Manager, Data Governance and Protection Office

This role serves as a Manager in the organisation's Data Governance and Protection Office, and reports to the Group Chief Data Governance and Protection Officer (GCDGPO). The role has the following responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the Data Policy Team, whose roles and responsibilities are also listed below. This role currently has 1 direct report.
• Develop, review and maintain the organisation's Cluster data governance and protection policies to ensure compliance with Singapore's Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), the Ministry of Health's Health Instruction Manual on Data Protection and other relevant legislation and regulatory requirements.
• Provide timely and accurate data governance and protection advice to the organisation's staff
• Identify emerging data governance and protection risks and opportunities, and develop data policies and guidelines to help the organisation manage such risks or capitalize on opportunities
• Scan and be familiar with developments in the data governance and protection domain, including changes in legislation both local and overseas, decisions and guidelines by PDPC and industry developments. The role will also be expected to develop materials from such scanning to assist the GCDGPO and other members of the Group IT and Data team.
• Review and provide inputs, comments and revisions to Data Sharing Agreements that may be entered into between the client and other organisations
• Serve as Secretariat to various committees chaired by the GCDGPO
• Other data related duties as assigned by the GCDGPO.

Successful candidates in this role will tend to have the following characteristics:

• Strong proficiency in the domain of data protection, data governance and PDPA obligations. As the team lead for Data Policy, you will be expected to have a sufficiently strong command of data protection obligations, good data/IT governance principles and practices in order to contribute effectively.
• Good writing and communication skills, with a particular strength in clear and concise policy/technical writing. A significant portion of the work requires the role to articulate their thoughts, policies and strategies in the written format.
• Ability to manage and prioritise work within a small team, and function as a strong individual contributor as well as team leader. The team is small, and strong performers must demonstrate their capability as a subject matter expert.
• Ability to work independently, and takes strong ownership of assigned work. The role is highly focused towards problem-solving, particularly for the organisation's staff that come to us for advice. Strong performers in this role lean forward to help the organisation's staff achieve both their business objectives as well as manage their data protection risks.
• Self-driven, particularly in the area of self-development and learning. The data protection domain does not have a lot of formal education or programmes, and strong performers in this role will need to constantly learn through reading, research and networking.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified

Interested applicants please send your updated resume to noga.lim@peopleprofilers.com

Noga Lim Wei Loong
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