Data Protection Officer

L'Oréal; Hoofddorp; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

L’Oréal is seeking a senior privacy leader to drive the data protection strategy across the Benelux region, reporting to the Benelux General Counsel and functionally to the Europe Data Privacy Director.

You will govern the privacy program, embed Privacy by Design in digital and AI initiatives, and collaborate with local authorities while training teams to foster a privacy-first culture across the business.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of EU data protection laws and CIPP/E certification.
• Understanding of digital, cybersecurity, and AI governance.

Responsibilities

• Governance & Strategy: Implement the Group Data Privacy program and lead the local Privacy Committee.
• Advisory & Compliance: Embed Privacy by Design in digital, AI, and cybersecurity initiatives.
• Contractual & Regulatory: Draft and negotiate data clauses and cooperate with local Supervisory Authorities.
• Awareness: Design and deliver training to foster a strong privacy culture.

Skills

Data Privacy

AI & Cybersec Literacy

Stakeholder Management

Project Management

Multilingual (EN/NL/FR)

Education

CIPP/E certification

Job description

Hello, we’re L’Oréal. We're not just building brands, we're shaping how the world experiences beauty (and it takes a lot of cool jobs to do it). Intrigued? Keep reading, this might be the opportunity you've been searching for.

A Day in the Life

Reporting directly to the Benelux General Counsel and functionally to the Europe Data Privacy Director, you will lead the data protection strategy across the Benelux region to safeguard our consumers, employees, and partners.

• Governance & Strategy: Implement the Group Data Privacy program and lead the local Privacy Committee.
• Advisory & Compliance: Embed Privacy by Design in digital, AI, and cybersecurity initiatives.
• Contractual & Regulatory: Draft and negotiate data clauses and cooperate with local Supervisory Authorities.
• Awareness: Design and deliver training to foster a strong privacy culture.

We Are Looking For

Skills

You are a highly experienced privacy professional who thrives in fast-paced environments. Based on our L'Oréal Skills Library, we are looking for:

• Data Privacy Expertise: Deep knowledge of EU data protection laws and CIPP/E certification.
• Tech & AI Literacy:Understandingofdigital, cybersecurity, and AI governance.
• Stakeholder Influence: Ability to guide cross-functional business and IT teams.
• Project Management: Capacity to drive complex compliance roadmaps independently.
• Multilingualism: Professional fluency in English, Dutch, and French.

What’s In It For You

• A place for you to leave your comfort zone and grow beyond your potential (here, you’ll be encouraged to try new things and take risks!)
• Real responsibility from day 1, there’s no sitting on the sidelines at L’Oréal
• An environment where people of every ethnicity, social background, age, religion, gender and sexual orientation as well as people with disabilities are accepted, can speak up, will thrive and are celebrated!
• A place where you can contribute to something bigger! Many of our brands have societal /environmental causes to make concrete difference

Who We Are

L’Oréal is present in 150 markets on five continents. For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted itself solely to ‘Create beauty that moves the world’; it is now the industry world leader with €42 billion consolidated sales. Together, we solve complex challenges at scale, while making sure we stay committed to making the world a more inclusive and a better place for everyone & our planet.

Our Finance and Legal Teams are organized in agile and transversal structure to combine a high level of expertise with a deep understanding of business stakes. Our teams have seized the full potential of the Data and the Fintech revolution to reinvent a real-time, highly reactive management of performance that encompasses all areas of value creation: Data, New Online and Services Business models, as well as Sustainability.

We’re committed to guaranteeing inclusive recruitment processes and to advocating for hiring and promoting each candidate in an ethical and equitable way. The Group strictly prohibits discrimination against any applicant for employment because of the individual’s gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, visible and/or invisible disabilities, socio-economic and/or multicultural origins, health conditions, age, religion, or any other characteristics protected by law.