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Data Privacy & Protection Director
About this role
Role: Data Privacy & Protection Director in the Compliance Department at Moniepoint, Lagos, Nigeria. The role leads data privacy governance and NDPA 2023 compliance, including policy development, DPIAs, and breach response. It reports to the Chief Compliance Officer.
What you would do
- Implement a data privacy governance framework aligned with the NDPA 2023.
- Develop standards, policies and procedures to ensure NDPA compliance and other regulatory requirements.
- Inform and train employees, third-party processors, vendors and data subjects about data protection rights and obligations.
- Serve as the primary liaison for the Nigeria Data Privacy Commission, regulators, financial institutions and customers on privacy matters.
- Lead data protection impact assessments (DPIAs) with product and project teams to ensure NDPA compliance.
- Maintain data processing records, data security plans, data breach response capabilities and data retention structures in collaboration with IT and security teams.
What they are asking for
- Bachelor's degree in Law, Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field.
- Master's degree in information security or law is highly preferred.
- Minimum of 10 years of hands-on experience in data protection, compliance or related field, with deep operational understanding of the NDPA.
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