Engineering & IT
Data Protection Officer
Owns GDPR and data-protection compliance — runs DPIAs, reviews vendor contracts, trains staff, and is the named contact when regulators ask hard questions.
Owns GDPR and data-protection compliance — runs DPIAs, reviews vendor contracts, trains staff, and is the named contact when regulators ask hard questions.
US$100,707 median salary in United States¹
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¹ Median annual salary computed from the salary histogram of 50 current Adzuna job postings for "Data Protection Officer" in United States, fetched May 2026. Skills come from the disciplines tagged on live Ewance challenges for this role.
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