Associate Director - Privacy - Dublin

Assistant Director – Privacy Role Overview

The Assistant Director role will embed privacy principles into the design, development and deployment of Grant Thornton Advisors LLC technologies and initiatives. Activities include global privacy program management activities, identifying and mitigating privacy risks in built or bought technologies, directing the implementation of privacy controls into all technologies, as well as identifying, recommending and directing the development and implementation of technical safeguards, policy changes and relevant training.

This Privacy Team role sits in Global Risk and Compliance group in the Legal vertical and is led by the Chief Risk and Compliance Officer. The Associate Director reports to the Sr. Director of Privacy and partners closely with global business units, technology and data governance teams to identify and mitigate privacy and data risks generally and specifically associated with regulatory compliance, certifications held by the business (e.g. ISO) client obligations, and strategic initiatives (including AI, data migration, and advanced analytics). This role will also audit the implementation and performance of risk mitigation technologies for effectiveness.

Key ResponsibilitiesPrivacy Program& Global Enablement, Assistant Director

• Experienced Privacy program generalist in global (EMEA) Privacy operations.
• Develop, implement, and maintain privacy policies, procedures and governance frameworks aligned to legal requirements.
• Create or modify required policy-based controls and assist in providing training content for the Privacy team.
• Identifying privacy risks in GT technologies and articulating and directing configuration of data platforms and tools to mitigate identified risks, support compliance with applicable privacy laws and other obligations. May define and execute standardised frameworks and controls.
• Audit implementation and performance of privacy risk mitigation technologies for effectiveness.
• Direct appropriate teams to enable controls that embed privacy-by-design controls (data minimisation, purpose controls, access limitations, audit and logging capabilities) into enterprise platforms (e.g., data lakes, data warehouses, analytics environments, AI/GenAI tools) and projects.
• Interface with developers and architects in implementing data solutions that enable the business to be data driven while protecting the data assets.
• Identify and minimise privacy risks involved when using artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning. Direct implementation of controls for safe deployment of AI.
• Develop reporting dashboards and metrics for leadership.
• Identify and implement efficiency improvements across workflows and systems.

Qualifications And Experience

• 8–12+ years in privacy, data governance, data science or technology roles within a professional services or regulated environment.