Senior Data Protection Specialist, Data Governance (W/M/X)

About the Position

Senior Data Protection Specialist, Data Governance (W/M/X)

Saint-Mandé, France - Office-based

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About the Company

Ubisoft is a global leader in gaming with teams across the world creating original and memorable gaming experiences, from Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow Six, to Just Dance and more. We believe diverse perspectives help both players and teams thrive. If you’re passionate about innovation and pushing entertainment boundaries, join our journey and help us create the unknown!

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Responsibilities

As a Senior Data Protection Specialist, you will play a key role in leading the way towards ensuring Ubisoft’s data protection, encompassing both regulatory compliance and security & access management topics. Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading, planning, executing, and monitoring several Data Protection initiatives and all the associated streams of work.
• Analyzing business & technology teams’ needs from a Data Protection perspective (Regulatory compliance -including but not limited to Privacy and AI-, and Security & Access) and identifying & implementing adequate solutions.
• Coordinating actions with business & production data teams and Data Owners to apply data protection measures to their assets and promote protection principles across the company.
• Driving change through Ubisoft by engaging your partners and progressively getting to a target state where Data Protection is applied by default (Computational Data Governance).
• Monitoring and ensuring data protection across the company.
• Partnering closely with Ubisoft technology teams to propose and coordinate the implementation of the right tools/platforms/solutions to support Data Protection principles and standards.
• Growing data teams skills and awareness about Data Protection through sharing, events, coaching/mentoring as well as Ubisoft employee’s data protection culture.
• Tracking and reporting on progress & success and improving/adapting the framework constantly.
• Staying up to date on data industry trends and introducing them to the data department and practitioners across the company.
• Maintaining a network of support and expertise.

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Requirements

• Strong experience as a data or data protection expert. Having acted as Data Protection specialist and/or technical project manager would be a plus.
• Experience in leading, coordinating, and delivering programs composed of cross-functional moving parts and across multiple business and technology teams.
• Ability to collaborate with individuals at all hierarchical levels and with a wide range of functional and/or technical skills.
• Thorough knowledge of a company’s business functions and their objectives.
• Ability to clearly articulate the value of Data Protection within the company.
• Critical thinking.
• Ability to quickly adapt to change.
• Strong sense of ownership and a self-starter.
• Data and result oriented.
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership, and communication skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. French would be a plus.

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We Offer

Ubisoft offers a variety of perks including:

💰 Profit Sharing, yearly company saving plan. 25 paid time off + 12 additional paid days off. 50% of your transportation pass is paid by the company, lunch vouchers (9€/day), healthcare for you and your family, and lots of Ubisoft additional perks.

👶 Maternity leaves of 20 weeks, paternity/co-parental leaves of 7 weeks.

📍 Our office is located in Saint Mandé, (Metro line 1, Saint Mandé station).

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About Ubisoft

Ubisoft offers the same job opportunities to all, without any distinction of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability, or age. Ubisoft ensures the development of an inclusive work environment which mirrors the diversity of our gamers’ community.