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Director/ Senior Director(Data Protection, Privacy & Governance)
ICT
Company shared salary
NA
Market rate
AED 45,000–AED 65,000/mo (AED 540,000–AED 780,000/yr)
Based on similar roles (title + domain + location).
About the Company
We have an urgent requirement for Director/ Senior Director(Data Protection, Privacy & Governance) for our client in Dubai, UAE Lead enterprise wide data protection, privacy, and governance strategy, ensuring compliance with laws, regulations, and organizational policies.--Must Establish frameworks for risk management, access control, classification, encryption, and oversee investigations of breaches or privacy incidents.--Must Drive awareness, advisory programs, and collaborate with leadership and business units to strengthen the organization's security posture.--Must Manage departmental performance, budgets, and partnerships, while preparing executive reports on risks, challenges, and recommendations.--Must Candidate should be in Dubai and provides - Dubai Family book & Dubai Passport) Lead the organization's data protection, privacy, and data governance function, ensuring compliance with applicable regulations, safeguarding data assets, managing data-related risks, and driving strategic initiatives that enable secure and responsible use of data.
Responsibilities
- ● Develop and implement the data protection and data governance strategy.
- ● Ensure compliance with data protection laws, regulations, and policies.
- ● Lead enterprise-wide privacy, security, and data governance programs.
- ● Establish frameworks for data risk management, access control, classification, and encryption.
- ● Oversee investigations related to data breaches, privacy incidents, and misuse of information.
- ● Provide strategic guidance on data protection, privacy, and regulatory compliance.
- ● Monitor compliance performance and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
- ● Lead stakeholder engagement, awareness, and advisory programs on data protection.
- ● Manage departmental performance, budgets, resources, and strategic partnerships.
- ● Prepare executive reports on performance, risks, challenges, and recommendations.
Requirements
- ● Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- ● Bachelor's: 12+ years of experience, including 6+ years in leadership roles.
- ● Master's: 10+ years of experience, including 5+ years in leadership roles.
- ● PhD: 8+ years of experience, including 4+ years in leadership roles.
- ● Data Protection & Privacy
- ● Data Governance
- ● Data Risk Management
- ● Data Security Frameworks
- ● Regulatory Compliance
- ● Big Data Management & Governance
- ● Research & Analysis
- ● Process Design & Optimization
- ● CISSP
- ● CIPP
- ● CDPSE
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