Regional Data Privacy Manager

Do you want to join H&M on a journey, changing the way we define a seamless customer experience? If you feel that you have a genuine passion for growing businesses and see yourself in a role contributing to added customer value, a strong brand and digital growth. Then join us and take part in changing the way we work with omni.
H&M is on a journey to become a truly customer focused company. We´re putting our passion for the customer at center, upgrading the customer experience and taking it to the next level. We´re changing our way of working to be able to offer our customers a seamless shopping experience. This means that we need to accelerate our omni customer experience and put omni at the core of our business.
Job Description
On this journey we´re all collaborating to create the best omni customer offer for our customers and as a Regional Data Privacy Coordinator you will be a key player in making this happen. You are a part of the Regional Controlling team and work in close collaboration with the Regional Head of Controlling.
Create and uphold Regional Privacy Guidelines and expectations based on local legislation (countries within Region) and central guidelines
Identification of potential gaps and an owner of strategic and tactical plan to mitigate such potential gaps including recurring reviews and audits
Follow up and reporting of current state, risks and plans to regional and central key stakeholders
Establishing Regional understanding, commitment and support to expectation and plan with Regional Management Team as well as Regional organization
Expectation management, empowerment and support to Country Data Privacy Coordinators (countries within the Region)
Together with the Central Organization, evaluate and elaborate the creation and implementation of this new role for the Group
Stay updated on developments within the local data protection area or changes to the global compliance program
Proactively guide and support privacy compliance and data enablement in connection with the Regional strategy /business plan

Qualifications
Being part of our omni journey means there is not one clear path. We ask of you to be open to change and take part in creating an organisation for the future. This is an opportunity for open minded team players that by being curious, innovative and forward-thinking, want to change our business and the whole industry. We ask you to be yourself, drive results, work towards goals and go for it with everything you’ve got.
We see that you are structured and good at conceptualizing ideas and defining conclusions with supporting arguments. You enjoy teamwork and effectively collaborates with a group of diverse people in order to achieve set goals​ and targets. You have a strong business mindset, communicate well and you are comfortable in making decisions.
Besides your personality we see that you have:
Profound knowledge of GDPR and regional data protection legislation. Both from relevant academic background and practical experience
Have a strong managerial background with a proven track record of reaching ambitious targets
great cooperation skills with both formal and informal stakeholders
Broad experience in data protection and legal compliance
Ability to identify and recognise opportunities for new or improved technologies to enable a more effective data protection compliance function and improvements.

Additional information
If you feel that your experience, skills, and ambitions are a match, send us your application through the career site as soon as possible but no later then March 9th. We’re more about personality and competence than qualifications, so don’t worry if your skills aren’t a perfect match. We are looking to have a mix of people that work in a way that optimizes our decision making, team performance and ultimately helps us reflect, respect, and relate to our employees and customers.
This is a permanent position on a local contract at our office in Stockholm, reporting to Regional Controller and Central Data Privacy Office.
H&M is committed to creating a Diverse & Inclusive environment and we are actively looking for qualified candidates irrespective of race, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, national origin, disability, or age.