PrivacyOps Engineer - Manager

Kroll is seeking a Senior Associate / Consultant, Privacy Operations & Engineering to support enterprise privacy, data protection, and governance initiatives within our Cyber, Data, and Resilience practice. This is a client-facing consulting role focused on privacy program execution, privacy engineering, operational implementation, and governance technology enablement across regulated and complex enterprise environments.
The ideal candidate will have approximately 3+ years of experience in privacy operations, data governance, privacy technology implementation, cybersecurity, or technology consulting, preferably within a Big 4 or comparable consulting environment. This role is best suited for a hands-on practitioner who can support operational privacy initiatives while helping organizations scale privacy compliance and governance capabilities through technology and process optimization.
The Senior Associate / Consultant will help organizations operationalize privacy and data protection requirements through Records of Processing Activities (ROPAs), Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs), Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), consent management, data mapping, privacy engineering, and GRC workflow integration initiatives

Day-to-day responsibilities: 

• Support delivery of enterprise privacy and data protection engagements across regulated and complex environments.

• Assist clients with operationalizing privacy compliance requirements through ROPAs, PIAs, DPIAs, data subject rights workflows, consent management, and retention processes.

• Conduct stakeholder interviews and workshops to gather business, legal, privacy, and technology requirements.

• Support development and maintenance of enterprise data inventories and data flow mapping activities.

• Help clients establish scalable operational privacy workflows and governance procedures.

1. Assist with remediation tracking, issue management, and privacy control implementation activities.

• Support implementation, configuration, and operationalization of privacy and governance technologies such as OneTrust, BigID, Securiti, ServiceNow, and other GRC platforms.

• Assist with engineering and integration of privacy workflows into enterprise systems and operational processes.

• Support development of automated workflows for ROPAs, PIAs/DPIAs, consent management, data subject requests, and risk tracking.

• Assist with data mapping and metadata management integration efforts across cloud, on-premise, and SaaS environments.

• Support integration activities between privacy tooling, CMDBs, ticketing platforms, and enterprise governance ecosystems.

• Support clients in aligning privacy operations to regulatory and industry requirements including GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, HIPAA, GLBA, NYDFS 500, and SEC/FINRA obligations.

• Assist with privacy control assessments, operational maturity evaluations, and remediation planning.

• Support implementation of governance controls related to sensitive data handling, retention, minimization, and consent management.

• Help clients establish privacy metrics, reporting dashboards, and operational oversight processes.

• Work collaboratively with Privacy, Cybersecurity, Data Governance, IAM, GRC, and Enterprise Technology teams.

• Support development of reusable templates, accelerators, workflows, and implementation methodologies.

• Contribute to internal knowledge sharing and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Support junior analysts or project team members where applicable.

• Participate in client meetings, status reporting, and project management activities

Essential Traits:

• Strong attention to detail and process-oriented mindset.

• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Collaborative and client-focused approach to delivery.

• Strong problem-solving and organizational capabilities.

• Interest in privacy engineering, governance automation, and operational optimization.

• Passion for continuous learning in privacy, cybersecurity, and data governance domains.

Prerequisites:

• 3+ years of experience in Privacy Operations, Data Privacy, Privacy Engineering, Data Governance, GRC Technology, Cybersecurity, or Technology Consulting.

• Prior consulting experience strongly preferred, ideally within Big 4 consulting, privacy consulting firms, or cybersecurity consulting environments.

• Experience supporting operational privacy programs or governance initiatives.

• Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities across fast-paced consulting engagements.

• Certifications preferred - CIPP/US or CIPP/E, CIPM, CISSP or Security+, CDMP, OneTrust certifications, ServiceNow certifications AND Agile, Scrum or SAFe certifications

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