PRIVACY ANALYST

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When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other.
Here, you'll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that's unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.
At American Express, you'll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company's success.
Together, we'll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world's best customer experience every day.
And we'll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.
Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.
The American Express Global Privacy Office (GPO) are trusted advisors on the American Express Data Protection & Privacy Principles.
We work to raise privacy awareness, drive compliance with both internal privacy policies and regulatory expectations across the organization and establish privacy as a strategic differentiator for the American Express brand.
As a second line of defence function, Global Privacy oversee, provide expertise in, and challenge the identification, management, and mitigation of privacy risks across the company in line with the privacy framework and the company's vision to provide the world's best customer experience every day.
This position, based in Madrid, reports to the Senior Manager Digital Privacy.
The successful candidate will be passionate about privacy, with deep privacy subject matter expertise and a background working on Privacy Risk Assessments.
They will be comfortable interacting with multiple stakeholders across a highly matrixed organization to achieve goals and will be an advocate for Privacy-by-Design.
Key Responsibilities Provision of privacy risk oversight management, strategic guidance and consultation to American Express businesses, with a global focus.
Supporting monitoring and reporting of privacy key risk indicators and other data.
Supporting the development, coordination, and implementation of American Express' global privacy program Ensuring adherence to the enterprise privacy risk appetite globally through effective privacy oversight and second line of defense challenge.
Partnering with Compliance and other collaborators in supervising privacy legal/regulatory change management.
Encouraging a culture of privacy at American Express by advocating for Privacy-by-Design, integration of the American Express Data Protection & Privacy Principles, accountability and sharing of standard methodologies.
Minimum Qualifications Two years of experience in Privacy, with special focus on Data Protection Impact Assessments The remit of this role is global, therefore proficiency in English is required.
Highly organized and strong written and verbal communication skills and proficiency in balancing multiple priorities simultaneously.
Ability to form relationships, mobilize cross functional and regional teams and work independently.
Preferred Additional Master's degree or equivalent experience in Data Protection and Privacy.
Data Protection and Privacy Professional Certification (e.
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CIPP/E, CIPP/US) or DPO-AEPD Scheme.
We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being.
That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life.
Benefits include.
Competitive base salaries Bonus incentives Support for financial-well-being and retirement Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location) Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location) Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program Career development and training opportunities Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.