Job Description

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Data Policy Team, whose roles and responsibilities are also listed below. This role currently has 1 direct report.
• Develop, review and maintain Cluster data governance and protection policies to ensure compliance with Singapore\'s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), on Data Protection and other relevant legislation and regulatory requirements.
• Provide timely and accurate data governance and protection advice tostaff
• Identify emerging data governance and protection risks and opportunities, and develop data policies and guidelines to help manage such risks or capitalize on opportunities
• Scan and be familiar with developments in the data governance and protection domain, including changes in legislation both local and overseas, decisions and guidelines by PDPC and industry developments. The role will also be expected to develop materials from such scanning to assist the GCDGPO and other members of the Group IT and Data team.
• Review and provide inputs, comments and revisions to Data Sharing Agreements that may be entered into
• Serve as Secretariat to various committees chaired by the GCDGPO
• Other data related duties as assigned by the GCDGPO.

• Degree with at least 3 years of experience in IT policies and standards.
• Strong proficiency in the domain of data protection, data governance and PDPA obligations. - As the team lead for Data Policy, you will be expected to have a sufficiently strong command of data protection obligations, good data/IT governance principles and practices in order to contribute effectively.
• Good writing and communication skills, with a particular strength in clear and concise policy/technical writing. A significant portion of the work requires the role to articulate their thoughts, policies and strategies in the written format.
• Ability to manage and prioritise work within a small team, and function as a strong individual contributor as well as team leader. The team is small, and strong performers must demonstrate their capability as a subject matter expert.
• Ability to work indepedently, and takes strong ownership of assigned work. The role is highly focused towards problem-solving, particuarly for staff that come to us for advice. Strong performers in this role lean forward to help staff achieve both their business objectives as well as manage their data protection risks.
• Self-driven, particularly in the area of self-development and learning. The data protection domain does not have a lot of formal education or programmes, and strong performers in this role will need to constantly learn through reading, research and networking.

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