Group Head of Privacy

**Primary Details**
Time Type: Full time

Worker Type: Employee

**Location**: Sydney

**Type**: Permanent, Full-time

**The opportunity**
- Senior thought-leadership role for Privacy for QBE
- We're an international insurer, that's building momentum - join us in our global HQ
- You'll thrive on the passion, talent and kindness of our people

**Your new role**

The Group Head of Privacy is QBE's central position accountable for developing the overall enterprise-wide strategy for - and leading the effective execution of - our global privacy risk and compliance program.

As Chair of QBE's Global Privacy Council, the Group Head of Privacy requires effective, impactful leadership of an enterprise-wide community of Privacy practitioners, lawyers and other key representatives from diverse functions.

This senior role reports to QBE's Group Chief Compliance Officer, and as a key thought leader will define and shape the core principles of QBE's global privacy program; acting as the foundation for ongoing compliance with applicable Privacy Laws globally and embedding a culture of respect for privacy that supports this compliance.

**Other key accountabilities include**:

- Set and lead the strategic direction for QBE's global privacy risk and compliance program in line with business enterprise strategy and business priorities, implementation and regular review of this strategy (including vision, roadmap and priorities).
- Ensure effective communication and dissemination of privacy compliance strategy, policies and processes globally.
- Lead and chair our central forum to bring together and collaborate with QBE Divisional Privacy leads.
- Take ownership and leadership to successfully implement change in privacy related matters
- Collating global privacy metrics and KRIs.
- Provide Line 2 oversight, challenge and support to enable business to meet its initiatives, initiate change or to pursue opportunities linked to new and emerging technologies while effectively mitigating key privacy related risks.

**About you**

This is an opportunity for a senior experienced line 2 risk professional with domain expertise in Privacy. Ideally you will have demonstrated experience in designing, implementing and/or overseeing a privacy framework within the financial services industry more broadly.

**Ideal skills & experience**:

- Experience in assessing privacy matters (PIAs/ DPIAs).
- Strong leadership and influencing skills with particular focus on ability to understand and balance effective risk management/privacy risk mitigation with broader commercial imperatives
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills to liaise with and influence matrixed stakeholders across QBE's global operations.
- Experience in liaising with and reporting to privacy regulators and supervisory authorities.
- Experience working with internal and/or external legal counsel.

**About QBE**

We can never really predict what's around the corner, but at QBE we're asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future - helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.

We're an international insurer that's building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

And our people will be at the centre of our success. We're proud to work together, and encourage each other enable resilience for our customers, our environment, our economies and our communities.

With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we're big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate and kind.

We believe this is our moment - what if it was yours too?

Your career at QBE - let's make it happen

**Benefits**

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:

- 'Hybrid Working' - a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance
- Our 'Thriving at our Best' wellbeing program, including free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
- 18 weeks' gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super
- The ability to maximise retirement savings through voluntary super contributions and company matching
- Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums
- Discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services including benefits through our various sports and arts sponsorship partners

**Rewards & Recognition**

We value our employee's experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:

- 2021 LinkedIn Top Employer & HRD Employer of Choice
- 2020 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards
- Gold Employer status for 4 years in a row 2