (RoPA), and data retention processes. 

• Your organisational skills should be excellent, with a proven ability to maintain meticulous records and ensure timely compliance across various domains.

• You will have substantial experience in third-party supplier management within the context of data protection and information security. This includes conducting thorough risk assessments on data protection and information security-related activities, processes, suppliers, and systems. 

• Your analytical skills should be sharp, with the ability to identify potential risks and propose effective mitigation strategies. 

• You will demonstrate a proactive approach to risk management, continuously improving processes to enhance GSMA's data protection and information security posture.

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What We Offer

Working at the GSMA offers you unparalleled access to the mobile industry. We offer a chance to truly shape the direction of mobile, whatever your role. By joining the GSMA, you will be exposed to a fast-paced rapidly evolving environment, working on global solutions, genuinely fascinating and industry-changing projects and a stimulating and dynamic environment designed to enable you to flourish.

In addition to architect-designed offices and competitive compensation, our benefits include fantastic learning & development opportunities, generous holiday allowances, four additional days off for professional development and many others.

To learn more about the GSMA, visit our career site, our LinkedIn page and our Twitter page.

Being You at the GSMA

We care deeply about diversity, equity and inclusivity and aspire to be the best at it. Your well-being and work/life balance is important, so flexi-time and remote working is available to all staff. We're keen to ensure everyone is equal, represented and connected so we particularly encourage applications from all demographics. The sucess of the GSMA year on year will continue to be contributed by people from all walks of life.

GSMA Values

Our values not only drive our culture – they shape how we work and interact inside and outside our global organisation.

Passionately driven

We approach everything we do with unparalleled capability, tenacity and commitment, knowing that the challenging scale, pace and complexity of our work is what leads to its world-changing impact.

Insightful leaders

We continually develop and engage our expertise, insight and creativity so that we’re always ready to respond to the changing landscape with authority, agility and nuance.

Stronger together

We lean on each other so the industry can lean on us, embracing our diversity by actively seeking out perspectives and skill sets beyond our own, fuelling each other’s successes and constantly asking how we can help.

Underpinning our values is our collective mindset to show up purposefully as good human beings every day, in every situation. When we’re at our best – we are collaborative, considerate and compassionate to others, and we create a safe space for one another to thrive, assuming positive intent in our colleagues. And if we aren’t at our best and the pressure is on – we feel free to be ourselves but still remain curious, lean into the tough stuff and we are always respectful to others and accountable for the part we play.