Privacy Manager

Talenza; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent opportunity in Data & AI

High impact privacy role

Job summary

Talenza is seeking a Privacy Manager in Brisbane to join the Data & AI team. The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on oversight of privacy risk management, PIAs, complaints, and regulatory engagement, including notifiable data breach obligations.

You will uplift privacy framework maturity, implement privacy-by-design, and collaborate with stakeholders across technology and business units to integrate privacy into initiatives and decision-making.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in privacy and data protection.
• Strong working knowledge of the Privacy Act and Notifiable Data Breaches scheme.
• Knowledge of APRA prudential standards and associated regulatory expectations.
• Experience operating privacy risk frameworks, controls, and privacy-by-design practices.
• Experience conducting/overseeing privacy impact assessments.
• Experience handling privacy complaints and notifiable data breach obligations.
• Exposure to regulatory engagement and responding to regulatory enquiries.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to translate legal/technical concepts into practical business advice.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership to uplift privacy capability, frameworks and operating practices.
• Maintain and improve privacy risk frameworks, controls and privacy-by-design standards.
• Oversee privacy impact assessments and provide guidance to delivery teams and stakeholders.
• Manage privacy complaints handling and associated governance/reporting.
• Lead/coordinate notifiable data breach obligations, including assessment and response support.
• Support regulatory engagement, including responding to enquiries and coordinating internal inputs.
• Partner across Data & AI, technology and business teams to embed privacy into initiatives and decision-making.
• Contribute to AI governance / AI risk activities where relevant (highly regarded)

Skills

Privacy leadership

PIA management

Regulatory engagement

Risk management

Privacy by design

Policy interpretation

Education

Law degree

Information security background

Data governance knowledge

Job description

About The Role

Talenza are partnering with a large, highly regulated organisation to recruit a Privacy Manager within their Data & AI team, reporting to the Senior Manager, AI Governance & Privacy.

This role is key to strengthening privacy framework maturity and uplift across the organisation. It combines strategic leadership with hands-on oversight of operational privacy activities including privacy risk management, privacy impact assessments, privacy complaints, regulatory engagement and notifiable data breach obligations.

Benefits

• Permanent opportunity within a high-performing Data & AI team
• High impact role shaping privacy-by-design and enterprise privacy controls
• Exposure to AI governance / AI risk work alongside privacy responsibilities
• Strong stakeholder engagement and leadership visibility

Requirements

• 6+ years' experience in privacy and data protection
• Strong working knowledge of the Privacy Act and Notifiable Data Breaches scheme
• Knowledge of APRA prudential standards and associated regulatory expectations
• Experience operating privacy risk frameworks, controls, and privacy-by-design practices
• Experience conducting/overseeing privacy impact assessments
• Experience handling privacy complaints and notifiable data breach obligations
• Exposure to regulatory engagement and responding to regulatory enquiries
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to translate legal/technical concepts into practical business advice
• Qualifications in law, risk, information security, data governance, or a related discipline

Role Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership to uplift privacy capability, frameworks and operating practices
• Maintain and improve privacy risk frameworks, controls and privacy-by-design standards
• Oversee privacy impact assessments and provide guidance to delivery teams and stakeholders
• Manage privacy complaints handling and associated governance/reporting
• Lead/coordinate notifiable data breach obligations, including assessment and response support
• Support regulatory engagement, including responding to enquiries and coordinating internal inputs
• Partner across Data & AI, technology and business teams to embed privacy into initiatives and decision-making
• Contribute to AI governance / AI risk activities where relevant (highly regarded)

Privacy Manager | Brisbane | Hybrid Working | Permanent

Desired Skills and Experience

Privacy Act, NDB & privacy risk expert with 6+ years' experience leading PIAs, privacy controls, breach response, regulatory engagement and stakeholder management.