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Opportunities often don’t wait, and cash flow pressures can appear overnight. To keep going, and growing, SMEs need finance that’s as flexible and responsive as they are.\nThat's why we built iwoca. Our smart technology, data science and five-star customer service ensures business owners can act with the speed, confidence and control they need, exactly when it's needed.\nWe’ve already cleared the way for 100,000 businesses with more than £4.5 billion in funding. Our passionate team is driven to help even more SMEs succeed, through access to better finance and other services that make running a business easier. Our ultimate mission is to support one million SMEs in their defining moments, creating lasting impact for the communities and economies they drive.\nThe team\nThe DE Compliance team is an autonomous group of specialists dedicated to ensuring iwoca remains a safe, compliant, and trusted financing partner for German SMEs and a trusted business partner for the financial advisors, banks, platforms and other institutions we are working with. Operating in an agile environment, the team works at the intersection of technology, risk, and privacy regulation - collaborating closely with Tech, Data, Legal, Operations, and our external Data Protection Officer (DPO).\nWe act as the primary centre of expertise for data privacy and AI compliance governance, advising internal stakeholders to ensure our products and automated decisioning tools stay ahead of evolving legal frameworks like the GDPR and EU AI Act while enabling seamless commercial growth.\nThe role\nAs Data Privacy Manager (Privacy & AI), you will help drive iwoca Germany's day-to-day data protection framework and support the business in applying GDPR, BDSG and emerging AI governance requirements in practice.\nThis is a hands-on role combining privacy operations, regulatory assessments and close collaboration with business and technology teams.\nImpact and Influence\nData Privacy Policy Governance: proactively formulate, refine, and maintain internal data protection policies and governance standards to establish a scalable GDPR compliance framework aligned with evolving regulatory requirements.\n\nData Privacy Risk & Operations: drive end-to-end privacy risk management by proactively evaluating company’s data pipelines, core software platforms and AI workflows, while executing Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), Legitimate Interest Assessments (LIAs) or other privacy assessments to embed privacy-by-design into new technologies and/or vendor integrations.\n\nInnovation & Automation: innovate core privacy operations - including Data Subject Access Requests (DSAR) intake and fulfillment, RoPA updates, and DPA reviews - by implementing automated workflows to streamline compliance and build a modern data governance function while eliminating unnecessary friction.\n\nData Strategy & AI Governance: Formulate and adapt privacy and AI governance strategies to align with evolving European regulations incl. EU AI Act, balancing regulatory compliance with business innovation.\n\nData Privacy AI Risk & Safety Mitigation: Proactively evaluate and mitigate AI-specific data protection risks, including algorithmic bias, model hallucinations, automated decision-making and others.\n\nReporting & Governance: define and implement regular privacy and AI compliance reporting for senior stakeholders.\n\nInnovation and Collaboration\nDPO Cooperation: serve as the primary operational liaison to our external Data Protection Officer (DPO).\n\nStakeholder Alignment: partner with Product, Legal, Tech and Ops teams on privacy-related projects or questions.\n\nVendor Privacy Governance: lead the privacy and regulatory due diligence for external vendors, establishing guardrails for data processing, model transparency, GDPR and EU AI Act compliance.\n\nTraining: support internal privacy and AI compliance awareness initiatives.\n\nThe requirements\nEssential:\nQualified as a Wirtschaftsjurist*in, Datenschutzmanager*in or Compliance professional with 2-4+ years of hands-on experience in data protection, privacy operations, or a closely related legal/regulatory function with strong practical GDPR expertise; direct exposure to AI compliance or governance (e.g., in EU AI Act readiness) is desirable.\n\nRegulatory Knowledge: Strong practical understanding of GDPR and data protection requirements. Familiarity with the EU AI Act and emerging AI governance requirements is desirable, with the ability to translate legal mandates into operational compliance structures.\n\nAssessments & Risk Management: Practical experience conducting Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), Legitimate Interest Assessments (LIAs), and AI risk classifications.\n\nOperations & Tools: Hands-on experience managing operational privacy workflows - including DSARs (Data Subject Access Requests), RoPA (Record of Processing Activities) maintenance, and Data Protection Agreements reviews - using automated compliance tools or platforms.\n\nMindset & Team Collaboration: A proactive, solution-oriented mindset with the ability to bridge the gap between Legal, Product, and Engineering teams in agile environments.