Senior Privacy Specialist

• Surry Hills based with WFH flexibility
• Permanent role
• Delivery privacy & customer trust solutions for WooliesX

About WooliesX

As a start-up business inside one of Australia's largest retailers, WooliesX aims to bring the best of Woolworths to our customers, powered by our team, technology and data. To achieve our customer 1st strategy, we have combined the Digital, eCommerce, Customer Loyalty and Financial Services businesses to transform the customer experience under one banner - WooliesX. 
 
Based between Bella Vista and Surry Hills, our vibrant, innovative and energetic collaboration spaces empower our teams to innovate and deliver an exceptional experience for our customers - no matter whether they choose to shop in-store, or online. 
We are an agile team who embrace diversity of thought and love to take on challenges with a pragmatic and innovative approach. Our culture thrives on mutual respect, care, curiosity, openness, and a proactive attitude. As a team we continually seek ways to pair, collaborate, support and learn from each other! 

About the role

WooliesX is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Privacy Specialist to join the Privacy & Customer Trust Centre of Enablement (CoE). The Privacy & Customer Trust CoE operates as a central team that sets the strategy for, and drives privacy and responsible data use uplift across, Woolworths. 

This includes the management of privacy risk, PIAs, governance, training and awareness, data ethics, incident management, resource development, compliance and reporting, evaluation and enhancements. As a Senior Privacy Specialist, you will be an integral member of the CoE team and will deliver privacy and customer trust solutions for WooliesX. Critical to this role will be the building of stakeholder relationships within WooliesX and the Woolworths business units.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Building and embedding key components of the Privacy+ Framework into systems, processes and governance in alignment with Privacy, Cyber, IT, Technology and Data Governance teams in WooliesX 
• Delivering key foundational and strategic priorities that evolve our Privacy & Customer Trust maturity to realise our ambition as a privacy leader
• Best practice systems and processes to enhance privacy governance including the execution of PIAs, Incident Management, Data Governance, Privacy Risk and Policy Development initiatives & resources across the various business units 
• Recommend, develop and support best practice in conjunction with Legal teams to manage change as a result of changing privacy legislation and regulations
• Build and develop relationships with key senior stakeholders across WooliesX and the Group to influence and implement effective privacy & data ethics capability 
• Provide thought leadership and dissemination of information as an expert in the field
   

Who we are looking for

We are looking for an individual with proven experience working in a Privacy related role, who can apply commercial acumen to complex business problems and work with a broad range of stakeholders across WooliesX.

Requirements:

● Proven experience in Privacy or a related field 
● Tertiary qualifications in a relevant field including Business, Law, Technology, Privacy or related 
● Proficient knowledge of Privacy Act, Australian Privacy Principles, OAIC guidance 
● Experience in PIA methodologies and privacy by design 
● Risk Management 
● Agile ways of working experience 
● Stakeholder Management 
● Strategy Development 
● Management and Leadership experience is beneficial but not essential for this role
● Proficiency in written and verbal communication skills including presentations 
● IAPP certification or other related studies in privacy, governance, ethics