Privacy Regulatory Change & Compliance Consultant

NAB; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

NAB is seeking a Privacy Regulatory Change & Compliance Consultant to shape NAB's response to evolving privacy obligations and lead enterprise-wide regulatory change initiatives. You will translate complex privacy requirements into practical business outcomes, partner with senior stakeholders, and help ensure sustainable compliance across a large regulated environment in Australia.

Daily you will oversee horizon scanning, compliance planning, governance, and reporting to executives, ensuring

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Australian privacy laws and OAIC guidance.
• Experience leading regulatory change initiatives in large regulated organisations.
• Ability to translate complex requirements into practical business changes.

Responsibilities

• Lead horizon scanning, impact assessments, mobilisation and implementation planning for privacy regulatory change initiatives.
• Analyse and interpret privacy legislation, regulatory guidance and emerging reforms to assess impacts across NAB.
• Translate regulatory obligations into practical changes across business processes, controls, technology, data, policies, training and governance frameworks.
• Coordinate delivery across multiple business and enabling functions, ensuring ownership, dependencies and implementation risks are effectively managed.
• Support business readiness activities and oversee successful transition of regulatory changes into business-as-usual operations.
• Maintain and enhance privacy obligations, compliance architecture and supporting governance processes.
• Design and coordinate monitoring, assurance and remediation activities to strengthen privacy compliance outcomes.
• Develop governance reporting, executive briefings and recommendations to support informed decision-making and regulatory readiness.
• Identify emerging privacy risks, implementation challenges and opportunities to strengthen controls, processes and compliance capability.

Skills

Regulatory change

Stakeholder management

Legislation interpretation

Governance & controls

Risk assessment

Communication

Executive reporting

Regulatory knowledge

Job description

Privacy Regulatory Change & Compliance Consultant

Step into a rewarding Privacy Regulatory Change & Compliance Consultant role where you'll shape NAB's response to evolving privacy obligations, lead enterprise-wide regulatory change initiatives, and help ensure sustainable compliance outcomes across a complex and highly regulated environment.

Lead the end-to-end operationalisation of privacy regulatory change across NAB

Translate complex privacy legislation and regulatory requirements into practical business outcomes

Partner with senior stakeholders to strengthen compliance, governance, monitoring and assurance frameworks

Our people are customer obsessed. They prioritise the needs and satisfaction of the customer above all else. Our mindset fosters innovation and creates strong, lasting customer relationships as we strive to be the most customer centric company in Australia and New Zealand.

As a Privacy Regulatory Change & Compliance Consultant, you will play a critical role in ensuring NAB is prepared for evolving privacy obligations and reforms. You will be part of team that is owning it and keeping it simple.

Each day you'll go above and beyond to:

• Lead horizon scanning, impact assessments, mobilisation and implementation planning for privacy regulatory change initiatives.
• Analyse and interpret privacy legislation, regulatory guidance and emerging reforms to assess impacts across NAB.
• Translate regulatory obligations into practical changes across business processes, controls, technology, data, policies, training and governance frameworks.
• Coordinate delivery across multiple business and enabling functions, ensuring ownership, dependencies and implementation risks are effectively managed.
• Support business readiness activities and oversee successful transition of regulatory changes into business-as-usual operations.
• Maintain and enhance privacy obligations, compliance architecture and supporting governance processes.
• Design and coordinate monitoring, assurance and remediation activities to strengthen privacy compliance outcomes.
• Develop governance reporting, executive briefings and recommendations to support informed decision-making and regulatory readiness.
• Identify emerging privacy risks, implementation challenges and opportunities to strengthen controls, processes and compliance capability.

We're looking for the best and brightest to deliver the best for our customers. You'll need:

• Deep understanding of Australian privacy legislation, Australian Privacy Principles, OAIC guidance and emerging privacy reforms.
• Demonstrated experience leading or supporting complex regulatory change initiatives within a large, regulated organisation.
• Strong ability to interpret complex regulatory requirements and translate them into practical, sustainable business outcomes.
• Experience across impact assessments, implementation planning, governance, operational readiness and compliance assurance.
• Knowledge of enterprise risk management, compliance monitoring, controls and governance frameworks.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to drive outcomes without direct authority.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making capabilities in complex and evolving regulatory environments.
• Excellent communication and executive reporting skills, with the ability to present complex concepts clearly and confidently.
• Experience within privacy, compliance, legal, governance, risk, information security or regulatory change functions will be highly regarded.
• Knowledge of information security, cyber risk, data governance or privacy-related regulatory obligations will be highly regarded.

A diverse and inclusive workplace works better for everyone

We know that our people make us who we are. That's why we have built a culture of equity and respect, where everyone feels valued and appreciated for being their authentic selves. In partnership with our multiple Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), we continue to foster an inclusive environment where all NAB colleagues' unique backgrounds and identities are understood, respected and celebrated. We are committed to providing an environment where you can work your way.