Privacy Analyst

Location: Scheifling, Remote-Austria

Employment Status: Salary Full-Time

Function: Information Technology

Hiring Manager: Barbara Susanne Walker

Recruiter: Helen Green

Internal Candidate Eligibility Criteria

• Is a Lincoln Electric employee with at least 1 year of service
• Is NOT on an active Performance Improvement Plan (PIP)
  
  

Job Responsibilities

• Assist in the development, implementation, and enforcement of data privacy policies and procedures.
• Monitor compliance with privacy laws and regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and other global data protection laws.
• Conduct privacy impact assessments (PIAs) and data protection impact assessments (DPIAs) for new and existing projects.
• Review and analyze data processing activities to identify potential risks and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Respond to privacy-related inquiries, data subject requests, and incidents, including breach response and reporting.
• Collaborate with IT, legal, compliance, and business teams to ensure privacy requirements are integrated into systems, products, and services.
• Stay up-to-date on emerging privacy regulations and industry best practices, providing recommendations to management.
  
  

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Information Security, Business, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 3+ years of experience in data privacy, compliance, legal, or cybersecurity roles.
• Familiarity with privacy laws and frameworks (GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, ISO 27701, NIST Privacy Framework, etc.).
• Experience conducting privacy impact assessments, risk assessments, and compliance audits.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for documentation and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience working with privacy management tools (OneTrust, TrustArc, etc.)
  
  

Lincoln Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to promoting equal employment opportunity for applicants, without regard to their race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited to, lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.