Privacy Compliance Engineer

Apple

22h

About The Position

Apple Services Engineering (ASE) is expanding its Compliance team and is seeking a Privacy Compliance Engineer located in China to support its global compliance strategy. The role requires knowledge of privacy regulations and standards, technical curiosity, and an understanding of project and product management cycles. The engineer will serve as a local liaison, collaborating with Apple legal and privacy teams on applicable privacy laws, regulations, and policies. They will assess ASE infrastructure and applications against new requirements, identify gaps under local privacy laws, and partner with U.S. headquarters to implement remediation plans. The role also translates regulatory requirements into technical implementations, provides local regulatory insights for policy development, and drives new processes locally. It coordinates local aspects of internal and external audits, conducts risk and impact assessments, and helps manage responses to regulator inquiries. Business travel within the APAC region may be required based on project needs.

Requirements

• Seven years of experience in privacy compliance and/or a privacy engineering role.
• Excellent understanding of PIPL regulations and standards.
• Proficiency in report writing, analysis, and compliance procedures.
• Experience conducting compliance assessments, audits, and risk assessments.
• Understanding of data lifecycles and database security.
• Demonstrated experience working seamlessly with U.S. or global headquarters and executing global strategies within the local market.
• Professional working or bilingual fluency in Mandarin Chinese and English to communicate with local stakeholders and global teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in compliance, data privacy management, business administration, or legal studies.
• Knowledge of Important Data Assessment standards.
• Strong organizational management skills.
• Excellent problem-solving, organizational, communication, and reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the local liaison for collaboration with Apple legal and privacy teams regarding applicable privacy laws, regulations, and policies.
• Assess ASE infrastructure and applications against new privacy laws, regulations, and policies.
• Identify system gaps against local privacy laws and partner with U.S. headquarters to drive implementation of remediation plans.
• Translate regulatory requirements into technical implementation.
• Provide local regulatory insights to support the development of new Apple policies and drive local implementation of new processes.
• Coordinate local aspects of internal and external audits.
• Perform risk and impact assessments.
• Help manage and coordinate responses to regulators’ inquiries.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior