Group Privacy Manager

Working at Transurban is different; it's a place where you can see the benefits of your work play out in real life, every day. We create city-sized solutions-building and operating safer, smarter, and more sustainable roads-to solve pressing transport challenges that are slowing cities down.

About the role

With over 11 million customers across Australia and North America and an average of 2.5 million trips taken on our roads every workday, as Group Privacy and Data Protection Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping and leading Transurban's privacy and data protection agenda across all markets in which we operate. You'll be responsible for developing and embedding organisational wide best-practice privacy governance and compliance programs, ensuring alignment with Australian and global legislative privacy requirements. This position also oversees critical regulatory compliance frameworks, including compliance with the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs), coordinating our PCI DSS and SWIFT certifications, and leads a team of specialists in delivering privacy risk mitigation, training, and incident response.

Day-to-day, you will:

• Lead the delivery and continuous improvement of Transurban's Group Privacy and Data Protection Program across all jurisdictions
• Manage a team of specialists to drive awareness, capability, and compliance with privacy legislation and frameworks
• Provide subject matter expertise on identifying privacy risks, supporting Privacy Impact Assessments, responding to incidents, aligning with regulatory change, ensuring timely investigation and leading internal and external reporting
• Oversee and coordinate PCI DSS and SWIFT compliance across Transurban's global operations, including external audits, training, and stakeholder engagementCollaborate with internal stakeholders including Legal, Security, Customer & Technology Teams and senior executives to embed privacy by design into business initiatives

This role will suit someone with a curious mind and transferrable skills and experiences, including:

• Experience in designing and implementing privacy frameworks within organisations
• Experience managing privacy breach response process
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence and guide technical and non-technical audiences
• A proactive, self-starting mindset with resilience, and the ability to navigate regulatory change and drive continuous improvement
• Experience leading teams and working cross-functionally to build capability, embed governance, and foster a strong risk culture

If you meet some of these requirements, but not all, we encourage you to submit your application.

With a career at Transurban, you'll enjoy a range of benefits, including:

• A range of flexible working and leave options, including the option to purchase an additional six weeks of leave each year
• 16 weeks paid parental leave (regardless of gender or carer status), with no waiting period, with Superannuation paid during unpaid leave as well.
• Learning and development opportunities to support your career interests.
• Health and wellbeing support-access to Headspace and our EAP program, wellness facilities, and more.
• Share offers and insurance benefits.
• Social activities, community give-back programs and paid volunteer days

We offer a range of
flexible working and leave options,
so you can balance your work and life commitments and interests. Have a conversation with us about how this could work for you.

We embrace diversity with a foundation of safety, wellbeing and inclusion; where everyone belongs. We treat everyone with fairness, consideration and respect, regardless of gender, gender identity, marital or family status, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, religious beliefs, cultural or socio-economic background, perspective, and experience - whether they work for us or not. We want to ensure everyone feels comfortable and safe to express ideas, questions and concerns.

We strongly encourage applications from candidates of diverse backgrounds and lived experiences, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people living with disability. If you require any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please contact us on

Ready to help us keep cities moving?
Apply today.