Head Of Privacy, Auspac

Primary Details

Time Type: Full time

Worker Type: Employee

The purpose of this role is to lead and advise on privacy compliance across the Division and associated Regions, ensuring adherence to regulations and best practices.- Location: Sydney- Type: Permanent, full time- Hybrid role, Happy to talk flexible working

The opportunity

QBE Insurance has a strong commitment to respecting and promoting privacy for our customers and teams and we are growing our team. We have an exciting new Head of Privacy, Australia-Pacific (AUSPAC) role that will lead the approach, management, and roadmap for privacy and responsible data use across the AUSPAC team and as part of the Global Privacy Team and QBE.

This role will contribute greatly to our efforts to continue to grow and shape our AUSPAC and Global Privacy Teams, strategy, approach and priorities.

Your new role

On a regular basis, your role will involve:
- Develop the strategy, roadmap and priorities for privacy at AUSPAC- Providing expert, informed and pragmatic advice to the business on privacy risk, controls and responsible data use requirements and considerations- Overseeing the effective implementation of Group privacy, data and AI Policies and approaches into the AUSPAC business to drive consistency across the enterprise and ensure management of AUSPAC risks- Being the point of contact to, and overseeing approach with, OAIC related matters including managing the relationship with the regulator- Implementing pragmatic approaches to further build QBE's privacy risk maturity for teams- Overseeing key privacy governance requirements including PIAs, privacy incidents and assessments, retention management, personal information flows, transparency requirements and other such activities- Providing meaningful reporting, metrics and insights to the business, senior executives and Group Head of Privacy on the management of privacy- Leading a small team of privacy experts- Be part of a Global Privacy Team and represent AUSPAC at relevant forums working cross collaboratively with other Divisional privacy leads.- Ensuring strong partnerships and collaboration with other relevant data functions including Chief Data Office, Cyber, Technology, AI, Legal and Risk and Compliance teams and attending relevant forums such as Data Ethics Council and Data Governance forums

About you

As a senior leader and expert in privacy, you will demonstrate exceptional knowledge in privacy risks and requirements. Your expertise allows you to implement best practice across a board and within complex organisation and you have proven success in uplifting privacy maturity.

Your stakeholder and relationship management skills are vast, enabling you to consult, guide and influence others across a broad organisation to ensure compliance with privacy obligations and minimise risk to the business. A background in insurance and/or financial services is beneficial from a contextual perspective, but not essential. You have experience in leading and developing teams, giving guidance and growth and driving efficiencies and excellent team culture.

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

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