Data Privacy Analyst

About Agoda

At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world.

Today, we are part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ: BKNG], with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries, working together in offices around the globe. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across our millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide.

No two days are the same at Agoda. Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling our curiosity and innovation. If you’re ready to begin your best journey and help build travel for the world, join us.

Get To Know Our Team:

In the age of technology, things are constantly changing. The travel market is much the same, being more dynamic and complex than ever. Agoda’s Legal team is well suited to take on the challenges presented, adopting a proactive mindset to tackle challenges and solve problems. We are quick on our feet, decisive, and collaborate with multiple departments. We hire out-of-the-box thinkers that are well grounded with ethics and legal knowledge to ensure that Agoda achieves the right results, the right way.

The Opportunity:

The Global Privacy environment is changing at a speed never seen before and while this poses a significant challenge for global businesses such as ours to keep up with the laws, it also presents a great opportunity for you to be a part of a global data privacy team directly contributing to build the trust of our users, employees, and partners at Agoda.

As a Data Privacy Analyst, you will support Agoda’s Privacy Advisory function by helping the team provide timely, well-organized privacy legal advice across the business, while also keeping the engine room of the advisory practice running smoothly – from knowledge management to performance metrics. You will work closely with a world class privacy team comprising of subject matter experts, security professionals and technology teams in a global work environment.

In this Role, you’ll get to:

• Conduct fact-finding for privacy advisory queries – gathering relevant business context, prior guidance and documentation to facilitate efficient legal assessment of requests
• Provide support on privacy advisory matters, including drafting initial reviews and assessments under guidance
• Support training and awareness initiatives and regulatory change management initiatives
• Actively manage the privacy advisory repository from end-to-end
• Establish, review & improve privacy policies, standards, and procedures
• Identify & manage privacy risks associated with 3rd parties
• Upkeep, maintain and improve privacy controls
• Improve privacy team's efficiencies using data analytics (Metrics, Key Risk Indicators, Dashboards, Trend analysis)
• Provide project management support for specific privacy projects

What you’ll Need to Succeed:

• A genuine interest in data privacy and/or technology law
• 1-2 years’ experience in Legal, Governance, Risk or Compliance disciplines
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Great written and verbal communication skills
• Well versed with MS Office suite
• Willingness to go the extra mile to get the job done including routine and, administrative, tasks
• Curiosity & willingness to explore privacy concepts and ask questions
• Proficient in English

It’s Great if you Have:

• Basic understanding of privacy concepts or laws (GDPR, PDPA, etc)
• Experience with data/metrics tracking (Excel, dashboards, etc.)
• Prior exposure to legal document or template management
• Ability to execute at pace and multi-task in an agile environment

We Offer:

• A dynamic role in a fast-growing team of a reputable global company
• Working in an international environment
• Great opportunities for further development in data privacy, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence
• Working in a team of flexibly minded and highly skilled professionals