Data Protection Officer
First seen by Alion on Sep 25, 2026.
About the Role:
We are seeking an experienced Data Protection Officer (DPO) to join our team. This role will support the organization in managing its privacy and data protection obligations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as the central point for privacy governance, regulatory compliance, advisory, risk management and data subject rights.
- Establish and maintain a privacy governance framework, policies, procedures and compliance documentation.
- Manage data mapping, records of processing activities (RoPA) and identify privacy risks associated with data flows.
- Coordinate incident and breach management, regulatory notification and corrective actions.
- Conduct vendor due diligence and third-party privacy assessments, and maintain a vendor privacy risk register.
- Provide privacy awareness training and conduct compliance reviews.
- Prepare periodic management reports on privacy registers and compliance status.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Risk, Compliance or a related field.
- 5+ years of hands-on privacy compliance experience.
- In-depth knowledge of DPDPA (India), GDPR (EU), UK GDPR and applicable US privacy laws.
- Experience conducting DPIAs and privacy risk assessments.
- Strong communication, analytical and risk-assessment skills.
- Certifications such as CIPP/E, CIPM, CDPO or ISO/IEC 27701.
- Experience in AI/ML privacy assessments.
- Experience with data-subject rights process automation.
- Familiarity with vendor privacy risk registers.
Skills
Data Privacy Management, Data Security, IT Security Strategy, Security Architect - AI, IT Head, IT Compliance, DPDK, IT Risk, Security Risk Management, ISO