Technical Lead - Data Privacy

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead to spearhead the design and deployment of secure, privacy-conscious solutions. The role emphasizes integrating data privacy frameworks and REST API connections with OneTrust, operating within a hybrid work environment based in Riyadh Region. Candidates should have 7 to 10 years of technology delivery experience, particularly in ensuring compliant data management and sustainable digital product development during day shifts without travel obligations.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and execute privacy-aware technical solutions using data privacy foundations and REST API interfaces with OneTrust to safeguard sensitive data across organizational systems.
• Manage end-to-end technical delivery for privacy-focused applications, ensuring seamless alignment among architecture design, development, testing, and deployment stages to fulfill regulatory and internal compliance standards.
• Collaborate across teams to translate complex privacy and consent management demands into scalable system architectures consistent with enterprise and industry standards.
• Create reusable REST API patterns and integration modules that standardize data classification, consent capture, and preference management via OneTrust across diverse products and platforms.
• Evaluate technical designs and code to ensure data flow, logging, and encryption approaches embody privacy by design principles, minimizing risks of unauthorized access or misuse.
• Lead teams in implementing comprehensive error handling, monitoring, and alerting mechanisms around privacy-related services to ensure prompt detection and resolution of issues affecting customer trust and compliance.
• Enhance service performance and dependability for privacy solution components by refining REST API structures, optimizing data models, and fine-tuning configurations to accommodate increasing user and consent data volumes.
• Partner with product owners and privacy experts to define technical acceptance criteria that embed privacy controls within core workflows, ensuring features prioritize user experience and legal compliance.
• Document solution architectures, data pathways, and integration patterns in clear technical records accessible to engineering, operations, and risk management teams.
• Offer technical mentorship on secure coding practices, input validation, and token-based access models supporting strong privacy enforcement across internal and external services.
• Ensure technical strategies align with the organization’s mission to build trustworthy digital experiences that honor customer privacy and promote responsible data use for long-term societal benefit.
• Engage in incident review and root cause analysis related to privacy services, using findings to drive continuous enhancement of design and operations.
• Facilitate knowledge-sharing forums to keep teams updated on emerging privacy technologies, industry essentials, and evolving best practices for OneTrust and REST API integrations.

Qualifications

• 7 to 10 years of practical experience in designing and delivering enterprise applications, with minimum 3 years focused on privacy-sensitive or security-critical systems.
• Strong expertise with data privacy concepts such as consent lifecycle, data minimization, retention policies, and privacy impact assessments within technology designs.
• Advanced skills in REST API development and consumption, including authentication frameworks, request validation, and performance tuning for high-load services.
• Hands-on experience implementing OneTrust modules like consent management, preference centers, and data subject request workflows in complex enterprise settings.
• Familiarity with industry essentials domains and the ability to integrate privacy and security controls in real-world business and regulatory contexts.
• Desirable experience working in hybrid environments using collaboration tools and structured communication to coordinate distributed teams.
• Preferable background in integrating privacy platforms with identity providers, marketing systems, or analytics tools to unify consent and preference management.
• Nice to have expertise in automating privacy checks within continuous integration pipelines or quality frameworks to consistently enforce privacy throughout development cycles.

Certifications

Preferred certifications include Certified OneTrust Professional or equivalent privacy technology credentials, alongside recognized data protection qualifications such as CIPP or CIPM.