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Senior Data Protection Associate
Paystack
Posted 5 months agoLagos, Nigeria
Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Job Type
Full-time
Experience
Entry-Level
Category
Legal
Job Description
Paystack's mission is to power African ambition. Over 300K businesses in Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, and Kenya use Paystack's modern payments gateway, including MTN, Burger King, UPS, AXA Mansard Insurance, FairMoney, PiggyVest, Air Peace Airlines, and many others. Acquired by Stripe, Paystack is doubling down on building out Africa's payments infrastructure.
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Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Security, or a related field
- 5+ years of experience managing an enterprise-level compliance or privacy program with cross-functional influence
- Deep understanding of global data protection regimes including US, European, and African data privacy regulations
- Strong AI literacy and governance experience
- Experience with audits, vendor/third-party oversight, and change management
- Ability to align privacy and AI governance programs to industry frameworks (ISO suite, NIST)
- Industry certifications such as CIPM, CIPP/E, or CIPP/US are a plus
- Experience implementing privacy tooling (GRC, DSR platforms, data catalogues like OneTrust, Vanta) is a plus
Responsibilities
- Own the privacy program roadmap and strategy for Paystack entities
- Define and own key risk indicators for data privacy and AI governance
- Build, lead, and mentor the Data Protection Office
- Strategically manage the Data Subject Rights (DSR) process and provide reporting to the Data Governance Committee
- Develop and continually evolve Paystack's global privacy operating model to assess program health and compliance effectiveness including core frameworks, records of processing, and compliance structures
- Translate strategy into actionable roadmaps with clear milestones and oversee compliance efforts across various jurisdictions
- Partner with Engineering, Infrastructure, and Data teams to build privacy into systems and drive privacy-by-design initiatives
- Enhance sensitive data governance frameworks including data classification, retention policy enforcement, access controls, and privileged data review cycles
