Senior Data Privacy Advisory Consultant (GDPR/DPIA)

Grant Thornton International Ltd; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton Ireland is seeking an experienced data privacy professional to join our Data Privacy practice at Senior Consultant or Assistant Manager level in Dublin. You will support client engagements covering GDPR, Irish Data Protection Acts, ePrivacy, and related regimes, partnering with Partners and our DPO team to operationalise privacy-by-design and monitor ongoing compliance.

You will map privacy obligations to NIS2, DORA, EU AI Act, and DSA, while contributing to methodology

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Law, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Business or related discipline.
• Hands-on GDPR/DPA compliance experience in consulting, in-house DPO/offices, regulator, or law firm.

Responsibilities

• Deliver GDPR and Data Protection Act compliance assessments, gap analyses and maturity reviews against recognised frameworks.
• Design and operate DPIA methodologies, including high-risk processing reviews.
• Support SAR/Data Subject Rights processes, including verification, scoping and secure delivery.
• Lead RoPA development, data mapping, and lawful basis analysis.
• Draft and review privacy notices, DPAs, SCCs and TIAs.

Skills

GDPR

DPA compliance

Data mapping

SAR handling

Regulatory liaison

Privacy by design

Education

Law/IT degree

Tools

OneTrust

TrustArc

Microsoft Purview

Job description

Grant Thornton Ireland is seeking an experienced data privacy professional to join our Data Privacy practice at Senior Consultant or Assistant Manager level in Dublin. You will support client engagements covering GDPR, Irish Data Protection Acts, ePrivacy, and related regimes, partnering with Partners and our DPO team to operationalise privacy-by-design and monitor ongoing compliance.

You will map privacy obligations to NIS2, DORA, EU AI Act, and DSA, while contributing to methodology