Data Privacy Specialist

Job Description

Wabtec is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services. Whether it's freight rail, transit, mining, industrial, or marine, our expertise, technologies, and people are accelerating the future of transportation.

Role: Data Privacy Specialist

Salary: £Competitive

Location: Remote

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time

The Data Privacy Specialist supports enterprise-wide privacy compliance by partnering with cross-functional teams to embed data protection requirements into products, processes, and contracts. You will manage key privacy operations—including data mapping, Data Protection Impact Assessments, system maintenance, and data subject requests—while driving process improvements, training initiatives, and alignment with evolving global privacy laws.

• Work closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders across business, product, engineering, legal, HR and compliance teams on privacy-related matters

• Collaborate with stakeholders to facilitate the inclusion of appropriate Data Privacy Acts and contractual clauses

• Work with various product teams across the company on the technical implementation of privacy compliance including data mapping, and Data Protection Impact Assessments

• Maintain privacy compliance system to ensure privacy compliance requirements are met

• Respond to data subject requests

• Strong project management experience and agility across businesses, incl. relationship with external counsels if need be

• Support continuous process improvement and simplification efforts, including developing and publishing privacy guidelines, compliance standards, best practices, checklists, and guidance

• Help develop and deliver privacy training for enterprise

• Extensive experience of privacy/data protection

• CIPM, CIPP, or similar certification is preferred but not required

• Ability to speak French or an EEA language is not required but is an asset

• Strong understanding of global privacy laws, including DPR, ePrivacy Directive, CCPA, LGPD, Privacy Act of 1988 and PIPEDA, POPI South Africa

• Working knowledge of the EU Data Act, EU AI Act, and NIS2

• Track record of project management and privacy compliance program ownership and driving risk management activities across cross-functional teams and business functions at a large, complex organisation.

• Technical understanding of how to implement data protection & privacy obligations within a business including data governance

• Experience with Trust Arc, One Trust, or similar systems

If you don’t have all the above criteria don’t worry, we would still like to hear from you as we live our values and always put people first and strive to expand what is possible.

Legal authorisation to work in the UK is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

* Please note that we do not accept agency candidate submissions without a formalised agreement with Wabtec Talent Acquisition. If you are an agency/third party Recruiter and have not been engaged by Wabtec for this search, we do not owe you a fee if you submit a candidate to the applicant tracking system that is ultimately hired.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

What could you accomplish in a place that puts People First?

At Wabtec, it’s not just about a job - it’s about the impact you make. When our people come together, we’re Expanding the Possible by continuously improving what we do and how we do it - for our clients and each other.

If you’re ready to revolutionize how the world moves for future generations, Wabtec is the place for you.

Wabtec is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for the freight and transit rail sectors. Drawing on more than 150 years of experience, we are leading the way in safety, efficiency, reliability, innovation, and productivity. Whether it’s freight, transit, ports, logistics, mining, industrial, or marine, our expertise,…