Summary
Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) is hiring a Senior Data Protection and Privacy Specialist in Riyadh. The role supports data privacy planning and implementation, including reviewing standards, assessing risks, developing policies and improvement plans, and monitoring compliance. It also involves preparing awareness programs, reporting compliance levels, and coordinating remedial actions with internal stakeholders, particularly IT. Applicants need a bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science or an equivalent field and at least 3 years of relevant experience.
The posting
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Purpose of Job
Jobholders at this level are capable of operating with minimal supervision. They work within guidelines and procedures in order to prepare more complex, specialized or ad-hoc reports in their related field. They contribute to the completion of milestones or operational targets within the assigned functional area. They undertake operational activities including conducting assessment identifying needs and challenges, supporting in developing plan to improve the protection of ZATCAâs sensitive data, preparing awareness programs and following-up on implementation of data privacy and protection initiatives.
Job Details
Data Privacy and Protection Planning
- Review National Data Management Office (NDMO) approved standards and policies to update ZATCA’s current data guides and ensure continuous adherence with NDMO requirements
- Conduct needed assessments to identify needs and challenges related to personal and private data management and highlight improvement areas
- Assisting the development of data privacy and protection policies, standards and procedures in line with ZATCA’s strategy and based on best practices and international standards
- Suggest data privacy and protection improvement plans and initiatives to safeguard improve the protection of ZATCA’s sensitive data and information assets
- Devise list of data privacy and protection KPIs in line with strategic objectives to ensure proper follow-up
- Communicate data policies, standards, strategy and plan with related stakeholders to secure clear understanding and enable engagement
- Conduct risk assessment against data privacy to identify faced data issues and recommend accordingly corrective and preventive actions
- Develop controls measures and metrics to monitor employees’ performance and confidentiality ensuring protection of ZATCA’s sensitive data
- Prepare data privacy and protection awareness programs and initiatives to ensure proper communication of NDMO and ZATCA requirements
Data Privacy and Protection Management
- Manage proper implementation of data privacy and protection plans while identifying data issues related to evaluation, integration and automation to ensure timely resolution
- Identify and assess improvement areas and develop accordingly needed initiatives and projects to minimize facing data issues and ensure continuous adherence to data obligations
- Follow-up on proper implementation of approved improvement action plans to enhance data privacy and protection
- Consolidate data privacy issues and partner with internal stakeholders in particular IT functions to implement remedial actions
- Develop reports for related stakeholders highlighting ZATCA’s compliance levels with data standards and policies
Organization and Operations
- Follow all relevant policies, processes and standard operating procedures so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner
- Help in solving escalated problems and provide needed support for junior team to ensure work is carried out in an efficient manner
- Escalate complex problems to the relevant person to ensure cases/issues are closed properly
- Perform other duties as requested
People Management
- Train junior staff on the different job activities to ensure transfer of know-how, when applicable
- Provide clear direction, prioritize tasks, assign and delegate responsibility, and monitor the workflow of subordinates/ junior staff
- Support junior staff or direct reports in order to execute their duties according to set policies and processes
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science or equivalent is required
Experience
A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience
Competencies
Collaboration and Communication - Developing
Policy Making - Developing
Professionalism - Developing
Data Processing - Proficient
IT Compliance - Proficient
Results Oriented - Developing
Data Management Planning and Design - Proficient
Customer Focus - Developing
Data Analytics - Developing
Enablement of Change and Innovation - Developing
Database Design and Operations - Developing