Allianz Services is part of Allianz Group, one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers and has succeeded in becoming one individual business segment by combining various businesses from different parent companies. Allianz Services is running service delivery operations in Romania, India, Mauritius and Morocco as well as is operating Consulting hubs in Germany, USA, Italy, France and Singapore with almost 6000 colleagues globally.

Allianz Services Romania has a key role in the transformation of the Group by improving operations and creating a superior experience for customers, offering actuarial, financial, IT, HR and governance services. Our team counts over 1000 passionate professionals whose main assets are the expertise and top qualifications, combined with multilingual skills, ranging from English, German, French and Italian, to Portuguese, Spanish and Romanian.  

At Allianz Services Romania, we aim to attract best talents and create an inspiring environment for our people to develop, while unceasingly caring for our community and for shaping a better future together!

Job role

The Data Privacy expert provides advice on compliance with existing data privacy processes or policies as well as developing any procedures for the privacy programs. Performs  assessments of data privacy impact and security risks within the  organization; Implements and tracks execution of risk-based analysis, privacy controls and measures, including regular monitoring of the controls in in the  organisation and its affiliates or local entities.

What you will do

• Provide data privacy advice and review relevant Supplier/ Customer Contract
• Handling enquiries from data subjects on issues relating to data privacy practices, particularly on the exercise of data subjects’ rights such as withdrawal of consent, the right to be forgotten, and other related rights
• Consulting on personal data incidents, including advising on data breach notifications, resolutions and remedial actions, where appropriate
• Prepare the roll out of Allianz GDPR Training at Allianz Technology Group level, track the completion rate and support Allianz Technology entities for issues relating training in order to ensure an adequate level of privacy knowledge and awareness
• Develop, prepare and roll out Data Privacy awareness campaigns for Allianz Technology Group in order to ensure an adequate level of privacy knowledge and awareness
• Initiate and perform Privacy assessments ( Data Register & Privacy Impact Assessments) both for Allianz Technology internal processes and for Allianz Technology customer facing services
• Conducting Data Privacy onsite and offsite controls in accordance with Allianz Technology Policies and Regulation and as part of Internal Control System
• Conduct on site and off site  Vendor Assessments with the focus on compliance with data processing agreements and effective implementation of the agreed technical and organizational (security) measures (TOMs).
• Support AZ Technology Data Privacy on  the whole control lifecycle: perform the analysis, document the results, draft report documentation after the finalization of the reviews, propose remediation measures and align with stakeholders
• Monitoring and Tracking of remediation measures/ identified issues
• Prepare ad hoc or regular data privacy reports to for Allianz Technology Management

What you bring

• Completed studies, preferably in computer science, or other subject with IT relevance or a comparable education
• Minimum 5 years experience  in a similar position (data privacy, risk management, internal control, compliance)
• Solid understanding and expertise with complex regulatory framework/requirements in terms of Data Protection (GDPR) and security systems (ISO)
• Understanding of Information technology systems and their connection in relation to data protection, collection and processing
• Excellent communication skills, negotiation skills and assertiveness
• Initiative and a sense of responsibility
• Strong analytical thinking skills and the ability to quickly grasp and process complex relationships in a way that is appropriate for the addressee
• Integrity, impartiality, responsibility and confidentiality
• Microsoft Office products
• Language skills: fluent in English, other languages (German) would be a plus
• Willingness to travel (approx. 20%)
• Professional Certifications would be a plus (ISO , IAPP)

You have

• Demonstrated ability to drive objectives forward while reacting appropriately to changing business requirements and external environments.
• Ability to work effectively with executive management and to influence others without direct management authority.
• Ability to work without supervision on a wide variety of tasks in a proactive manner in a fast-paced development environment.
• Excellent research, writing and analytical skills; strong detail orientation; strong problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated organizational, facilitation, communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work as a productive team member within a multicultural environment, auditors, IT department leads, product managers, and business partners