Why This Role Exists
Privacy, data protection, and responsible data governance are critical to customer trust, business growth, and responsible innovation. As Director, Privacy, you will lead Tricentis' global privacy program, serve as the company’s Data Protection Officer, and translate complex privacy and data protection obligations into practical operating models.
This role reports to the Chief Legal Officer. This is an operational legal leadership role. You will not only interpret requirements; you will ensure the right governance, follow-through, controls, and accountability are in place across the business. You will partner closely with Legal, Security, Product, Engineering, GRC and the CIO organization as Tricentis strengthens privacy governance, AI governance, and enterprise risk management.
What You'll Own
- Lead Tricentis' global privacy program as an operational legal leader who turns privacy requirements into practical privacy governance frameworks, processes, operating procedures and controls.
- Serve as Data Protection Officer for Europe-based privacy obligations, including GDPR, regulatory engagement, privacy risk oversight, and cross-border data protection requirements.
- Monitor and interpret evolving global privacy, data protection, and AI laws and regulations and ensure timely operationalization of requirements across the business.
- Advise senior leadership on privacy risks, mitigation strategies, and regulatory obligations.
- Support the organization’s ISO/IEC 27701 privacy management program, audits, certification activities, remediation efforts and continuous improvements.
- Develop and maintain data protection provisions, addendums and standards for global contract templates, playbooks, compliance documents and training resources.
- Advise commercial contracting, Sales, Professional Services, Marketing and Go-to-Market teams on privacy and data protection requirements.
- Partner with Legal, Security, Product, Engineering, Procurement, GRC and the CIO organization to embed privacy into product, commercial, operational and AI governance decisions.
- Partner with Product Security and Security teams on incident response activities and global breach notification requirements.
- Establish privacy training and awareness programs and develop a high-performing global privacy team.
Challenges You'll Help Solve
- Keeping pace with evolving global privacy regulations while maintaining business agility and operational efficiency.
- Supporting AI adoption with practical privacy guidance, clear legal interpretation, defensible controls and partnership with the AI governance function.
- Creating consistent privacy practices across multiple regions, business functions and technology environments.
- Reducing privacy and regulatory risk while enabling customer, partner and employee trust.
Skills for Success
Required Skills
- Operational privacy leadership and the ability to design, implement and improve enterprise privacy programs.
- Deep knowledge of global privacy frameworks including GDPR, e-Privacy, CCPA/CPRA, PIPEDA, PDPA, the Australian Privacy Act, UK GDPR and AI-related privacy obligations.
- Experience supporting ISO/IEC 27701 or comparable privacy management frameworks.
- Experience serving as a DPO or performing equivalent European privacy responsibilities.
- Ability to advise on DPAs, privacy provisions, customer commitments and commercial agreements.
- Demonstrated success partnering with business, product, security, procurement and go-to-market teams.
- Experience using OneTrust or comparable privacy management platforms.
- Strong leadership and communication skills.
Preferred Skills
- Experience supporting AI governance, responsible data use, technical control review or emerging technology risk programs.
- Experience partnering with product organizations on privacy-by-design initiatives.
- Knowledge of cross-border data transfer requirements and global data governance practices.
- Background as a privacy attorney or operational privacy leader working closely with technical, engineering, security or data governance teams.
- Experience supporting incident response programs and regulatory breach notification requirements.
- Relevant privacy certifications or credentials.
Qualifications
- Qualified to practice law in an EU member state.
- IAPP certification, such as CIPP/E, CIPP/US or CIPM.
- 10+ years of experience in privacy, data protection and compliance, with 5+ years in-house at a global software company.
Why Join
- Lead a strategically important function with enterprise-wide visibility and impact.
- Influence business decisions, product innovation, customer trust and responsible data practices.
- Partner with senior leaders across Legal, Product, Security and commercial functions.
- Help shape how privacy, AI governance, GRC and responsible technology adoption work together in a global enterprise software company.
- Build and grow a global privacy capability that supports a rapidly evolving business environment.
We are under a legal obligation in Austria to indicate the minimum salary, which is 84 826 EUR gross per year for this position, according to the IT collective agreement. However, compensation packages follow current market salaries and can therefore be significantly above the indicated minimum salary.
Vollzeit
Compliance / Wirtschaftsstrafrecht
€ 6.059