\n\nLanguage Skills: Professional fluency (C1/C2) in both German and English (written and spoken).\n\nBonus:\nSector Experience: Prior experience in European fintech, ideally within the digital lending or credit sector.\n\nPrivacy or AI Certifications: Recognized industry credentials (for example CIPP/E, TÜV DPO, CIPM, IAPP AIGP etc.).\n\nTechnical & Regulatory Knowledge: Familiarity with intersecting EU regulations such as DORA, NIS2, or the Data Act.\n\nThe salary\nWe expect to pay from €70,000 - €85,000 base salary plus a performance-related bonus for this role. But, we’re open-minded, so definitely include your salary goals with your application. We routinely benchmark salaries against market rates, and run quarterly performance and salary reviews.\nThe culture\nAt iwoca, the best idea wins. We model our culture on independent thinking, challenging untested logic, and evidence-based decisions. We prioritise learning and growth, and give people the autonomy to develop in the direction that makes them most effective.\nWe're a tech company and believe in the power of AI to help us work faster and better. We provide the infrastructure where every iwocan always has access to the best models and where those models have access to all of our data. We will help our people to learn how to use and grow with the new tools available to them.\nThe offices\nWe put a lot of effort into making iwoca a great place to work:\nOffices in London, Leeds, Berlin, and Frankfurt with plenty of drinks and snacks.\n\nEvents and community-led groups, including running groups, padel, and monthly ping-pong and pool competitions.\n\nThe benefits\nA smart, motivated and international team (we represent over 35 different nationalities) with a ridiculous growth-mindset.\n\n26 days of vacation a year plus a free day for your birthday.\n\nOne-month fully paid sabbatical after 4 years.\n\nMental health support with direct access to certified psychologists via our partner OpenUp.\n\niwoca takes over a ski chalet in winter so that you and your team can ski or snowboard (and work) for a week. During summer we are drawn to the sun. We’ve been to France, Italy, Spain, and further afield.\n\nAccess to the gym membership program, €25 for either Fit711 or Urban Sports Club.\n\n€30 contribution towards the Deutschlandticket.\n\nCompany Pension with Canada Life.\n\nGreat office locations. In Frankfurt in the middle of the city, our Berlin office is located in Prenzlauer Berg.\n\nA paid volunteer day that gives you the opportunity to invest time to support a charity of your choice.\n\nCorporate Benefits discounts.\n\n’iwocans’ also benefit from fully stocked fridges in our offices with whatever is needed to strengthen them. There are snacks (both healthy and less healthy) for the whole day.\n\nAnd to make sure we all keep learning, we offer:\nA learning and development budget for everyone, including a book budget.\n\nLearning German budget.\n\nCompany-wide talks with internal and external speakers.\n\nAccess to learning platforms like Treehouse.\n\nUseful links:\nSee iwoca benefits & policies https://coda.io/@iwocade/iwoca-benefits-policies-de for detail and some additional benefits.\n\nSee iwoca interview welcome pack https://coda.io/@iwocade/iwoca-interview-welcome-pack-de.","description_format":"text","description_chars":8428,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":2,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"German","level":"All levels","optional":false},{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":["Gym membership"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Germany","iso":"DE","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Artificial Intelligence","Business & SME Lending"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-28T20:17:55Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":77,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.857,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":20,"expected_fill_days":52,"reasons":["conf:2","velocity","win:mid","comp:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-10-19T05:45:15Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":95017,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/iwoca-data-privacy-manager-privacy-ai-germany","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/iwoca-data-privacy-manager-privacy-ai-germany.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-19T20:35:55Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":16361,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-20T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":6070},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=6070"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fiwoca-data-privacy-manager-privacy-ai-germany"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fiwoca-data-privacy-manager-privacy-ai-germany"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fiwoca-data-privacy-manager-privacy-ai-germany"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/iwoca-data-privacy-manager-privacy-ai-germany\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fiwoca-data-privacy-manager-privacy-ai-germany"}]}