Data Privacy Compliance Manager – Warwick (Contract)
Lead day-to-day privacy compliance delivery for a UK client portfolio, focusing on HCM migration and digital transformation programmes (HRIS/HCM implementations, integrations, data conversions, cloud migrations, and managed services). Ensure alignment with UK data protection requirements and contractual obligations. Support negotiation of privacy, security, and data-processing terms with the client and third‑party suppliers.
Key Responsibilities
- Privacy Governance and Compliance (UK)
- Act as primary privacy compliance lead for engagement.
- Ensure alignment with UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.
- Translate regulatory and contractual requirements into practical delivery controls; embed privacy‑by‑design.
- Advise on special category data (health data) and HR data processing.
- Project Delivery Enablement (HCM Migration / Digital Transformation)
- Review and approve key artefacts: data flow maps, integration designs, cutover plans, access models.
- Define and oversee non-production environment controls (masking, pseudonymisation).
- Conduct cross-border transfer analysis and implement appropriate safeguards.
- DPIAs, Risk Assessments, and Assurance
- Lead and coordinate Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs).
- Maintain the privacy risk register; track mitigations to closure.
- Prepare evidence packs and reporting for audits and assurance reviews.
- Incident and Breach Support
- Triage, investigate, and contain privacy incidents.
- Coordinate breach notifications per legal and contractual timelines.
- Drive corrective and preventive actions to completion.
- Contracting and Negotiation (Client and Suppliers)
- Draft, review, and negotiate Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) and UK GDPR Article 28 terms.
- Manage subprocessor/supplier DPAs, international transfer arrangements, and change orders.
- Maintain the subprocessor register and manage approval workflows.
- Stakeholder Management and Reporting
- Serve as trusted adviser to client Privacy/IG, Security, and HR teams.
- Deliver regular compliance reporting and status updates to leadership.
- Provide targeted briefings and training to project and operational teams.
Required Experience and Qualifications
- 5-10+ years of experience in privacy compliance, data protection, or privacy risk management.
- Demonstrated expertise in UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.
- Delivery support experience for HCM/HRIS implementations, migrations, or digital transformation programmes.
- Track record of negotiating DPAs and supplier privacy terms.
- Hands‑on experience leading DPIAs and privacy risk assessments.
- Healthcare or hospital client experience, including handling special category (health) data and HR data.
Preferred
- CIPP/E, CIPM, or equivalent privacy certification.
- Familiarity with public sector information governance expectations and standards.
- Experience with Workday, Oracle HCM, or SAP SuccessFactors environments.
- Multi-vendor and subcontracting engagement experience.
Key Skills
- Contract negotiation and commercial awareness.
- Ability to operationalise legal and regulatory requirements into practical controls.
- Effective stakeholder management across technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong written and verbal communication.
- Pragmatic, risk-based decision-making under delivery pressure.