Pretoria: Data Privacy Business Partner posted by IT Ridge Technologies

February 14, 2026 Jobs in Gauteng

Job Description

About the Role

The Data Privacy Business Partner position at IT Ridge Technologies aims to facilitate and ensure the implementation of privacy standards for assigned business clusters, providing specialist consultancy on privacy to drive compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA).

Key Responsibilities

Facilitate the implementation of personal information (PI) measures as well as privacy tools, standards, and procedures for the assigned business clusters to ensure lawful processing of PI.
Conduct impact assessments on existing processes and new projects for the assigned business clusters to identify compliance gaps and recommend remedial actions.
Drive the implementation of remedial actions on existing processes and new projects for the assigned business clusters.
Identify privacy training needs and gaps, and facilitate relevant training within the assigned business clusters.
Conduct and/or oversee audits on existing and new PI processes (including high-risk third parties) in the assigned business clusters, according to the priority agreed with the Data Protection Officer.
Analyse data and identify patterns for the assigned business clusters, and provide insights and recommendations to address any compliance gaps.
Compile privacy reports for the assigned business clusters to the departmental management committees on compliance with POPIA.
Ensure that any PI breaches are logged correctly by the assigned business clusters.
Conduct the preliminary investigation in incident handling for any PI breaches, and coordinate and/or participate in problem identification, root cause analysis, and recommendations to prevent future occurrences.
Stay current with PI knowledge and skills in order to maintain professional expertise and relevant accreditation.
Establish and maintain stakeholder relations (internal and external) for ensuring continued compliance with PI conditions.
Keep abreast of industry developments and best practice, and ensure the application thereof within own work.
Facilitate the implementation of the third-party risk assessment framework to ensure that third-party contracts comply with PI conditions.

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Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Compliance or Law (NQF 7), or an equivalent qualification.
At least 35 years of relevant work experience in data privacy and protection programme management processes, practices, technologies, risk management, audit, and/or compliance.
At least 5 years of regulatory experience in the banking industry.

Qualifications

No formal education or certifications are required for this position.

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