Senior Data Privacy & Compliance Lead - UAE

Tanqeeb; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 254,000 - 304,000; Full time

Job summary

Aspire Manpower Services is hiring a Data Privacy Professional for a client in Abu Dhabi. The successful candidate will develop practical privacy controls, guide teams on responsible use of personal data, and support compliance across the organisation.

Responsibilities include leading privacy assessments, reviewing notices and contracts, coordinating data subject requests, and delivering privacy training to teams while ensuring audit-ready documentation and ongoing governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in law, cybersecurity, IT, information governance, risk, compliance, or related field.
• 6+ years of data privacy, governance, and compliance experience with hands-on privacy work.
• Knowledge of the UAE Personal Data Protection Law and Abu Dhabi data governance requirements.
• Experience with privacy assessments, third-party reviews, stakeholder management, and audit‑ready documentation.
• Strong written and spoken English; Arabic is an advantage.
• Privacy certifications such as CIPP, CIPM, CIPT, CDPSE, or ISO/IEC 27701 are an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Maintain privacy policies, records, and data processing registers.
• Lead privacy impact assessments for projects, technology, AI use cases, and data‑sharing activities.
• Review privacy notices, consent wording, contracts, and third‑party data‑processing arrangements.
• Coordinate data‑subject rights requests and support personal‑data breach assessments.
• Monitor compliance, track corrective actions, and prepare reports for senior management.
• Deliver privacy guidance and awareness sessions to business and technology teams.

Skills

Data privacy governance

Compliance

UAE PDPL

Privacy assessments

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Privacy certifications (adv)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in law / cybersecurity / IT / information governance / risk / compliance

Job description

Aspire Manpower Services is hiring a Data Privacy Professional for a client in Abu Dhabi. The successful candidate will develop practical privacy controls, guide teams on responsible use of personal data, and support compliance across the organisation.

Responsibilities include leading privacy assessments, reviewing notices and contracts, coordinating data subject requests, and delivering privacy training to teams while ensuring audit-ready documentation and ongoing governance.