Ai Privacy Engineer

Axians; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Axians seeks an AI Privacy Engineer to lead data protection for AI use cases in Lisbon region. You will translate GDPR and EU AI Act requirements into actionable guidance for AI engineers and platform teams, ensuring privacy-by-design across systems.

You will conduct DPIAs, manage data subject rights, and maintain comprehensive documentation while coordinating with Data Protection and AI Security teams. Fluent English required.

Qualifications

• Degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent experience with additional legal qualification in EU jurisdiction.
• 3+ years of experience in an international corporation.
• Strong working knowledge of the GDPR.
• Solid technical grounding in modern AI systems (LLMs, RAG, vector stores, agents).
• Experience with DPIAs, international data transfers and data subject rights at scale.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to challenge solution design.
• Pragmatic, outcome-driven, comfortable operating under ambiguity.
• Fluent English; additional European language is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the AI data protection gate for AI use cases, including evidence preparation and go/no-go decisions.
• Translate data protection requirements into actionable guidance for AI engineers and platform teams.
• Ensure data protection is embedded into system design and implementation for compliant AI solutions.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation (data flows, RoPAs, design decisions, controls).
• Carry out privacy risk assessments (DPIA, AI risk analysis) for AI use cases.
• Define and drive pragmatic mitigation measures with engineering teams.
• Bridge between engineering and data protection functions for transparency and alignment.
• Enable scalable governance with auditable compliance evidence across AI systems.
• Embed data protection by design across AI use cases, ensuring lawful basis, purpose limitation, minimization, retention, transparency.
• Coordinate handling of data subject rights and readiness for AI-related data incidents.

Skills

GDPR knowledge

AI systems knowledge

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Ambiguity tolerance

Education

Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Legal qualification (LL.B./LL.M./CIP/E) in EU

Job description

We believe in a culture of inclusion, where everyone has a place and all applications are considered based on merit, without discrimination.

This is your opportunity to join an international group with a project that needs you to help meet the challenges of digital transformation.

What You’ll Do

• Own the AI data protection gate for AI use cases developed within Central AI, including preparation of decision-ready evidence and clear go/no-go recommendations;
• Translate data protection and regulatory requirements (e.G. GDPR, EU AI Act, GLS Group Data Protection Framework, internal policies) into clear actionable technical guidance for AI engineers and platform teams;
• Ensure thatdata protection requirements are embedded into system design and implementation, enabling AI teams to build compliant solutions by design;
• Establish and maintain comprehensive, structured, and up‑to‑date documentation (e.G. data flows, RoPAs, design decisions, controls, and safeguards) that allows for efficient review and oversight by Data Protection functions;
• Carry out privacyrisk assessments (e.G. DPIA and AI risk analysis) for AI use cases, identifying risks related to personal data processing, model behavior, and system architecture;
• Define and drive the implementation of pragmatic mitigation measures, working hands‑on with engineering teams to ensure risks are effectively addressed;
• Act as a bridge between engineering and data protection functions, ensuring that technical implementations are transparent, reviewable, and aligned with compliance expectations;
• Enable scalable governance by ensuring that technical implementations and documentation provide clear, auditable evidence of compliance and accountability;
• Embed data protection by design and by default across AI use cases, agents and platform integrations, with strong attention to lawful basis, purpose limitation, data minimization, retention and transparency;
• Coordinate handling of data subject rights requests involving AI systems and ensure readiness for AI‑related personal data incidents in collaboration with AI Security and central DP teams.

Regarding Positioning and scope clarity this position acts as the first line data protection role within AI delivery (embedded in build and deployment, not a separate review function).

What We’re Looking For

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or similar technical field (or equivalent experience) with additional legal qualification (eg. LL.B., LL.M., CIP/E) in an EU jurisdiction or fully qualified lawyer in an EU jurisdiction with additional technology experience (eg. CIP/T);
• 3+ years ofexperience, ideally in an international corporation;
• Strong working knowledge of the GDPR;
• Solid technical grounding in how modern AI systems work - LLMs, RAG, vector stores, agents, tool use;
• Experience with DPIAs, international data transfers and data subject rights at scale;
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to challenge solution design
• Pragmatic, outcome‑driven, comfortable operating under ambiguity;
• Fluent English; additional European language is a plus.

Stable professional career Working with Axians projects becomes an asset to those of us who want to offer stability through a secure career.

Prospects for career advancement You can access training and new certifications that will further elevate your skills. The 360 evaluation from managers and peers will also allow you to evolve.

Work Life Balance By collaborating with Axians, you will be able to reconcile work and family requirements without neglecting either area.

Attractive, Evolving Compensation When working with Axians, you will have access to performance bonuses in addition to an attractive salary pack (base salary + benefits). You are also entitled to health insurance and an employee assistance program for you and your family (Psychological, Legal, Psychosocial, and Financial support).

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