IT Risk & Data Protection Officer

At Isabel we simplify complex financial processes through secure, innovative, and user-centric solutions. As a trusted leader in multi-banking solutions, secure data exchange, and fraud monitoring, we empower businesses and financial institutions across Europe.

The IT Risk and Data Protection Officer is responsible for ensuring Isabel’s information technology systems and data management practices comply with regulatory standards and best practices. This role involves identifying, assessing, and mitigating IT risks, as well as overseeing data protection strategies to safeguard sensitive information and ensure compliance with data protection laws such as GDPR.

Key Responsibilities

Risk Management:

· Monitor and evaluate IT security measures, systems, and policies.

· Conduct and support IT risk assessments to ensure adherence to standards and regulations.

· Identify IT risks and develop risk mitigation strategies.

· Monitor and assess the efficiency of implemented IT risk management strategies.

Data Protection:

· Develop and implement the company's data protection strategy and policies.

· Ensure compliance with GDPR and other data protection laws.

· Monitor data processing activities and conduct data protection impact assessments.

· Serve as the point of contact between the company and Supervisory Authorities.

· Train and educate staff on data protection measures and protocols.

Compliance and Governance:

· Stay abreast of changes in data protection laws and regulations.

· Advise on data protection issues, privacy risks, and possible mitigation strategies.

· Assess new suppliers and new services setup on compliance with GDPR and other data protection laws.

· Handle queries from data subjects regarding personal data and privacy.

· Coordinate with other departments to establish and maintain data privacy protocols.

· DPO experience.

· Master’s degree with minimum of 5 years of experience.

· Business understanding and ability to advise and influence senior business stakeholders.

· Previous experience with risk and compliance within an IT or technology environment.

· Strong analytical skills and detail-minded.

· Ability to think process-based, risk and compliance minded.

. Fluent in Dutch & English and/or French and English.

What kind of company would you be joining?

Isabel's products – Isabel 6 (multi-bank payment platform), Ponto (open banking), Kube (verified corporate data) and IntelliSuite (fraud monitoring) – enable seamless, secure, and reliable data and money flows. Trusted by more than 50,000 companies to access a network of more than 2,000 banks, Isabel processes more than 2,300 billion euros annually and the company will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2025.

At the heart of the Isabel brand lies a distinctive commitment to unify the banking sector, software providers and our customers to build community-powered banking solutions. Isabel is a Belgian regulated company, headquartered in Brussels and acting under the supervision of the National Bank of Belgium, and focuses primarily on the Benelux market. At Isabel, we want to be the cornerstone of trust in an era defined by rapid technological advancement and, as such, contribute to a stronger, more efficient, and secure digital economy.

To keep up with what we are doing at Isabel, visit our website or our LinkedIn page.

You absolutely deserve this

• Flex Income Plan: you have a say in your salary package; you choose the benefits that suit you best

• Laptop, phone and subscription, group and health insurance, and meal vouchers

• An annual corporate bonus

• By train, bus, electric car or bike; we fix the right compensation

• We’d love to see you 50% in the office to intensify collaboration

• We invest in your personal growth by training and coaching

• You work with experienced (fin)tech leaders and solid software tools

• A certified Top Employer bringing together hundreds of driven colleagues