Senior Data Protection Officer

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🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🚔 Compliance

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VALR

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2018

₿ Crypto

💳 Fintech

💸 Finance

💰 $50M Series B - VALR on 2022-03

Crypto • Fintech • Finance

VALR is a global cryptocurrency exchange headquartered and licensed in South Africa that provides a secure, high-performance trading platform for retail and professional traders. VALR enables users to buy, sell, store, stake and transact cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana via mobile app and web, and supports deeply liquid spot, spot margin and perpetual futures markets. The company offers yield products (liquid staking), institutional-grade APIs with real-time and historical market data and governance features, fiat on/off-ramps (including ZAR and USD), automated KYC/AML onboarding, and 18-hour customer support for retail and private technical channels for corporate clients. VALR has secured $55 million in equity funding from investors such as Pantera Capital, Coinbase Ventures and F-Prime, and serves over 990,000 users and 1,100 corporate and institutional clients globally.

📋 Description

• Perform Information Officer and DPO duties. • Maintain VALR’s POPIA compliance framework and PAIA manual, and act as contact point for the Information Regulator, other supervisory authorities and data subjects. • Advise the business and staff on POPIA and GDPR obligations, monitor compliance, and report privacy risk and compliance status to executive leadership. • Oversee data subject requests, PAIA requests involving personal information and other privacy rights within statutory timeframes. • Govern cross-border transfers and disclosures of personal information to third parties. • Ensure KYC, CDD, enhanced due diligence, transaction monitoring and blockchain analytics data is lawfully collected, used, shared and retained. • Govern Travel Rule data exchanged with counterparty VASPs and reconcile AML record-keeping periods with data retention requirements. • Support the MLCO/MLRO on STR confidentiality and preventing tipping off. • Manage DPIA and security risk assessment processes; maintain risk registers and track remediation. • Escalate material privacy or security risks where controls are inadequate or remediation is outstanding. • Oversee DLP controls, customer-data segregation and separation of privileged, administrative and standard access roles. • Manage approval of SaaS platforms, AI tools, browser applications, APIs and integrations, reviewing security safeguards, privacy terms, DPAs and sub-processors. • Assess AI processing and monitor approved applications for material changes in permissions, data access or risk. • Assess security incidents for personal-information impact and lead required notifications to regulators and affected data subjects. • Maintain incident and breach records and track corrective actions. • Work with Engineering, Product, Risk and Security to embed privacy by design and default across architectures, data flows, APIs, databases, cloud services and integrations. • Draft and maintain privacy and security policies, standards and procedures, and retain compliance evidence. • Monitor changes in privacy, data protection, cybersecurity and AML law, guidance and standards and assess their impact on VALR. • Deliver practical privacy and cybersecurity advice and training to staff and business teams.

🎯 Requirements

• At least 8 years’ experience in data privacy and protection and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, with substantial hands-on experience in both, preferably at a crypto asset service provider, fintech or financial institution. • A relevant diploma, degree or equivalent practical experience in Information Security, Law, Compliance or Risk. • A recognised privacy certification (e.g. CIPP/E, CIPM) and AML certification (e.g. CAMS, CCAS). • Strong knowledge of POPIA, PAIA and GDPR, including Information Regulator requirements and the role of Information Officers and Deputy Information Officers. • Strong knowledge of AML/CFT frameworks, including the FIC Act, FATF standards for virtual assets and VASPs, and the Travel Rule. • Working knowledge of cybersecurity principles, including authentication, MFA, IAM, encryption, access control, DLP, logging, cloud security and incident response. • A keen interest in Artificial Intelligence and its privacy and data governance implications. • Advantageous: experience across VALR’s jurisdictions – South Africa (FIC Act, FAIS; Information Regulator, FIC, FSCA), Africa (e.g. Kenya’s Data Protection Act and VASP Act), Europe (MiCA, EU AML framework) and the Caribbean (Cayman Islands Data Protection Act, AML Regulations and Virtual Asset (Service Providers) Act; CIMA).

🏖️ Benefits

• Innovative work environment with access to the latest blockchain technologies and tools • Work from anywhere with secure, stable internet connectivity • Annual professional development allowance • Scheduled company training sessions • Competitive salaries aligned with industry standards • Discretionary bonuses • Preferential Tier 5 trading fees with no monthly trading volume required • Diversity, equity and belonging initiatives • Statutory leave required by individual countries • Flexible leave options • Lunch provided when working from the Johannesburg Head Office • Social gatherings outside of work • Company retreats combining professional development and team bonding • Mac laptop • Discretionary allowance for home-office extras; equipment kept after three years, subject to terms and conditions

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