Senior Data Protection Manager

Solaris is Europe's leading embedded finance platform. Solaris’ full German banking license and proprietary modular B2B tech stack empowers its partners – from SMEs to large, multinational, non-financial companies – to offer compliant, customer-centric banking services, providing seamless experiences to customers across all industries. Founded in 2016, Solaris pioneered the Banking-as-a-Service market with an unparalleled combination of tech and banking. Solaris is headquartered in Berlin and employs 300 people in Europe.

The Senior Data Protection Manager supports the Data Protection Officer and the Data Protection Team in performing the following tasks, under the supervision of the Data Protection Officer.

Your Role

• Draft and update at least on annual basis and/or whenever necessary (eg. material changes in laws or in the company organization) relevant data protection policies and procedures.
• Maintain and update the personal data processing inventories (ie. Records of Processing Activities according to art. 30 GDPR).
• Safeguard the rights of data subjects, e.g., by checking notifications and reporting obligations.
• Train employees, with regard to data protection and data privacy.
• Support in the selection, contract design, monitoring of contractors who perform data processing on behalf of the company.
• Monitor the regularity of data processing, perform prior checks or support the data protection impact assessments with relevant departments for processing involving sensitive data or falling into medium/high risks for the data subjects (including, but not limited to risks connected to cross-border data transfers).
• Advise on relevant and data protection-relevant legal provisions, on data protection-relevant contracts and internal company guidelines, and on all individual data protection issue.
• Draft the annual activity report.
• Draft ad-hoc reports for the management and/or the department, if deemed required.
• Perform control and monitoring activities to ensure compliance with data protection regulations.
• Conduct investigation on (potential) data breaches and ensuring reporting to Data Protection Authorities and/or affected data subjects and Cooperation Partners is performed when required.
• Assume the role of Deputy DPO if required by the bank.

We'd love to see 

Depending on your level of experience, your responsibilities and scope of role will range. We don’t care much about fancy titles, but rather about real personal and professional development, as laid out in our learning framework. Let’s figure together out how you can contribute to our team.

• Minimum 6-8 years of work experience in data protection topics in-house and/or in consultancy firm (eg. in legal departments, compliance/audit departments), preferably in the banking and financial sectors.
• Higher education degree in law, business administration or similar; “lawyer” title would be nice to have.
• Solution oriented, pragmatic.
• Analytical, detail-oriented professional who pairs strong business acumen with a pragmatic, execution-oriented approach.
• Combines strong communication and presentation skills with agile methodology, all underpinned by a high level of integrity.
• Comfortable working with AI tools, thinking critically about AI outputs, and contributing to a culture of responsible AI use. We expect you to demonstrate comfort with AI-assisted workflows and a willingness to continuously develop their AI capabilities as the technology evolves.
• English professional speaker, German is desired but not mandatory.

Benefits 

• Home office budget.
• Learning & development budget of €1000 per year and a transparent growth framework to support your career goals.
• Competitive salary and a variable remuneration program.
• Monthly meal allowance.
• Deutschland ticket subsidy.
• 28 vacation days, increasing by 2 days after 2 years and 3 days after 3 years with Solaris.
• Opportunity to work abroad for up to 12 weeks per year.

While job ads usually paint an ideal picture of a candidate, studies show that most applicants meet an average of 60% of the criteria. Unfortunately, many promising candidates tend to apply only if they meet all the criteria. So if you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single item in the job description, please contact us anyway. We'd love to talk with you and find out if you might be a good fit for us.

At Solaris, we are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment, where all Solarians feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a diverse workforce that reflects the diversity of our communities. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of color, ethnicity, religion, sex, origin, disability, marital status, citizenship, or gender identity. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Information on data processing:

DE: https://www.solarisgroup.com/gdpr_notice_de
EN: https://www.solarisgroup.com/gdpr_notice_en