Data Privacy Governance Lead - Senior Manager (UAE)

ADIB Group; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ADIB Group in Abu Dhabi seeks a Senior Manager Data Privacy Governance to lead the privacy governance pillar within GISD. You will design, implement, and continuously improve the privacy framework, records of processing, and regulatory reporting.

The role ensures compliance with UAE PDPL and local and international data protection standards, providing assurance to senior management, committees, and regulators on the privacy control environment.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of UAE Personal Data Protection Law (2021) and Executive Regulations.
• Strong working knowledge of regulatory requirements for licensed financial institutions.
• Experience designing and operationalizing privacy governance artefacts (policies, SOPs, RoPA, DPIA, transfer assessments).
• Proven ability to manage privacy programmes including RoPA, DPIA, data subject rights, and third-party governance.

Responsibilities

• Own, draft and maintain the Data Privacy Framework Policy, Standards, SOPs, and templates with version control and review cycles.
• Maintain the regulatory obligation register and map PDPL/CB UAE requirements to internal controls; keep audit-ready evidence.
• Oversee RoPA program end-to-end, ensure data mapping quality and consistency across ADIB jurisdictions.
• Govern privacy management platform (OneTrust) as the single source of truth for RoPA, consent, and incident records.
• Govern the privacy risk management process including identification, assessment, mitigation and residual risk recording in Archer.
• Lead DPIA and International Data Transfer Assessments including review and sign-off of submissions.
• Define, monitor and report privacy KPIs/KRIs; prepare packs for Senior Management, CISO, and Board committees.
• Oversee data subject rights handling, consent management, and privacy notices across channels in English and Arabic.

Skills

OneTrust

Archer

Privacy governance

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

DPIA

Education

Bachelor's degree in Law / Information Security / Risk Management / IT

Tools

OneTrust

Archer

Job description

ADIB Group in Abu Dhabi seeks a Senior Manager Data Privacy Governance to lead the privacy governance pillar within GISD. You will design, implement, and continuously improve the privacy framework, records of processing, and regulatory reporting.

The role ensures compliance with UAE PDPL and local and international data protection standards, providing assurance to senior management, committees, and regulators on the privacy control environment.