Senior Data Protection Specialist, Data Governance (W/M/X)

Hybride; Saint-Mandé; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit Sharing

Yearly company saving plan

25 paid time off

12 additional paid days off

Healthcare for you and your family

50% transport pass paid

Lunch vouchers

Maternity leaves

Paternity leaves

Office in Saint Mandé

Job summary

Ubisoft is seeking a Senior Data Protection Specialist within the Data Office to lead governance initiatives and ensure data protection and security across the organization. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, drive regulatory compliance and manage access controls, while promoting a privacy-by-default culture.

The role emphasizes strategic data governance, stakeholder engagement, and mentoring teams to enhance data protection capabilities across Ubisoft’s international operations.

Qualifications

• Strong experience as a data or data protection expert.
• Experience in leading, coordinating and delivering cross-functional programs.
• Ability to articulate the value of Data Protection within the company.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in English; French a plus.
• Self-starter with ownership and a data-driven mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead, plan, execute and monitor several Data Protection initiatives and streams.
• Coordinate with business and production data teams to apply protection measures.
• Drive change to make Data Protection the default across Ubisoft.
• Propose and coordinate tools/platforms to support Data Protection.
• Grow data teams' skills and awareness through events and mentoring.
• Track progress and continuously improve the framework.
• Stay updated on data industry trends and share them across the company.

Skills

Data protection

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

English communication

French language

Job description

Senior Data Protection Specialist, Data Governance (W/M/X)

• Full-time
• Contract: Permanent
• Work flexibility: Office-based

Ubisoft is a global leader in gaming with teams across the world creating original and memorable gaming experiences, from Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow Six, to Just Dance and more. We believe diverse perspectives help both players and teams thrive. If you’re passionate about innovation and pushing entertainment boundaries, join our journey and help us create the unknown!

Within Ubisoft International Headquarters, you will join the Ubisoft Data Office, responsible for Ubisoft’s Data Strategy, Governance, and a variety of data services and products for storing, processing, distributing, analyzing, and surfacing data across the company.

You will join the Data Governance team. As Senior Data Protection Specialist, you will play a key role in leading the way towards ensuring Ubisoft’s data protection, encompassing both regulatory compliance and security & access management topics.

Responsibilities

• Lead, plan, execute and monitor several Data Protection initiatives and all the associated streams of work.
• Analize business & technology teams’ needs from a Data Protection perspective (Regulatory compliance -including but not limited to Privacy and AI-, and Security & Access) and identify & implement adequate solutions, leveraging your data expertise and background to adapt them to data experts’ and Ubisoft’s realities.
• Coordinate actions with business & production data teams and Data Owners to apply data protection measures to their assets and promote protection principles across the company.
• Drive change through Ubisoft by engaging your partners and progressively get to a target state where Data Protection is applied by default (Computational Data Governance).
• Monitor and ensure data protection across the company.
• Partner closely with Ubisoft technology teams to propose and coordinate the implementation of the right tools/platforms/solutions to support Data Protection principles and standards.
• Grow data teams skills and awareness about Data Protection through sharing, events, coaching/mentoring as well as Ubisoft employee’s data protection culture.
• Track and report on progress & success and improve/adapt the framework constantly.
• Stay up to date on data industry trends and introduce them to the data department and practitioners across the company.
• Maintain a network of support and expertise.

Requirements

• Strong experience as a data or data protection expert. Having acted as Data Protection specialist and/or technical project manager would be a plus.
• Experience in leading, coordinating and delivering programs composed of cross-functional moving parts and across multiple business and technology teams.
• Ability to collaborate with individuals at all hierarchical levels and with a wide range of functional and/or technical skills.
• Thorough knowledge of a company’s business functions and their objectives.
• Ability to clearly articulate the value of Data Protection within the company.
• Critical thinking
• Ability to quickly adapt to change.
• Strong sense of ownership and a self-starter.
• Data and result oriented.
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership and communication skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. French would be a plus.

Ubisoft's perks

• Profit Sharing, yearly company saving plan. 25 paid time off + 12 additional paid days off. 50% of your transportation pass is paid by the company, lunch vouchers (9€/day), healthcare for you and your family, and lots of Ubisoft additional perks.
• Maternity leaves of 20 weeks, paternity/co-parental leaves of 7 weeks.
• Our office is located in Saint Mandé, (Metro line 1, Saint Mandé station).

Information about Ubisoft

Ubisoft offers the same job opportunities to all, without any distinction of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability, or age. Ubisoft ensures the development of an inclusive work environment which mirrors the diversity of our gamers’ community.