(Senior) Data Protection Expert (w/m/d)

E.ON Energy Infrastructure Solutions GmbH (EIS), a subsidiary of the E.ON Group, is a multinational integrator of managed energy solutions for B2B customers and the public sector. We make energy more efficient, sustainable, and cost-effective across Europe with tailor-made energy generation and management systems. Our focus: energy efficiency, decentralized solutions, flexibility, virtual power plants, and battery storage to optimize energy use and minimize CO emissions.

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Ready to become a Playmaker of the energy transition? Join our team in Essen and apply online as (Senior) Data Protection Expert (w/m/d). Are you brave enough to drive progress and forge new paths? Let's make it work and create real impact together. We can't wait to meet you! It's on us, to make new energy work.

• Providing data protection advice for selected companies within the EIS segment while partially assuming the role of data protection officer
• Continuation and improvement of a data protection management system for selected companies (PDCA cycle)
• Processing enquiries, requests for information and complaints from contractual partners, customers, employees (if applicable) and data protection authorities
• Reviewing and negotiating contracts with relevance to data protection law
• Collaborating on the creation and updating of Group-wide guidelines and specifications
• Ensuring the documentation of data protection-relevant processing procedures
• Provision of risk analyses relevant to data protection

• Fully qualified lawyer or university degree in (commercial) law with several years of relevant professional experience in data protection law
• Good knowledge of data protection law and other relevant legal standards as well as an affinity for legal processes and working methods
• Experience in basic processes and IT systems (preferably in the energy industry)
• Strong IT affinity, interest in technical developments and their legal guidelines
• Analytical thinking and a methodical, structured approach
• Ability to work independently, flexibility and high social and intercultural competence
• Excellent written and verbal communication, moderation and presentation skills as well as business fluent written and spoken English
• Willingness to undertake occasional business trips at home and abroad

Benefits:

• Flexibility: hybrid working model, flexible working hours, sabbatical or additional holiday options that enable a good work-life balance
• Working abroad: up to 20 days in the European Economic Area
• Flat hierarchies: interdisciplinary and highly collaborative working style that offers room for your own ideas
• Modern working environment: workplace in line with digital and ergonomic standards
• Personal development: lifelong independent learning utilising a wide range of opportunities to work with the latest technology and state-of-the-art training
• Family service: services in the areas of childcare, holiday care, care support or everyday assistance
• Nutrition & health: wide selection of fresh food and drinks in our subsidised bistro and canteen as well as various health services (e.g. physiotherapy, flu vaccinations, mental health)
• Corporate benefits: employee share programme, pension scheme, employee discounts, special insurance (and much more)
• Central location: excellent public transport connections, free parking spaces and charging stations for electric vehicles
• Individual mobility: from private car and bicycle leasing to subsidised job tickets

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