Data Compliance Specialist

Takealot Group; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 680,000; Full time

Job summary

Takealot Group in Cape Town is seeking a Data Compliance Specialist to join our team. You will manage data subject requests, coordinate with stakeholders, and uphold POPI compliance across Takealot.group.

The role reports to the Data Compliance Team leader and offers a dynamic, fast-paced startup-like environment within a leading South African online retailer. You should be analytical, detail-oriented, and able to work under pressure.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of data privacy laws and POPIA/POPI compliance.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholder requests and investigate data issues.
• Experience handling data subject requests and related SLAs.

Responsibilities

• Address and elevate Data Subject requests via all applicable channels.
• Engage with stakeholders to resolve tracking of data requests and ensure timely responses.
• Conduct eligibility checks for data requests and maintain audit trails.
• Suggest process and system improvements for data subject contacts across Takealot.group.
• Review data subject information to support the Information Officer and regulatory risk management.

Skills

Data privacy

POPI compliance

Stakeholder mgmt

Auditing

Data requests

Education

Senior Certificate

Job description

Takealot.com , a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talentedData Compliance Specialist to join our team in Cape Town.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hard- working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package a great work environment, and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great

This role reports to the Data Compliance Team leader and is a unique opportunity to work in a high-performance Specialist B2B & B2C environment supporting the Takealot group.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Address and elevate Data Subject requests via all applicable incoming channels.
• Engage with relevant stakeholders to resolve tracking of data requests.
• Conduct eligibility checks for Data requests.
• Provide ideas/actions to drive process & system improvement about data subject contacts across the Takealot.group
• Manage/adhere all SLAs about POPI data requests.
• Carry out internal audit procedures regularly about internal compliance practices including SOPs & Policy changes for new and existing features across brands.
• Review and identify data subject information to support the Information Officer.
• Work with management and staff to identify and manage regulatory risk.

Qualifications & Experience required:

• Senior Certificate or Higher
• Minimum 2 years of strong experience in a specialist role
• Experience in e-commerce, start-up, tech, or platform environment
• Complaints handling

Skills required:

• Customer Obsessed.
• Pragmatic & Organised.
• Strong prioritisation and time management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Great interpersonal skills and a strong team player.
• Stakeholder management is a plus!

Attributes required:

• Solutions-oriented - you have a can-do attitude and high energy.
• Iterative & innovative thinking - a love for problem-solving, keen to learn, and ability to think on your feet.
• Comfortable in a start-up environment – fast-paced, dynamic, with many uncertainties!
• Analytical mindset. You can use data to inform decisions if required.
• Operate with high levels of integrity and discretion
• Demonstrate accuracy & high levels of attention to detail

The Environment:

• takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, and fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.
• We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.
• We are short on ego and high on output.
• We are doers and not only thinkers, it’s all in the execution after all.
• We love what we do and what we are creating.

We seek to Employ an Extraordinary Mind who

• is forthright but respectful
• is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute
• is analytical, able to use data to make decisions
• is competitive, self-directed, and strives to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours
• is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world‑class customer experience
• is entrepreneurial, thrives under change accepts it is a constant, and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster
• can think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input
• is curious and challenges the status quo
• is innovative and enjoys iteration
• is collaborative
• will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com.
• thinks like an owner of the business.
• is SMART, has INTEGRITY, and is HARDWORKING

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!

Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.