Senior Manager - Privacy

Kia ora,

At ASB, our purpose is to accelerate progress of all New Zealanders. As we continue to strengthen how we manage privacy risk across the bank, we’re looking for a Senior Manager – Privacy to play a key role in shaping and uplifting our approach.

This is a highly visible role where you’ll partner with the business, influence leaders, and drive meaningful improvements in how we handle personal information to support compliance and build customer trust.

Te tūranga | The role

Reporting to the Head of Privacy, you’ll operate across strategic, advisory and operational activity, helping the organisation focus on what matters most from a privacy risk perspective.

You’ll

• Drive adoption of best practice privacy risk management frameworks and approaches in accordance with Group policies and guidance
• Lead targeted initiatives to optimise privacy risk lifecycle management when third parties are engaged, or business change occurs
• Partner closely with the business to embed effective privacy risk management practices
• Use data and insights to assess privacy compliance and identify improvement opportunities
• Lead or contribute to initiatives that uplift privacy capability, including learning and communication strategies
• Provide constructive challenge and influence stakeholders to strengthen privacy risk controls
• Prepare materials for governance forums and regulatory engagement.

Ō pūkenga | What you’ll bring

We’re looking for someone who brings both depth of expertise and strong stakeholder engagement:

• Proven experience in privacy risk and compliance, or a closely related discipline within a large organisation
• Strong understanding of data privacy, data security and emerging technology risks (including AI)
• Experience assessing complex initiatives and providing actionable privacy advice to the business
• Proven ability to measure privacy impact and operations; presenting insights to drive buy-in and change.
• Confidence engaging senior stakeholders, able to link privacy compliance to customer and business outcomes
• Experience improving privacy frameworks, processes or operating models
• A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with high attention to detail.

Ngā painga mahi | What we offer

At ASB, we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive — both professionally and personally.

• Meaningful impact – Play a key role in shaping how ASB protects our customers and manages privacy risk at scale
• Purpose-led organisation – Be part of a bank dedicated to accelerating the progress of all New Zealanders
• Flexible working – We support ways of working that enable you to do your best work while balancing life outside of work
• Growth and development – Access to learning, mentoring and opportunities to build your capability and grow your career
• Collaborative culture – Join a supportive, high-performing team that values curiosity, challenge and continuous improvement
• Wellbeing focus – A range of benefits that support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing
• Diversity & inclusion – A workplace where different perspectives are valued and everyone can feel they belong

Me pēhea te tono | How to apply

This is an opportunity to step into a role where your expertise, influence and insight will truly make a difference, helping ensure we continue to manage privacy risk in a way that builds trust with our customers and communities.

Check out the position description to find out more.

To be considered, all applications need to go through our online career channels and will be treated with confidentiality- we’d love to hear from you.