Sr. Privacy Compliance Analyst - Investments

MetLife, Inc.; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 43,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Private health insurance for employee

Defined contribution pension

Income protection

Job summary

MetLife, Inc. in Ireland seeks a Data Protection Senior Compliance Analyst to promote a privacy culture across the Investment business and support the PCG Privacy Program for the EMEA region. You will help implement global privacy policies, procedures, and processes and work within a cross-functional privacy team.

The role focuses on privacy assessments, data subject requests, and privacy reporting, collaborating with Compliance, Legal, Risk, Operations, and IT to enable responsible growth.

Qualifications

• Experience in compliance, risk management, or privacy within financial services or asset management.
• Demonstrated knowledge of GDPR and UK GDPR.
• Ability to manage privacy assessments and data subject requests with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day delivery of the CRM Framework and PCG Privacy Program for MetLife Investment Management in EMEA.
• Monitor regulatory developments and summarize impact for the team.
• Draft and maintain privacy documentation and records of processing activities.
• Assist with data incidents, DSARs, and privacy monitoring activities from discovery to remediation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional groups and training initiatives.

Skills

Privacy compliance

GDPR knowledge

UK GDPR exposure

Stakeholder engagement

Education

IAPP CIPP/E or equivalent

Job description

Join our Global Risk Management Group, where you'll play a key role in safeguarding the company, ensuring we deliver on our commitments to customers and stakeholders, and driving responsible growth. As part of our team, you'll identify, monitor, and mitigate both financial and non-financial risks across the organization. Leverage your expertise as the second line of defense to advise our business on effective risk management strategies. This means challenging ideas, implementing robust controls, and enforcing guardrails to foster responsible business growth. Join us in advancing MetLife's legacy of trust through exemplary risk management practices.

The Opportunity

The Data Protection Senior Compliance Analyst is responsible for promoting a data protection culture across the Investment business and contributing to the day-to-day operations of the Privacy Compliance Group, supporting the implementation of global privacy policies, procedures and processes, with a specific focus on the EMEA region. This is an exciting opportunity to join a cross-functional privacy team, and build deep privacy experience in a globally connected environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day delivery of the CRM Framework and PCG Privacy Program for MetLife Investment Management in EMEA, including privacy risk assessments (gathering stakeholder input and documenting outcomes).
• Monitor regulatory developments and guidance, summarizing the impact of privacy-related changes for the team.
• Draft and maintain privacy documentation - notices, data transfer/transfer impact assessments, policies and procedures, and records of processing activities - and contribute to privacy reporting and management information.
• Support personal data incidents and data subject requests, and carry out privacy monitoring/testing activities, tracking findings through to remediation.
• Partner cross-functionally - working groups, control functions (including third-party risk), and vendor privacy due diligence - and help deliver privacy training and awareness.

Required Qualifications

• Relevant experience in compliance, risk management, legal or privacy, ideally within financial services, insurance or asset management, with working knowledge of data protection laws and regulations - particularly the GDPR and UK GDPR - and some exposure to personal data incidents, data subject requests or privacy assessments.
• Highly organised and adaptable, with strong attention to detail and a genuine enthusiasm for growing and building expertise within the privacy practice.
• Strong relationship-building and interpersonal skills, with a willingness to engage stakeholders across Compliance, Legal Affairs, Risk Management, Operations, Technology and Internal Audit, and sound judgment on when to elevate.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, well organised with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines independently and as part of a team, and a high degree of professionalism and discretion.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting a privacy compliance program in a multinational organisation or across multiple jurisdictions.
• Privacy related qualifications such as IAPP CIPP/E, ACOI CDPO or equivalent, or a willingness to work towards one.
• Interest in investment management and in the governance of emerging technologies such as AI.

The expected salary range for this position is EUR 43000 - EUR 53000 . This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.

Benefits We Offer

Our Ireland benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We are committed to employee care by delivering comprehensive inclusive offerings and cultivating an environment that drives professional growth, purposeful work, and a supportive culture. Our benefits package includes hybrid work, career development and professional qualification support, full private health insurance for employees and their immediate family members, income protection, defined contribution pension benefits and much more!

About MetLife

Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies" and Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™ MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. As part of our New Frontier strategy, MetLife is building an AI-enabled, people-centered future. We're looking for people who bring curiosity, adaptability, and a growth mindset as we use AI to enhance how we serve customers, support communities, and evolve the way work gets done. At MetLife, AI is a responsible partner that supports human judgment, creativity, and continuous improvement while helping us build trust, inclusion, and long-term value. Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible .Join us!