Regulatory & Privacy Analyst Jobs

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company, operating 240+ data centers across the globe and providing interconnections to all the key clouds and networks. Businesses need one place to simplify and bring together fragmented, complex infrastructure that spans private and public cloud environments. Our global platform allows customers to place infrastructure wherever they need it and connect it to everything they need to succeed.

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A career at Equinix means you will collaborate on work that impacts the world and be surrounded by endless opportunities to learn new skills and grow in varied directions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment. that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success. 

• As of Quarter 4 2022

Job Summary

The position of the Regulatory & Privacy Analyst to the Global Regulatory, Public Policy, Privacy & Compliance team (GRPC) will be responsible for developing and implementing legal tools, processes, systems and workflows to improve efficiencies and effectiveness for the regulatory, public policy, privacy and compliance offices, with an emphasis on data privacy, and more broadly, data security. As Regulatory & Privacy Analyst, you will be supporting the business on these matters in alignment with corporate and strategic objectives, in a manner that supports the business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Identifying areas of risk within Equinix that do not align with current data privacy policies, processes and developing appropriate solutions to deliver ‘privacy by default and design’ to address non-compliance
• Analyse and assess current legal processes, systems and workflows to identify opportunities for improvement
• Develop and deliver training materials on behalf of the GRPC team
• Collecting and analyzing relevant data from department tools and industry sources to help provide metrics and dashboards to enable the Privacy Office to deliver its objectives
• Participate in cross-functional initiatives to ensure that the GRPC legal operations team is integrated with other business functions
• Work with GRPC team members to roll out compliance requirements, including data protection and privacy issues
• Performing confidential operational duties, including processing of Data Subject Access Requests, while adhering to Equinix's policies and practices and applicable laws and regulations
• Create reports and dashboards that provide insights into the GRPC team
• Develop and implement new tools and processes that enhance legal operations, such as OneTrust for Privacy
• Investigating, managing and reporting in relation to any routine data privacy and related issues/queries notified to the Privacy Office, acting as the first line of support to triage privacy related issues
• Operating privacy technology and being a master administrator to the privacy platform
• Assisting with the management and allocation of legal requests received by the Privacy Office
• Handling lifecycle of privacy assessment forms and driving completion by working closely with stakeholders

Qualifications

• Proven experience in legal operations, legal project management, or working in a privacy team
• Experience of managing and owning the operation of privacy-related platforms and applications
• Commitment to high standards for work product and deliverables
• Experience with working in a global company is desirable
• Certifications: Willing to certify for the following: Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPP/C or CIPP/A). Preferred: Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), OneTrust Expert Certified, Security PrivacyOps Certified
• Strong interpersonal skills with an open and trusting personality
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment and multi-task effectively to manage competing priorities
• Strong English language skills, both verbal and written
• Developed decision making skills

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