Data Privacy Specialist in BARCELONA, Spain
Job Description:
About Our Organization: Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world’s largest news-gathering operations globally.
About the Role:
The Data Privacy Specialist is responsible for assisting in the development, management, and monitoring processes to support the organization’s compliance with applicable international, federal, and state regulations and guidelines, including the operational management of key privacy technologies such as the Consent Management Platform. You will work closely with internal teams to establish and maintain a culture of data privacy.
This role is part of a team responsible for privacy and data governance work across the organization. You will collaborate with business, legal, product, and technology teams throughout the company and will help us build and support scalable tools and processes to ensure we maintain high standards and practices for data privacy management. You will work on projects related to ongoing compliance with data privacy laws, personal data use and digital products, AI, and related requirements.
Responsibilities Include:
* Engage with product, legal, engineering, marketing, and other departments to ensure data privacy considerations are integrated into business processes, project planning, and product development.
* Manage the Consent Management Platform (CMP) tool with updates, configurations, and reporting.
* Coordinate and collaborate with development teams on the implementation and QA of the CMP and other privacy-enhancing tools.
* Use monitoring tools to ensure compliance with standards.
* Prepare and maintain documentation related to privacy compliance guidelines and processes.
* Serve as a point of escalation for privacy-related incidents and queries.
* Support privacy-enhancing management tools enabling customer data requests.
* Participate in data cataloging projects for compliance purposes.
* Automate and prepare reports related to privacy systems.
* Support efforts to identify privacy-related considerations for third parties, suppliers, and vendors.
* Contribute to the development and maintenance of privacy programs.
* Assist with the development of awareness and training materials.
Basic Qualifications:
* 3+ years of demonstrated experience in a fast-paced environment.
* Understanding of data flows related to data collection and sharing.
* Enthusiastic professional with a passion for data privacy compliance.
* Possess technical aptitude for effective communication across business and technology professionals.
* Experience creating and reviewing procedural and technical documentation.
* Highly organized, detail-oriented, and good at multitasking.
* Process and solution-oriented mindset.
Additional Qualifications:
* Knowledge of the software development lifecycle.
* Ability to quickly learn new technology.
* Excellent organization, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
* Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Additional Knowledge a Plus:
* Familiarity with current data privacy laws or IAPP certified information privacy technologist certification.
* Knowledge of data-related initiatives such as data ingestion and mapping.
* Experience with privacy-enhancing technologies.
* Knowledge of the online advertising ecosystem.
Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones is an equal opportunity employer. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at
Business Area: Dow Jones - Experience - Data & AI
Job Category: Data Analytics/Warehousing & Business Intelligence
Union Status: Non-Union role
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