Data Privacy and Protection Specialist

Job Overview

KPMG China is seeking a seasoned professional to lead our Data Privacy and Protection Team. As a key member of our Consulting practice, you will be responsible for assessing risks, identifying gaps, and providing advice on data protection and privacy for our clients.

Key Responsibilities
• Lead the team to evaluate data privacy and data protection practices of our clients
• Develop and manage relationships with data protection and privacy stakeholders within our clients
• Conduct Privacy Impact Assessments and deploy processes to manage privacy matters
• Collaborate with data governance engagements across the full set of capabilities at KPMG, including data strategy, data privacy governance, and policy
• Identify and communicate engagement findings to management and client personnel
• Work on multiple client engagements of varying size, scope, and complexity
• Communicate best practices through presentations, project teams, and authored content
• Lead a team to work individually and collaboratively with team members to ensure breadth and granularity of strategies, standards, and reference architectures
• Drive preparation of proposals and solutions, supporting literature, diagrams, write-up, responses, etc

Requirements
• Bachelor/Master degree from an accredited college/university in Computer Science, Law, and compliance or other related field
• Technology-related qualification holder on Privacy and Data Protection certifications (CIPP, CIPM, CIPT, CDPSE) preferred
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in data privacy and data protection, ideally within a professional services environment or internal consultancy function delivering privacy-related services
• Profound knowledge of data protection regulations, especially Hong Kong's PDPO, European's GDPR, and China's Personal Data Protection Law
• Understanding of data privacy, confidentiality, and data protection from a process and risk perspective
• Experience and knowledge in performing privacy impact assessments, privacy compliance assessments, design of data privacy policies and guidelines, personal data flow mapping and analysis, implementation of privacy training and awareness programs, and advising on privacy by design
• Experience with usage or implementation of privacy tools preferred
• Appetite to develop your privacy skills further
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese)
• Strong client services orientation and accustomed to taking an active role in executing client engagements

About KPMG China

KPMG China is committed to being an equal opportunity employer, with zero tolerance for any form of discrimination against any persons. We strive to create an inclusive, diverse, and agile workplace for our people to develop and thrive at both a personal and professional level. We encourage you to come as you are and welcome all qualified candidates to apply.