Date Posted:
2025-08-25
Country:
Germany
Location:
Bertramstraße 8, Lippstadt, Germany
Position Role Type:
Unspecified
FULLY REMOTE WITHIN GERMANY
The Data Protection Officer & Regional Privacy Professional (the “Position”) will be a full-time position reporting to the Collins Aerospace Assistant General Counsel, Data Privacy. The Position will have a dual designation of serving as a statutory DPO (Data Protection Officer) for the Collins Aerospace entities located in Germany and as the Regional Privacy Professional for Collins Aerospace entities located outside of Germany (i.e., UK, France, Italy, Netherlands, etc.). The candidate must be located in Germany and be fluent in German and English.
At a high level, the Position will monitor compliance and data practices internally to ensure the business and its functions comply with the applicable requirements under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Position will be responsible for staff training, privacy impact assessments / data protection impact assessments, program implementation, internal audits, and related responsibilities. The Position will also serve as a primary contact for supervisory authorities and individuals whose data is processed by the business.
Key Responsibilities:
In this role, you will work closely with the legal, compliance, cyber security functions to develop and monitor policies and standards to ensure implementation and compliance with the company’s policies, procedures, and practices, including the company’s General Corporate Policy (GDP)-24 (Personal Information). Duties will include:
- Work with business internal stakeholders in the review of projects and related data to ensure compliance with local data privacy laws
- Review and approve privacy impact assessments / data privacy impact assessments
- Serve as a primary point of contact and liaison for supervisory authorities on all data protection related matters under the GDPR
- Serve as the primary point of contact for queries in the business
- Assist in the review of vendor contracts and consents needed to implement projects in partnership with the business and functions
- Participate in periodic meetings/committees in support of the business’ data privacy, compliance, security, worker relations programs
- Manage and execute data subject rights requests
- Monitor changes to local privacy laws and make recommendations when appropriate
- Develop and deliver privacy training to various business functions
- Develop strategies and initiatives to ensure engagement with key internal and external stakeholders
- Assist in preparing and executing data privacy audits
- Collaboration with various businesses and functions to raise employee awareness of data privacy and security issues
- Maintain records of processing activities, data security incident logs, privacy impact assessments, security breach responses, complaints, claims or notifications, and data subject rights requests
- Perform any other related work in support of and in furtherance of the company’s policies and procedures
REQUIRED SKILLS
Education/Certification:
- A university degree or equivalent experience and minimum of 10 years prior relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and minimum of 7 years experience
- Preferable if the candidate holds a law degree from an accredited law school and is presently licensed to practice law in EU jurisdiction
- Preferable if the candidate holds at least one Data Privacy certification, such as IAPP CIPP/EU
Professional Experience:
- A university degree or equivalent experience and minimum of 10 years prior relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and minimum of 7 years’ experience
- Preferable if the candidate is a licensed attorney practicing within data privacy or related function
- Experience working in or with a large global organization and/or regulated industry
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
- Strong knowledge of EU data privacy and data protection regulation
- Strong familiarity with EU supervisory authorities, including Federal Commissioner of Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Commission Nationale de l’Informatique ed des Libertes (CNIL)
- Fluent in German and English; fluency in other EU languages (i.e., French) considered a plus
- Sufficient knowledge of information technology and data management systems
- Strong interpersonal skills and able to interact effectively with people at all organizational levels
- Ability to work unsupervised, exercise leadership, and influence action and/or change
- Excellent written and presentation skills
- Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage time, prioritize work effectively, handle multiple competing deadlines in a fast-paced work environment
- Ability to use independent judgment and strategic thinking in decision making
- Ability to collaborate with business leaders and manage across a varied range of businesses and functions in the execution of projects and programs
- Strong ability to apply a risk-based approach in meeting business objectives; develop a plan/strategy for business to execute in compliance with company policies and applicable regulations
- Good judgment and professional discretion to handle confidential and sensitive information
- Extremely well-organized, detail oriented and able to thrive in an environment of change, learning and innovation
- Ability to use technology to proactively track open actions and risks; knowledge of PC applications, including MS Office
Additional Requirements:
- Some domestic and international travel required
RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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