Senior Manager, Privacy & Records Compliance

Whats the role

As Senior Manager Privacy & Records Compliance youll play a key role in shaping how Westpac manages privacy and records risk in an increasingly data-driven environment. As customer employee community and regulatory expectations continue to evolve youll help design and scale the frameworks systems and processes that enable effective privacy and records risk management across the Group.

A key focus of the role is supporting the evolution of Westpacs privacy and records risk advisory capability helping drive towards a more scalable and AI enabled approach that can support a significantly larger volume of business initiatives.

Youll work closely with project teams business stakeholders and partners across Legal Cyber Data and Division Risk to ensure initiatives involving personal information receive the right level of review guidance and oversight before they proceed.

Youll also help simplify and embed Westpacs Privacy and Records policies standards guidance and governance frameworks that support better decision-making across the business. This includes assessing regulatory changes supporting risk and compliance activities and helping ensure privacy controls remain practical effective and fit for purpose as the organisation continues to evolve.

What do I need

Were looking for someone who brings a blend of privacy expertise risk and governance experience and the ability to build practical scalable solutions.

Youll be comfortable operating in a complex environment translating regulatory obligations into actionable business outcomes and helping shape frameworks processes and ways of working that can evolve alongside changing business and regulatory expectations.

Equally important is your ability to engage influence and provide trusted advice to a diverse range of stakeholders while balancing risk with pragmatic commercial outcomes.

• Experience in privacy records management risk compliance governance or a related control function.
• A strong understanding of privacy legislation and principles with the ability to apply regulatory requirements in a practical business context.
• Experience designing improving or operationalising frameworks processes controls or operating models at scale.
• A systems-thinking mindset with a natural curiosity for identifying opportunities to simplify automate and continuously improve how work gets done.
• Strong stakeholder management communication and critical thinking skills with the confidence to provide advice challenge and influence at all levels.

Experience in financial services insurance superannuation consulting legal or another large and complex organisation will be highly regarded as will exposure to data technology cyber or information governance environments. Experience supporting regulatory change risk assessments or enterprise-wide transformation initiatives would be advantageous.

Why join us

Were obsessed with becoming our customers #1 banking partner for life and were looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that return were committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways were already doing that:

• Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands including generous employee-only mortgage rates!
• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance and a variety of leave options including Culture Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank.
• Lots of opportunities to give back to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives.

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