Consent Operations Manager

News UK; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

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Job Description

Role: Consent Operations Manager
Location: London
Contract: Permanent

The News UK Tech team is at the core of one of the world's leading media companies, bringing together talented individuals to tackle exciting challenges and deliver innovative products at scale. Recently named Team of the Year at the UK Business Innovation Awards, we are passionate and trusted experts creating industry-leading solutions through attracting and developing the best talent.

Team: The Commercial Operations & Technology department at News UK is a driving force behind our innovative digital publishing solutions, ensuring compliance, optimisation, and effectiveness in the fast-evolving Adtech and data privacy landscape. This team plays a vital role in supporting the organisation's commitment to delivering trusted journalism while maintaining the highest standards of data privacy and consent management.

Role: As a Consent Operations Manager you'll be reporting to the Head of Consent, you will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the News UK Consent Management Platform (CMP). You will play a crucial role in ensuring our cookie and tag governance policies are consistently implemented, optimised, and compliant with data privacy regulations. You will work closely with internal teams and external partners to manage consent operations, optimise consent rates, and ensure vendor performance aligns with organisational goals.

Day to day you will:

1. Oversee daily management of the Consent Management Platform (CMP), ensuring efficient updates and changes.
2. Enforce cookie and tag governance policies, ensuring consistent implementation across the organisation.
3. Act as the primary contact for consent management operations and stakeholder communication.
4. Collaborate with Sourcepoint's Account Management team to implement updates and best practices.
5. Configure and optimise vendors, properties, and campaigns within the consent portal.
6. Partner with internal teams to run consent message testing programmes and produce compliance reports.
7. Support the Commercial team with consent rate optimisation reports and vendor performance monitoring.
8. Conduct quarterly audits on consent management KPIs, including vendor compliance and data leakage risks.

What We Are Looking for in You:

1. A proactive, IT-literate self-starter with the ability to help manage and deliver user consent management strategies across News UK.
2. Strong organisational skills and the ability to run complex projects involving multiple workstreams and stakeholders.
3. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with senior stakeholders across a variety of business functions.
4. A passion for digital publishing, Adtech, and data privacy, with an eagerness to learn and adapt in a fast-evolving industry.

If you believe you have the skills and passion to succeed, even if you don't meet every requirement on the list, we encourage you to apply. We value potential just as much as experience and are eager to hear from individuals who are enthusiastic about learning and growing with us.

At News UK, we know the value of working together, which is why we operate a hybrid working policy with a minimum of three days a week in the office. Being in the office allows us to collaborate, innovate, and thrive as a team in our vibrant and dynamic workspace. Some roles may require more office-based days depending on the nature of the position, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter to learn more about what's required for your role.

We are News UK: One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

Life at News

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual's potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy, which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity and inclusivity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 12 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes
• 'Bikes for Work' and 'Electric Car' scheme
• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

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