Data Protection Officer

About Revolut

People deserve more from their money. More visibility, more control, and more freedom. Since 2015, Revolut has been on a mission to deliver just that. Our powerhouse of products — including spending, saving, investing, exchanging, travelling, and more — help our 60+ million customers get more from their money every day.

As we continue our lightning-fast growth,‌ 2 things are essential to our success: our people and our culture. In recognition of our outstanding employee experience, we've been certified as a Great Place to Work™. So far, we have 10,000+ people working around the world, from our offices and remotely, to help us achieve our mission. And we're looking for more brilliant people. People who love building great products, redefining success, and turning the complexity of a chaotic world into the simplicity of a beautiful solution.

About The Role

Compliance is a key team that ensures Revolut’s products and processes meet the regulatory requirements and translate this into the best customer outcomes. They’ve got an outstanding ability to find solutions and carry out testing in a purely digital environment. Those data-driven experts know that better people and machines are the most effective way of managing conduct risk.

We’re looking for an experienced Data Protection Officer who can help us in setting, delivering, and embedding Revolut’s data protection and privacy strategy in the UAE.

Someone who's excited to work in a fast-paced environment, advancing the adoption of our group policy, procedures, risk, and control frameworks across the company.

If joining a global fintech with an ever-increasing portfolio of innovative features seems interesting to you, let’s get in touch.

What You'll Be Doing

• Setting Revolut UAE’s data protection and privacy strategy through the design of policies, procedures, and standardised risks and controls, and overseeing their implementation
• Overseeing 1LoD’s management of data protection, privacy risks, and controls
• Delivering training programmes to embed and enhance data protection and privacy awareness throughout the organisation
• Reporting to Revolut UAE’s Head of Compliance, executive committee, and Board Risk and Compliance Committee on the effectiveness of the data protection and privacy programme
• Monitoring the handling of data subject rights requests by Revolut’s central DPO support team
• Liaising with the group's DPO team on broader data protection initiatives and frameworks
• Liaising with key internal (Legal, Risk, etc.) and external (UAE regulators, advisors, vendors, partners, etc.) stakeholders as required
  
  

What You'll Need

• Experience as a Data Protection Officer, with demonstrable experience in UAE data protection laws, regulations, rules, and guidance
• A track record of successfully engaging with UAE regulators
• Knowledge and experience of regulatory requirements relating to data protection and privacy
• The ability to work well under pressure, manage multiple projects at once with close attention to detail, and meet tight deadlines
• An understanding of the interplay between compliance risk and business risk
• A solution-oriented mindset for complex privacy and data protection problems
• The ability to communicate positively with members of various internal teams and regulators
• Demonstrated sound judgement
• Solid analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills
• The ability to provide clear and concise advice promptly in ambiguous situations
  
  

Nice to have

• Additional privacy and data protection qualifications
• Experience in coding (SQL, Python, Java)
• Previous experience advising in fintech and payments
• Experience advising on innovative, customer-oriented features
• Experience working on regulatory investigations and dealing with breach investigations
• Knowledge of international data transfer requirements, restrictions, and solutions
• Experience in compliance risk management within a consultancy, compliance function, or regulator
  
  

Building a global financial super app isn’t enough. Our Revoluters are a priority, and that’s why in 2021 we launched our inaugural D&I Framework, designed to help us thrive and grow everyday. We're not just doing this because it's the right thing to do. We’re doing it because we know that seeking out diverse talent and creating an inclusive workplace is the way to create exceptional, innovative products and services for our customers. That’s why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join this multicultural, hard-working team.

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