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ALTAREA

Diversified real estate developer transforming cities

Data Protection Officer

Privacy & Data ProtectionConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeÎle-de-France, FranceNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A higher-education Bac+5 degree in Law is required, ideally specializing in digital law.
  • At least 5 to 10 years of experience in data protection is required.
  • A DPO certification is desirable as a complement to the required data-protection experience.
  • Advanced knowledge of applicable regulations, including the General Data Protection Regulation, ePrivacy, Artificial Intelligence Act, DORA, NIS2, and French data-protection authority recommendations, is required.
  • Experience working in varied technical environments, including customer relationship management, business information systems, and digital marketing, is required.
  • A sound understanding of cybersecurity issues, security management, and risk management is required.
  • The role requires the ability to explain complex subjects clearly, exercise judgment, work rigorously, and maintain confidentiality.
  • The role requires autonomy, proactivity, initiative, and the ability to work collaboratively.

Responsibilities

  • Define, manage, and maintain the Group's General Data Protection Regulation governance.
  • Update the processing register for all Group entities and map processing activities, including access-control systems and badges, video surveillance, visitor and service-provider registers, and security logs and technical logs.
  • Identify and prioritize non-compliance risks and implement a compliance roadmap.
  • Manage personal-data breaches and establish a breach-management process.
  • Advise business functions on projects involving personal data, including real-estate development, property management, marketing, digital, customer relations, human resources, information systems, and new activities.
  • Review legal notices, terms of use, cookies, pixels, and information rights practices on websites, applications, centers, and premises.
  • Evaluate Group practices and establish procedures for audits, complaints, breach notifications, and appropriate technical and organizational measures.
  • Validate personal-data collection, retention periods, and relationships with partners and service providers.
  • Integrate privacy by design and privacy by default into projects and contracts.
  • Identify high-risk processing activities such as video surveillance, customer scoring, and geolocation; lead data-protection impact assessments and propose risk-reduction measures.
  • Organize and track data-subject requests for access, rectification, erasure, and objection, including regulatory deadlines and traceability.
  • Analyze and qualify security incidents, coordinate notifications to the French data-protection authority and affected individuals, and maintain lessons learned.
  • Coordinate the interface between information-security incident management under ISO/IEC 27001 and personal-data-breach qualification with the Information Security Director.
  • Act as the contact person for the French data-protection authority, prepare inspections and audits, and participate in ISO 27001 and HDS certification audits.
  • Validate General Data Protection Regulation clauses in contracts, verify processor compliance, and monitor data transfers outside the European Union.
  • Serve as a member of the Group artificial-intelligence committee and provide legal and ethical expertise on projects involving artificial intelligence.
  • Assess artificial-intelligence use cases against the General Data Protection Regulation, Artificial Intelligence Act, ethical principles, and data-protection requirements.
  • Deploy a General Data Protection Regulation awareness program, create e-learning materials, and conduct regulatory monitoring.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of real-estate law or business law is desirable.
  • DPO certification is desirable.

About the Company

ALTAREA

Diversified real estate developer transforming cities

Altarea is a real estate company focused on low-carbon urban transformation in France. It designs and manages a broad portfolio including retail spaces, housing, offices, and digital and energy infrastructure. Its products are built and operated as mixed-use urban projects, with active management of properties and ongoing investments in photovoltaic infrastructure and large data center campuses to support digital growth, including AI. What sets Altarea apart from competitors is its intentional diversification across three main property markets (retail, residential, and offices) combined with a strategic shift toward sustainable, low-carbon development and energy infrastructure, rather than sticking to a single asset class. Its goal is to shape resilient, sustainable cities by delivering energy-efficient buildings while expanding into high-growth sectors that support modern life and the digital economy.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
1994

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