Senior Technical Architect Privacy

Senior Technical Architect Privacy Overview

OneTrust is seeking a Senior Technical Architect specializing in Privacy to join their Technical Advisory team, which is part of the Customer Success department. This role involves engaging directly with clients to understand their privacy goals, challenges, and operational contexts, and then translating these insights into strategic, practical recommendations. The position emphasizes building trust and providing expert guidance without being responsible for hands-on implementation or configuration of privacy platforms.

About the Company and Mission

OneTrustâ??s mission is to foster innovation through the responsible use of data and artificial intelligence. Since launching their first platform in 2016, they have been at the forefront of developing technology that enables organizations to use data responsibly while accelerating their digital initiatives. Their AIâ??Ready Governance Platformâ?¢ integrates regulatory intelligence, automation, and connected workflows, empowering businesses to innovate at the speed of AI while maintaining good governance to prevent data misuse at scale. Trusted globally by thousands of organizations, OneTrust aims to shape a future where trustworthy data drives societal and business transformation.

The Role and Responsibilities

The Senior Technical Architect (Privacy) will work closely with clients to lead discovery sessions, advisory engagements, workshops, and expert discussions. Your primary task is to understand client objectives, constraints, stakeholder landscapes, and desired outcomes, then translate these into actionable recommendations concerning privacy processes, data management, platform integrations, and operational models. You will explain various solution options, including dependencies, trade-offs, and scalability considerations, at appropriate levels of detail for both technical and executive audiences.

You will assess clientsâ?? readiness for privacy initiatives, identify barriers to adoption, evaluate process maturity, and suggest pragmatic next steps. Deliverables include current-state assessments, future-state architecture recommendations, reference models, process guidance, and reusable patterns. Building and maintaining trusted relationships with clients is essential, as is effective communication with technical teams and leadership.

Collaboration is key; you will partner with internal teams such as Customer Success, Product, Sales, Support, and Professional Services to ensure clients achieve their desired outcomes. Your role also involves capturing recurring client needs to inform product development, create enablement content, and develop playbooks or reference architectures. You will maintain clear boundaries by providing strategic guidance and product expertise, enabling clients or partners to implement solutions independently.

Candidate Profile and Experience

Ideal candidates will have over five years of experience in consulting, technical advisory, or customer success roles involving problem-solving and solution design. A robust technical background in enterprise SaaS, systems, data, workflows, APIs, and architecture is essential. The candidate should demonstrate a consultative approach, with strong communication skills and the ability to connect business goals with technological solutions. Learning agility, curiosity, ownership, humility, resilience, and openness to feedback are highly valued traits.

While prior privacy experience is beneficial, it is not mandatory. Additional preferred qualifications include familiarity with privacy regulations, privacy management platforms like OneTrust Privacy Automation, relevant certifications such as CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT, and experience advising enterprise clients on platform adoption and governance. Experience in creating reusable advisory materials and proficiency with reporting tools like Salesforce are also advantageous.

Work Environment and Benefits

OneTrust promotes an office-first culture, encouraging employees to work three days a week in the office, fostering collaboration and in-person engagement. Benefits include comprehensive health coverage, flexible paid time off, equity awards, annual bonuses, retirement support, extensive parental leave, career development programs, and company-paid privacy certification exams. Benefits may vary by country.

Additional Information

The company emphasizes its commitment to diversity, equal opportunity employment, and a secure application process. They advise candidates to be cautious of recruitment scams and clarify that legitimate communications will come from official @onetrust.com email addresses. The company values inclusivity and aims to support employeesâ?? growth and professional development, fostering a diverse and innovative workforce.

Interested candidates can create job alerts and apply through the provided application portal, submitting their personal details, CV, cover letter, and optional diversity monitoring information. The company ensures all applicants are treated fairly and encourages a diverse range of candidates to apply.

Degree Requirement: Not Specified

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