Data Privacy & Protection Senior Consultant

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Data Privacy & Protection Senior Consultant based in the United States. As a Data Privacy & Protection Senior Consultant, you will lead client engagements and help organizations build, strengthen, and operationalize effective data privacy and protection programs. You will combine consulting expertise, project leadership, and hands-on technical skills to address complex regulatory requirements and evolving data protection challenges. Working directly with clients across different industries, you will oversee project delivery, manage stakeholder relationships, and translate privacy obligations into practical business processes and technology solutions. You will also play a key role in implementing and configuring privacy management platforms, ensuring that solutions are tailored to each client's needs. Beyond project execution, you will mentor junior consultants and contribute to the development of innovative consulting methodologies. This is an opportunity to work in a collaborative, technology-driven consulting environment where your expertise will help organizations protect sensitive information and manage privacy risks effectively. Accountabilities: - Lead the day-to-day delivery of client engagements when assigned as Engagement Leader, overseeing project activities, timelines, deliverables, and stakeholder communications. - Serve as the primary day-to-day client contact for assigned engagements, facilitating meetings, managing expectations, presenting findings, and recommending practical solutions. - When supporting another Engagement Leader, take ownership of assigned workstreams, contribute subject-matter expertise, communicate progress, and proactively flag potential delivery risks. - Provide project-level guidance to supporting Consultants, including delegating tasks, reviewing deliverables, sharing feedback, and supporting their professional development.

- Ensure projects are completed on time, within agreed scope and budget, and in accordance with established quality standards. - Monitor project milestones, resource utilization, dependencies, and potential scope changes, identifying challenges early and implementing appropriate solutions or escalating issues when necessary. - Lead privacy assessments, data protection program development initiatives, risk evaluations, and regulatory compliance reviews. - Translate regulatory requirements and business needs into practical privacy processes, operational controls, and technology-enabled solutions. - Lead and support the configuration and implementation of privacy management platforms, including data mapping, Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), consent management, and data subject rights workflows. - Independently explore and configure privacy technology platforms, developing hands-on expertise in new tools, functionalities, and implementation approaches. - Work directly with software configurations, workflows, and platform features to deliver functional client solutions rather than focusing exclusively on advisory or oversight activities. - Collaborate with client legal, compliance, IT, information security, and business teams to integrate privacy solutions into existing operations. - Build trusted client relationships through clear communication, sound judgment, proactive problem-solving, and a strong service-oriented approach. - Contribute to internal methodologies, delivery frameworks, templates, service offerings, and knowledge-sharing initiatives. - Support business development activities, including engagement scoping, project estimates, technical input, and identification of follow-on opportunities. - Stay informed about emerging privacy regulations, technologies, industry standards, and best practices to continuously strengthen consulting expertise.