GDPR Compliance Readiness & Assessment Consultant

Job Title: GDPR Compliance Readiness & Assessment Consultant

Location: Hybrid / Remote / Onsite as Required

Department: Cybersecurity, Risk & Compliance

Employment Type: Contract / Full-Time

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced GDPR Compliance Readiness & Assessment Consultant to support enterprise clients in evaluating, assessing, and enhancing compliance with the European Union''s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The successful candidate will perform privacy readiness assessments, identify compliance gaps, evaluate business processes and technologies that handle personal data, and provide strategic recommendations to improve regulatory compliance and data protection practices.

This role requires strong expertise in data privacy regulations, cybersecurity controls, risk management, governance frameworks, cloud technologies, and enterprise environments. The consultant will collaborate closely with security, legal, infrastructure, application, and business stakeholders to drive compliance initiatives and support privacy governance programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct GDPR readiness assessments across enterprise applications, infrastructure, cloud environments, and business processes.
• Evaluate organizational handling of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and sensitive data.
• Perform data discovery, data inventory, and data flow mapping activities.
• Assess compliance with GDPR requirements, including:
  • Data minimization
  • Consent management
  • Data retention and deletion
  • Right to access
  • Right to rectification
  • Right to be forgotten
  • Privacy by design and default
• Review and evaluate security controls, including:
  • Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  • Encryption and key management
  • Logging and monitoring
  • Incident response processes
  • Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
• Conduct compliance gap analyses and risk assessments.
• Develop remediation plans, roadmaps, and compliance improvement recommendations.
• Support Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs).
• Review vendor and third-party data processing agreements and privacy risks.
• Assist with audit preparation and regulatory response activities.
• Prepare executive-level reports, risk summaries, and compliance findings.
• Recommend governance frameworks, policies, procedures, and operational controls.
• Support implementation of privacy and compliance technologies.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor''s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Computer Science, Risk Management, Law, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in:
  • GDPR compliance
  • Privacy consulting
  • IT governance
  • Security assessments
  • Risk and compliance management
• Strong understanding of:
  • GDPR requirements and principles
  • Data privacy frameworks
  • Information security controls
  • Enterprise IT environments
• Experience conducting compliance assessments, readiness reviews, and privacy audits.
• Hands-on knowledge of cloud platforms:
  • AWS
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform)
• Familiarity with enterprise platforms:
  • SAP
  • Salesforce
  • Microsoft 365
  • ServiceNow
  • ERP and CRM systems
• Experience with compliance frameworks:
  • ISO 27001
  • NIST
  • SOC 2
  • HIPAA
  • CCPA/CPRA
• Excellent documentation, communication, and executive presentation skills.