Position Overview

[Location: Spain; Bulgaria; UK; Ireland]

The Global Privacy, AI Governance & Digital Compliance Director is responsible for the dormakaba’s integral privacy, and digital governance framework. The position combines strong data privacy expertise (GDPR and beyond) with responsibility for interpreting and operationalising new regulatory frameworks such as the EU AI Act, Cyber Resilience Act, Data Act and NIS2. The role focuses on end‑to‑end privacy program management, AI and digital compliance oversight, regulatory readiness, cross‑functional advisory support, and the development of internal policies, tools, and capabilities that enable responsible innovation.

This position combines legal expertise, technology fluency, operational rigor, and strategic leadership to drive accountability, transparency, and ethical compliance across dormakaba’s global products, systems, and commercial operations.

What you will do

Data Privacy
- Serve as a key member of dormakaba’s Global Data Privacy Office and Global Group DPO,



shaping enterprise-wide privacy and digital compliance strategy.
- Deliver strategic legal advise across global privacy regimes, including GDPR in EU and UK, CCPA in California and additional U.S. state privacy laws, PIPEDA in Canada, LGPD in Brazil, PIPL in China, and other evolving international data privacy frameworks.
- Lead privacy-by-design initiatives, data governance assessments, vendor risk evaluations, and complex data-handling queries across product, engineering, procurement, and operations.
- Develop, implement, and maintain internal policies, controls, templates, training programs, and operational tools.
- Serve as Data Protection Officer (DPO) where required by local laws. Oversee and monitor dormakaba’s compliance with global data privacy requirements and continuously adapting the organization’s privacy frameworks to evolving regulatory standards.

AI Governance
- Drive the development, implementation, and maturity of dormakaba’s

📌 Privacy, AI Governance (Madrid)
🏢 dormakaba Austria
📍 Madrid