Manager/Associate Director, Data Privacy and Protection, Technology Consulting

KPMG China; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

KPMG China is looking for a Manager and Associate Director for the Data Privacy and Protection Team in Hong Kong. You will lead assessments, provide advice on data protection, and engage with clients to ensure compliance with regulations.

The ideal candidate will have a degree in Computer Science or Law, at least 5 years of experience in data privacy, and strong communication skills in English and Chinese. Join us in fostering an inclusive workplace at KPMG China.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in data privacy and data protection.
• Understanding of data privacy, confidentiality and data protection.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Chinese.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team to assess risks and provide data protection advice.
• Conduct Privacy Impact Assessments and manage privacy compliance.
• Collaborate on data governance and communicate best practices.

Skills

Data protection knowledge

Client service orientation

Communication skills in English and Chinese

Experience in risk management

Education

Bachelor/Master degree in Computer Science, Law & compliance

Tools

Privacy tools

Job description

We are now seeking Manager and Associate Director candidates for the Data Privacy and Protection Team.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the team to assess risks, identify gaps and provide advice on data protection and privacy for our client
• Evaluate data privacy and data protection practices of our clients
• Develop and manage relationships, and meet with relevant data protection and privacy, and security stakeholders within our clients
• Conduct Privacy Impact Assessments
• Deploy processes to manage privacy matters and stay compliant with relevant regulations
• Collaborate data governance engagements across the full set of capabilities at KPMG, including data strategy, data privacy governance and policy, privacy by design, personal data protection, personal data lifecycle management, third party management, compliance and risk management
• Identify and communicate engagement findings to management and client personnel
• Simultaneously work on multiple client engagements of varying size, scope and complexity
• Collaborate in advising the team to conduct research focused on identifying emerging technology solutions that reduce costs, increase efficiencies, provide more value, provide more capabilities, reduce risks, and increase data protection
• Communicate best practices by giving presentations, working with project teams, and authoring content aimed at educating others about standards, strategies, and otherwise defined best practices
• Lead a team to work individually and collaboratively with team members to ensure breadth and granularity of strategies, standards and reference architectures for consistency and integration
• Drive preparation of proposals and put together solutions, supporting literature, diagrams, write-up, responses, etc

Experience & Background

• Bachelor/Master degree from an accredited college / university in Computer Science, Law & compliance or other related field
• Technology related qualification holder on Privacy and data protection certifications will be preferrable (e.g. CIPP, CIPM, CIPT, CDPSE)
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in data privacy and data protection, ideally within a professional services environment or internal consultancy function delivering privacy related services
• Profound knowledge of data protection regulations, especially Hong Kong’s PDPO, European’s GDPR and China’s Personal Data Protection Law
• Understanding of data privacy, confidentiality and data protection from a process and risk perspective
• Experience and knowledge in performing privacy impact assessments, privacy compliance assessments, design of data privacy policies and guidelines, personal data flow mapping and analysis, implementation of privacy training and awareness programs and advising on privacy by design
• Experience with usage or implementation of privacy tools preferred
• Appetite to develop your privacy skills further
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese)
• Strong client services orientation and accustomed to taking an active role in executing client engagements
• Candidate with less experience will be considered as Manager

Equal Opportunity Employer

At KPMG China, we are committed to being an equal opportunity employer, with zero tolerance for any form of discrimination against any persons. It is important for us to create an inclusive, diverse and agile workplace for our people to develop and thrive at both a personal and professional level.