Title: Data Privacy Manager
Location: Bangalore, India
Role overview:
As a data protection specialist, you will monitor and prove compliance with all applicable privacy and data protection regulations by providing operational control and monitoring through reporting.
In order to monitor and uphold compliance with the UK GDPR and other pertinent privacy or data protection laws, you will collaborate with a data protection team to develop and integrate a data protection and privacy management program based on the accountability framework of the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and other data protection regulators.
How you will create impact:
Responsibilities:
- Assist the legal department in achieving its organizational goals.
- Assist the Data Protection Officer in carrying out Data Protection programs and maintaining adherence to the laws and rules controlling the use of personal data.
- Provide assistance to the Data Governance Board in carrying out information governance projects.
- Sustain efficient information governance and data protection procedures and policies to meet legal and operational obligations.
- Provide assistance to International Operations in implementing Operational Resilience programs.
- Help guarantee that the risk of data protection is kept to a manageable level when adding new services or making changes to already-existing ones.
- Assist the Data Protection Officer in carrying out Data Protection training program/ ongoing development.
- Participate in training programs for data governance.
- Establish productive working connections with other operational functions.
- Management of Rights Requests
- Perform risk assessments and DPIAs.
- Create and put into effect data privacy policies.
- Risk Evaluations
- Give instructions and directions on data protection.
- Communicate with authorities and deal with data breaches
- Reaction to an incident
Essential qualifications:
- 5 years' experience working within Data Protection
- Strong knowledge of GDPR and data protection laws
- Experience in a similar role or working within a regulatory and financial services environment
- Bachelor's degree in law, information security, or a related field would be a plus
- Excellent analytical and communication skills
- Relevant certification (e.g., CIPP/E, CIPM) is a plus
Interview rounds & assessments:
Table for Two:
A brief chat with one of our Recruiters to assess your foundational competencies and provide an overview of TerraPay.
Beyond the Bio:
A discussion with an SME or the RM to evaluate your role-specific knowledge, problem-solving abilities, and gain a deeper understanding of the company and team dynamics.
Manager Meetup:
A comprehensive discussion about the role and responsibilities, expectations, and mapping out potential career growth.
Hot Seat:
A cultural fit round that includes an overview of the company’s core values and long-term plans.
Why TerraPay:
TerraPay is a global money movement player on a mission to build a borderless financial world. We believe payments should be instant, reliable, transparent, seamless, and fully compliant.
Registered and regulated across 31 global markets, we are a leading payments partner for banks, mobile wallets, money transfer operators, merchants, and financial institutions.
We are proud to be a twice-certified Great Place to Work and were featured in the 2023 CB Insights Fintech 100 and the 2024 Financial Times 1000 lists.
Read more about TerraPay here.
Our culture & core values:
At TerraPay, we don’t just talk about our values—we live by them. Humility, ownership & responsibility, entrepreneurship, global citizenship, and trusting empowerment are the principles that guide everything we do. If you’re looking for a career that offers abundant opportunities for innovation and a culture of excellence, TerraPay is the place to be.
With comprehensive healthcare benefits, cab facilities for our India-based employees, and a generous leave policy, we’ve got you covered. Join us in one of our 10 offices worldwide and collaborate with a diverse team representing 40+ nationalities.
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What We Do
TerraPay simplifies global money movement – by providing a single connection to the most expansive cross-border payments network regulated in 31 global markets and enabling payments to 144 receive countries, 210+ send countries, 7.5Bn+ bank accounts and 3.7Bn+ mobile wallets. TerraPay is on a mission to connect a borderless financial world, making moving money everywhere instant, reliable, transparent, and fully compliant. TerraPay pushes the boundaries for global businesses – ranging from banks, fintechs and money-transfer operators to travel businesses, creator economy platforms and e-commerce marketplaces – while driving financial inclusion in even the most inaccessible markets.
Founded in 2014, TerraPay is headquartered in London, with global offices in Bangalore, Dubai, Miami, Bogota, Dar es Salaam, Kampala, Hague, Dakar, Joburg, Nairobi, Milan, Singapore and is expanding rapidly, having received funding from leading investors, including the IFC (the World Bank), Prime Ventures, Partech Africa, and Visa.
