Privacy Paralegal II

Project Management Institute; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Project Management Institute is seeking a privacy program professional to support its global privacy program. You will handle contract reviews, privacy rights requests, compliance tracking, legal research, and cross-functional coordination.

The role requires independent judgment on routine matters and ongoing compliance activities. The ideal candidate has 2–5 years in privacy, compliance, or paralegal work, with working knowledge of GDPR and major privacy frameworks.

Qualifications

• Must have strong analytical and issue-spotting skills.
• Ability to work independently on recurring matters.
• Experience coordinating with cross-functional business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support implementation and ongoing maintenance of the global data protection compliance strategy and governance processes.
• Draft and maintain privacy policies, procedures, notices, and training materials.
• Monitor developments in global privacy laws and regulations and prepare summaries for internal stakeholders.
• Independently manage routine data subject rights requests and related inquiries including coordination, response drafting, and resolution.
• Review routine data processing agreements, privacy addenda, and privacy-related contractual clauses using approved standards and playbooks.
• Coordinate with business stakeholders to support privacy reviews for projects, systems, vendors, and initiatives.
• Assist with privacy impact assessments, data mapping, and compliance documentation efforts.
• Support privacy audits, remediation tracking, and compliance reporting activities.
• Conduct legal and factual research involving domestic and international privacy regulations.
• Draft correspondence, summaries, reports, and other privacy-related documentation.
• Maintain legal records, compliance documentation, and investigation materials.

Skills

Analytical skills

Independent work

Cross-functional coordination

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Paralegal certificate preferred

Job description

Are you a dreamer, innovator, thinker and a do-er who believes in contributing to something that makes difference?

Pursue your passion. Join PMI.

How You'll Make a Difference

You will provide substantive support for the organization's global privacy program, including contract review support, privacy rights request management, compliance tracking, legal research, and cross-functional coordination. Exercising an increasingly independent judgment in handling routine matters and operational compliance activities.

Essential Job Functions

• Support implementation and ongoing maintenance of the global data protection compliance strategy and governance processes.
• Draft and maintain privacy policies, procedures, notices, and training materials.
• Monitor developments in global privacy laws and regulations and prepare summaries for internal stakeholders.
• Independently manage routine data subject rights requests and related inquiries including coordination, response drafting, and resolution
• Review routine data processing agreements, privacy addenda, and privacy-related contractual clauses using approved standards and playbooks.
• Coordinate with business stakeholders to support privacy reviews for projects, systems, vendors, and initiatives.
• Assist with privacy impact assessments, data mapping, and compliance documentation efforts.
• Support privacy audits, remediation tracking, and compliance reporting activities.
• Conduct legal and factual research involving domestic and international privacy regulations.
• Draft correspondence, summaries, reports, and other privacy-related documentation.
• Maintain legal records, compliance documentation, and investigation materials.

What You'll Bring to the Role

• Bachelor's degree and/or paralegal certificate preferred.
• 2-5 years of privacy, compliance, legal operations, or paralegal experience.
• Working knowledge of GDPR and other major privacy frameworks.
• Ability to review and identify issues in routine privacy agreements.
• Strong analytical and issue-spotting skills.
• Ability to work independently on recurring matters.
• Experience coordinating with cross-functional business stakeholders.
• Strong project coordination and organizational skills.

What you can expect from us

We value and nurture an environment of inclusivity and diversity, and a culture of communication and collaboration. Your health, safety and well-being come first, and we believe that you should have time for your work, but you should also have time for you..

Join Us And You'll Get

• an excellent total package, with compensation and benefits based upon your geographic location.
• skill development opportunities, to help you grow now and into the future.
• access to a global network, to enrich your professional experience.
• flexible options to help balance work time and your time
• award and bonus opportunities.

The salary offer will be based on several factors, including the candidate's demonstrated skills, qualifications and relevant experience.

Let's help make the world work better for everyone.

Project Management Institute, Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunities without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.