Privacy Senior Associate

Privacy Senior Associate at Crowe LLP in Burlington, Vermont, United States Job Description Your Journey at

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At Crowe, you can build a meaningful and rewarding career. With real flexibility to balance work with life moments, you're trusted to deliver results and make an impact. We embrace you for who you are, care for your well-being, and nurture your career. Everyone has equitable access to opportunities for career growth and leadership. Over our 80-year history, delivering excellent service through innovation has been a core part of our DNA across our audit, tax, and consulting groups. That's why we continuously invest in innovative ideas, such as AI-enabled insights and technology-powered solutions, to enhance our services. Join us at Crowe and embark on a career where you can help shape the future of our industry.

Job Description:

The Privacy Senior Associate supports Crowe's global privacy program by providing independent research, analysis, and privacy-by-design expertise. This individual will work closely with the Privacy Lead to independently operationalize privacy requirements, conduct internal monitoring, evaluate 3rd party solutions, support data protection risk assessments, maintain data maps, and support business teams in embedding responsible data practices throughout the product and software lifecycle. This role is ideal for someone who has strong analytical capabilities, experience with global privacy requirements, and an interest in emerging privacy regulations, data governance, privacy, and responsible innovation. This is a mid-level individual contributor (Senior Associate) role requiring autonomy and independent execution.

Key Responsibilities:

Operational Privacy & Compliance Support Respond to internal inquiries submitted to privacycrowe, providing foundational assessments and escalating to senior SMEs where needed. Developing Firmwide Training and supporting related training activities. Support internal privacy awareness initiatives, including training materials, intranet updates, and knowledge articles. Create and maintain documentation, including policies, standards, and risk mitigation plans. Prepare metrics, dashboards, and reports for privacy program operations and leadership updates. Continuously track and assess evolving global privacy regulations, guidance from data protection authorities, and industry standards, translating developments into actionable compliance recommendations. Scoping and executing internal compliance monitoring activities. Maintain and update privacy notices and consent mechanisms. Operate with the independent judgment expected at the Senior Associate level. Data Mapping & Risk Assessments Create, maintain, and enhance data flow diagrams and data inventories for various business processes. Conduct and document Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs), Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), AI Risk Assessments, and transfer impact analyses (TIAs). Analyze data lifecycle processes to identify gaps, privacy risks, and areas requiring remediation. Assist in monitoring compliance with global data protection regulations (GDPR, CCPACPRA, DPDP Act, HIPAA, PCI DSS etc.). Demonstrate familiarity with Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) software-preferably ServiceNow GRC or similar platforms-to support workflow management, risk tracking, and documentation within privacy and AI governance processes. Work autonomously to deliver assessments and provide recommendations. Cross-Functional Collaboration Work collaboratively with Legal, InfoSec, Firm IT, Data Governance, and other enabling functions. Participate in meetings with business unit leaders as needed. Support enterprise-level privacy initiatives, including cross-BU project coordination. Collaborate with Marketing functions to review and advise on privacy requirements for email campaigns, consent management, cookie compliance, ad targeting, and other marketing activities involving personal data. Acts as a trusted subject-matter contributor rather than an entry-level support role. Privacy by Design & Product Advisory Support product, engineering, and business teams by advising on privacy-by-design practices throughout the product lifecycle. Perform privacy reviews of new software, systems, and tools, especially those involving personal or sensitive personal data andor AI capabilities. Document identified risks and propose practical mitigation strategies. Assist with evaluating privacysecurity terms in vendor contracts, Data Protection Agreements, and other related artifacts. Partner with Legal, InfoSec, IT, and Crowe Studio to ensure alignment with Crowe policies and standards. This role performs these assessments independently with limited oversight, consistent with Senior Associate expectations. Additional Contribution Areas (Optional but Highly Valuable) Maintain regulatory watchlists and contribute to policy... For full info follow application link. EOE MFDV and