Global Head of Data Pro­tec­tion & Privacy (all genders)

At DQS, you’ll be putting your skills to use where they really make a dif­fe­rence. Because every audit we carry out helps or­ga­ni­sa­ti­ons to operate more re­spon­si­bly and grow with in­te­gri­ty.

This makes us one of the world’s leading pro­vi­ders, and our aim is to con­ti­nu­al­ly set new stan­dards in re­lia­bi­li­ty, quality and customer focus with our highly qua­li­fied team. We are looking to recruit a Global Head of Data Pro­tec­tion & Privacy to join us at our Bad Vilbel office as soon as pos­si­ble.

Your ro­le

1. Global Strategy & Go­ver­nan­ce

• De­ve­lop, main­tain, and con­ti­nuous­ly enhance the company’s global data pro­tec­tion and privacy stra­tegy.
• Es­tab­lish global privacy go­ver­nan­ce struc­tures, in­clu­ding po­li­ci­es, stan­dards, and pro­ce­du­res.
• Func­tion as the organization’s primary subject matter expert for global privacy and data pro­tec­tion laws.

2. Re­gu­la­to­ry Com­pli­ance

• En­su­re com­pli­ance with major privacy re­gu­la­ti­ons (GDPR, CC­PA/CPRA, UK DPA, LGPD, PDPA, etc.).
• Over­see data mapping, Record of Pro­ces­sing Ac­ti­vi­ties (RoPA), and Data Pro­tec­tion Impact As­sess­ments (DPIA).
• Mo­ni­tor global re­gu­la­to­ry de­ve­lo­p­ments and assess im­pli­ca­ti­ons for the or­ga­niza­ti­on.

3. Data Pro­tec­tion Officer (DPO) Re­spon­si­bi­li­ties

• Ser­ve as the ap­poin­ted DPO under GDPR, in­clu­ding acting as point of contact for su­per­vi­so­ry aut­ho­ri­ties.
• Ad­vi­se on privacy ob­li­ga­ti­ons and monitor com­pli­ance with relevant data pro­tec­tion laws.

4. Privacy Ope­ra­ti­ons & Risk Ma­nage­ment

• Lead global privacy risk as­sess­ments and im­ple­ment mi­ti­ga­ti­on plans.
• Over­see third‑party risk ma­nage­ment for vendors and partners handling personal da­ta.
• En­su­re proper incident response pro­ces­ses for pri­va­cy-re­la­ted breaches in coor­di­na­ti­on with IT Se­cu­ri­ty.

5. Training & Awa­re­ness

• De­ve­lop and roll out global privacy training programs for em­ployees and ma­na­gers.
• Pro­mo­te a data pro­tec­tion culture across the com­pa­ny.

6. Business Part­ne­ring

• Ad­vi­se the de­part­ments in the or­ga­niza­ti­on on pri­va­cy-by-de­sign re­qui­re­ments.
• Re­view and nego­tia­te data pro­tec­tion clauses and Data Pro­ces­sing Agree­ments with partners and ven­dors.

7. Audits & Re­port­ing

• Lead internal audits and coor­di­na­te external audits related to privacy and data pro­tec­tion.
• Pro­vi­de regular re­port­ing to the Exe­cu­ti­ve Com­mit­tee and Board-le­vel audit or com­pli­ance committees.

Your profile

Education

• Master’s degree in Law, Com­pli­ance, In­for­ma­ti­on Se­cu­ri­ty, or related field pre­fer­red.
• Cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­ons such as CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT, or ISO 27701 Lead Im­ple­men­ter are a strong as­set.

Pro­fes­sio­nal Experience

• 7–10 years of ex­pe­ri­ence in data pro­tec­tion, privacy, com­pli­ance, or related fields.
• Pro­ven ex­pe­ri­ence in global or multi‑regional privacy program ma­nage­ment.

Skills & Com­pe­ten­ci­es

• Deep un­der­stan­ding of global data pro­tec­tion laws (GDPR, CC­PA/CPRA, LGPD, etc.).
• Strong tech­ni­cal and in­for­ma­ti­on security un­der­stan­ding
• Strong stake­hol­der ma­nage­ment skills.
• Ex­cel­lent ana­ly­ti­cal and pro­blem-sol­ving ca­pa­bi­li­ties.
• Abili­ty to manage cross-func­tion­al projects and in­fluence senior lea­ders.
• Strong com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on skills; able to simplify complex privacy topics for non-ex­perts.
• High ethical stan­dards and re­si­li­ence in na­vi­ga­ting re­gu­la­to­ry com­ple­xi­ty.

Suc­cess Fac­tors

• Abili­ty to build and maintain a robust global privacy go­ver­nan­ce frame­work.
• Proac­ti­ve part­ner­ship with business func­tions to enable in­no­va­ti­on while ensuring com­pli­ance.
• Strong risk ma­nage­ment mindset with busi­ness-en­ab­ling ori­en­ta­ti­on.
• Trus­ted advisor to senior lea­der­ship and con­fi­dent re­gu­la­tor in­ter­face.