Data Protection & Quality Management Officer

<div class="content-intro"><p>Orcrist is building a next generation data intelligence platform using cutting-edge technologies. We're handling petabyte-scale data with sub-second queries. Our product is a Kubernetes‑based platform delivered as B2B SaaS or as a self‑hosted on‑prem solution, including air‑gapped deployments. We enable customers across defense, law enforcement, and enterprise to turn mission-critical data into actionable intelligence.</p></div><h3><strong>Role</strong></h3> <p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">As Data Protection &amp; Quality Management Officer at Orcrist Technologies, you own our data protection framework and build and operate our ISO 9001 quality management system. You act as our appointed Data Protection Officer under GDPR and lead the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of our QMS.</p> <p>Both are independent staff functions reporting directly to the C-Level Management. You advise, monitor, audit, and document; the business remains responsible for operational decisions and implementation.</p> <p>We build AI platforms for customers in the defence and government sector. Data protection and quality management are essential to our business and customer trust. As the company grows, you will build these structures hands-on, working closely with engineering, product, people, IT, and our Information Security Officer.</p> <h3><strong>What you'll do</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Build and maintain our data protection management system, including policies, processes, and documentation.</li> <li>Act as our appointed DPO under Art. 37–39 GDPR and § 38 BDSG, advising management and teams on GDPR, BDSG, and TDDDG requirements.</li> <li>Monitor compliance, including records of processing activities, processor agreements, TOMs, data protection impact assessments, and data subject requests.</li> <li>Advise on privacy by design, international data transfers, retention, and personal data breaches.</li> <li>Build and maintain our ISO 9001 QMS, including process documentation, quality objectives, risk-based thinking, and continual improvement.</li> <li>Own the internal audit programme, track nonconformities and corrective actions, and coordinate certification and surveillance audits.</li> <li>Prepare the annual management review and report on data protection risks, audit findings, and improvement priorities.</li> <li>Train teams on data protection and quality management requirements.</li> <li>Work closely with the ISB to align overlapping requirements while maintaining clear responsibilities and independence.</li> <li>Travel occasionally to our offices in Berlin, Dresden, and Hamburg, as well as to other workshop locations across Germany, to facilitate workshops, training session