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Woven by ToyotaOur privacy team at Woven by Toyota enables our businesses to create mobility that people can enjoy and trust by embedding privacy into the designs and operations of our organizations, products, and services. We are looking for an experienced Privacy Specialist with a hands-on approach, who is able to work independently as well as within a team. You will report to the Privacy Manager and work with diverse team members such as other privacy specialists, project managers, business analysts, legal specialists, security specialists, engineers, HR, PR and so on to put privacy into every day operations. Our Privacy team demands high standards. Passion for privacy, teamwork and discipline are important drivers to deliver results. Responsibilities include responding to inquiries and requests from business and engineering teams as part of our privacy-by-design processes; understanding business use cases, identifying applicable data protection laws and corresponding obligations, and conducting privacy risk assessments to determine risk treatment plans for services and products; independently managing privacy-related projects or workstreams, such as specific PIAs, data mapping exercises, or privacy notice updates, ensuring outputs align with business objectives and operational efficiency; maintaining clear, transparent documentation to keep stakeholders aligned on status, decisions, and responsibilities; developing, operating and improving modules of the privacy program, including internal privacy policies, procedures and processes such as data mapping, PIA (Privacy Impact Assessment), and data breach management; drafting, amending, and improving privacy notices; reviewing privacy-related contracts such as data processing agreements (DPAs) and standard contractual clauses (SCCs); and aligning with other Toyota group companies to implement group-wide privacy controls.
- Fluency in English (both spoken and written) - At least 2 years of work experience in the privacy domain, or other relevant experience (e.g. compliance, data governance, information security) - Understanding of laws, regulations, policies and industry standards relevant to privacy - Communication skills allowing you to explain privacy topics in an easy manner - Interpersonal soft skills to work with diverse stakeholders - Ability to independently conduct most privacy-by-design reviews for products and services, seeking guidance from your supervisor or other team members for more complex or novel cases
- Proficiency in Japanese - Privacy certifications such as CIPP, CIPM, and/or CDPSE - Work experience in an international, diverse and dynamic environment - Understanding of technology, such as information security, cloud computing, machine learning, etc. - Experience dealing with regulatory authorities
- Competitive Salary - Based on experience - Work Hours - Flexible working time - Paid Holiday - 20 days per year (prorated) - Sick Leave - 6 days per year (prorated) - Holiday - Sat & Sun, Japanese National Holidays, and other days defined by our company - Japanese Social Insurance - Health Insurance, Pension, Workers’ Comp, and Unemployment Insurance, Long-term care insurance - Housing Allowance - Retirement Benefits - Rental Cars Support - In-house Training Program (software study/language study)
