Senior Privacy Officer

Sanoma Oyj; Helsinki; Hybride; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Sanoma Learning is seeking a Senior Privacy Officer to support the Nordic region (Finland, Sweden) and assist other areas as needed. You will drive privacy policy implementations, advise executives on legal implications, train staff, and coordinate privacy assessments across projects, including AI initiatives.

You will collaborate with business and technology teams, information security, and the DPO to safeguard data subjects’ rights while supporting commercial contracts and DPAs with customers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant working experience in privacy/compliance.

Responsabilités

• Drive the implementation of privacy policies and processes at Sanoma Learning

Connaissances

GDPR knowledge

e-Privacy Directive knowledge

EU AI Act knowledge

Privacy by design / DPIA experience

Stakeholder communication

Training and awareness delivery

Cross-border coordination

Formation

Bachelor's degree or higher in Law

MBA (strong merit)

Outils

OneTrust privacy tool

Description du poste

About the role

Within the Sanoma Learning Security & Privacy team, we are looking to appoint a Senior Privacy Officer, whose main task will be to support the Nordic region (Finland, Sweden). Next to this, you will be tasked to support other areas of the Sanoma Learning (support) organization, depending on overall availability and workload within the team.

As a subject-matter expert, you are expected to:

• Drive the implementation of privacy policies and processes at Sanoma Learning
• Advise senior management on privacy requirements and their legal implications around compliance
• Provide training and educate colleagues on the relevant aspects of privacy to maintain overall awareness in the organisation on regulatory developments
• Acting as a first point of contact for privacy-related questions from business - and product teams
• Support commercial teams in the creation and negotiation on data privacy agreements (DPAs) as part of contracts with customers
• Coordinating and facilitating privacy assessments (e.g. DPIAs/PIAs) for projects and new initiatives, including AI use cases
• Contribute to improvement initiatives to better support the Sanoma Learning organization
• Provide guidance in the event of potential data breaches and lead complex privacy reviews

These activities are executed in close collaboration with both business and technology teams, information security experts and Sanoma Learning’s Data Privacy Officer (DPO).

Preferred qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher, preferably in Law (MBA is a considered strong merit)
• As this is a senior role, we are looking for a professional with 5+ years of relevant working experience
• Knowledgeable about relevant laws (GDPR, e-Privacy Directive, EU AI Act) and being able to translate these into practical guidance
• Experience in carrying out privacy assessment (strong plus if exposure to AI domain)
• It’s considered a plus if you have experience interacting with data protection authorities, especially in the educational sector
• Relevant certificates like CIPP-E, CIPT, CIPM or equivalent
• Strong professional communication in English, Finnish (required) and Swedish (preferred), both verbally and in writing
• Experience with OneTrust or a similar privacy administration tool is a plus

Keys to Success

• Proactive and positive “can-do” attitude, demonstrating initiative and resilience
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to influence and communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership
• Passionate about balancing between digital technologies (AI, user data, analytics) and safeguarding data subject rights
• Ability to work in an in an international context, appreciating cultural differences adapting your approach accordingly

What we offer

We offer you an interesting and diverse position in a result-oriented team with a high degree of independence and responsibility. You will work with professional colleagues in an informal, dynamic and pleasant working atmosphere.

With the applicant’s consent, a personal security clearance may be conducted on the person selected for the position.

Should you have any specific questions, feel free to contact hiring manager Dimitri Goos on [phone] (Please respect that recruiting agency solicitation is not appreciated).

Position specs

• Location: Central Helsinki, Finland
• Travelling: Occasionally but not frequently
• Type of Work: Hybrid (i.e. a few days a week at the office)
• Contract: Permanent position, Full time

About Sanoma Learning

How do you prepare students for the world, engage their curiosity and inspire them to grow? That is the main question of teachers all around the world. At Sanoma Learning, it has always been our mission to help to find and develop best‑in‑class answers to this question. If you joinus, it means that you embark on an exciting journey to help shape the future of learning for primary, secondary and vocational education. We believe that your journey is our success as a company. Sanoma Learning isa leading K12 European learning company, operating in 12countries. Ourlearning products and services enable and support teachers and schools to develop the talents of every child to reach their potential. By offering printed and digital learning content, as well as digital learning and teaching platforms for primary, secondary and vocational education, we want to grow our positive impact on learning across Europe. With over 3000 employees, we help shapethe future of education for 25+ million of students. So,areyoureadytostartyourjourneytohelpshapethefutureoflearningandhelpteacherstosupport allstudentstoreachtheirpotential?

Sanoma Learningisan equal opportunity employer; we are committed to inclusion and diversity, ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other characteristics.

At Sanoma Learning, it’s our mission to help teacher to support all students to reach their potential. If you join us, it means that you embark on an exciting journey to help shape the future of learning forprimary, secondary and vocational education. We develop methods and technology that have a positive impact on millionsof youngminds.With curiosity and ambition in your DNA, you are also on a learning journey yourself, since you play a pivotal role in building the leading learning company that we are. You have a deep-rooted passion for learning. You are up for a challenge. You will be confrontedwith positive change.Andwecan promiseyou one thing:it will be exciting. Working at Sanoma Learning is asmuchabout you as it is about us.

About what you need to help shape the future of learning.

But above all, about who you are. Because we recognise that diversity in our teams increases our understanding of the people and communities weserve. That’s whywe welcomeeverybodyas their true self.