Job Title: Data Protection Senior Associate
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Company: Paystack
About Paystack: Paystack’s mission is to accelerate digital payments across Africa. 200,000 businesses, including MTN, Burger King, and Air Peace Airlines, utilize Paystack’s modern payment gateway. Aced by Stripe, Paystack is committed to building Africa’s payments infrastructure.
Role Overview: As a Data Protection Senior Associate, you will ensure that Paystack’s products and operations comply with legal, ethical, and best practice standards in data protection and privacy. This role focuses on developing and driving processes for Paystack’s Global Privacy Compliance Program, particularly in Europe and Africa. You will report to the Data Protection and Privacy lead and should be based in Nigeria, with the ability to travel when required.
Key Responsibilities:
- Contribute to maturing Paystack’s global privacy framework
- Assist in conducting Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA).
- Analyze legislative and regulatory developments to ensure compliance across jurisdictions.
- Collaborate with data, security, marketing, sales, and product teams to develop and enforce policies and procedures.
- Prepare documents for external presentations to regulators and industry groups during audits lense applications.
- Engage data protection champions for tasks such as Record of Processing Acits (ROPA) updates and privacy due diligence.
- Manage Data Processing Agreements (DPA) with third parties in collaboration with the legal team.
- Update the Data Protection and Privacy (DPP) compliance calendar based on applicable legislation.
- Serve as the Data PrivacisChampion.
- Provide strategic input to the cross-functional data pecon and security Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) team.
- Drive Third-Party Securitndrivacy Risk Management initiatives.
- Maintain the Privacy Risk Register by monitoring risk assessment and treatment progress.
- Promote a security and privacy-centric cult across Paystack by drafting quarterly awareness content.
- Regularly review existing DPP processes and suggest improvements.
Requirements:
- 3+ years of experience in data protection and privacy, with expertise in US, European, and African data privacy regulations and data transfer regimes.
- Familiarity with the Gene Da Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other global privacy law relations, best practices, and industry guidelines.
- Experience in addressing data protection and privacy issues.
- Strong organisational and project management skills, capable of handling both long and short-term projects under pressure.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, thriving in a collaborative team environment.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a diverse environment while adhering to the highest ethical standards.
- Ability to manage multiple competing priorities and remain adaptable.
- Professionalism.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in a financial/technology company or consulting firm as a product or privacy expert.
- Solid understanding of managing third-party relationships, the regulatory environment, risk management frameworks, and industry best practices.
- Strong working knowledge of supplier Supplier Service Level Agreements (SLAs), Key Performance indicators (KPI’S ), and risk management techniques.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary.
- MacBook Pro.
- Health insurance.
- Hybrid working environment.
- Opportunity to work with smart, kind colleagues invested in your growth.
