Data Privacy Officer

Sabre is a technology company that powers the global travel industry. By leveraging next-generation technology, we create global technology solutions that take on the biggest opportunities and solve the most complex challenges in travel. 

Positioned at the center of the travel, we shape the future by offering innovative advancements that pave the way for a more connected and seamless ecosystem as we power mobile apps, online travel sites, airline and hotel reservation networks, travel agent terminals, and scores of other solutions.

Simply put, we connect people with moments that matter.

Primary Responsibilities
•    Lead Sabre’s privacy attorneys and privacy professionals and coordinate with Cybersecurity, Legal, and other key business partners to plan and execute on tactical and strategic privacy initiatives. 
•    Conduct research, track, report, and provide advice and guidance on existing and emerging global privacy laws and regulations.
•    Assist in the development, implementation and coordination of company policies, procedures, and training to support privacy initiatives.
•    Lead privacy and legal input regarding data incidents and data breaches in coordination with security and cross-functional teams
•    Prepare documents, data flows, data maps, and other materials related to privacy activities.
•    Assist with due diligence and integration of newly acquired companies and divestitures.
•    Coordinate with internal product groups to implement privacy by design in product engineering.
•    Conduct and evaluate privacy risk assessments and/or privacy impact assessments for new or updated products and services, analyze results to recommend mitigation and remediation activities, as appropriate, ensuring compliance with laws and internal standards.
•    Develop an AI governance approach in coordination with engineering and product teams.
•    Prepare data protection and data transfer agreement templates for use with clients and vendors, including internal usage guidelines.
•    Provide prompt, consistent, and accurate review, interpretation, and negotiation of data protection agreements with clients and vendors.
•    Support and conduct on-going privacy training and awareness activities.
•    Continuously improve the firm’s global privacy program
•    Assist with Data Subject Requests, as needed.
•    Continue to build out and mature the data privacy function.

Required skills and qualifications
•    J.D. degree required, license to practice law.
•    8-10 years of relevant GLOBAL work experience (privacy program management, legal or compliance), big law firm + in-house experience with global, multinational technology company is preferred. 
•    CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CPIM or other recognized privacy certification preferred.
•    GDPR experience in a global company
•    Familiarity and experience with the U.S. and global privacy laws, marketing laws breach notification laws, and ISO standards
•    Strong incident response experience including regulatory breach notifications-familiarity with new SEC disclosure requirements.
•    Strong grasp of data privacy contractual clauses and financial implications of audit clauses, breach notifications, liability caps
•    Experience with privacy by design concepts and working with business partners to integrate compliance into projects and separate phases of product lifecycles.

•    Privacy Impact Assessments. Third Party Risk Management (Privacy reviews of vendors) Data Transfer Impact Assessments (experience with One Trust Software) is a plus.
•    Strong ability to understand data flows and implement privacy design in SaaS products, Strong interest in AI, or other Internet technologies.
•    Strong leadership presence and the ability to quickly gain the confidence of business clients. 
•    Maturity and strong leadership skills with the capacity to provide direction and to communicate to a variety of stakeholders, including those with and without technical backgrounds. 
•    Practical and creative problem analysis and resolution skills. 
•    Excellent organizational skills and the ability to simultaneously handle multiple tasks and prioritize work as needed to meet business needs. 

Reasonable Accommodation

Sabre is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. Applicants applying for a Sabre position with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact Sabre at recruiting@careers.sabre.com.

Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.