Data Protection Analyst

Vitality; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 50 000 - 70 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Bonus schemes

Pension up to 12%

Vitality health insurance

Life Assurance

Résumé du poste

Vitality in London is hiring a Data Protection Analyst to safeguard data across the Group. You’ll manage data protection incidents, advise teams on privacy matters and support cross-border issues, working with the Group Head of Data Protection to balance compliance with business needs.

You will provide authoritative guidance, lead health checks and audits, oversee DSARs, assess risks for new activities and embed privacy by design.

Qualifications

• Extensive working knowledge of UK and EU GDPR and the UK Data Protection Act 2018
• Strong practical experience managing and resolving data protection breaches and incidents
• Proven experience managing Data Subject Rights requests, including complex or technically challenging cases
• Confidence interpreting regulatory requirements and resolving complex data protection queries
• Strong judgement and problem-solving capability within a complex organisation
• Proven ability to influence, advise and constructively challenge stakeholders across different levels of a business
• Ability to assess privacy risk and develop pragmatic solutions that balance compliance, commercial considerations and customer experience
• Experience within regulatory, operational or conduct risk in an FCA or PRA-regulated financial services environment and knowledge of the wider European and global privacy environment would be advantageous

Responsabilités

• Provide authoritative data protection advice and challenge across the business, translating complex regulatory requirements into clear, practical and proportionate solutions
• Lead data protection health checks and audits across business areas, evaluating compliance, identifying material risks and driving appropriate remediation and escalation
• Oversee the management of data protection incidents, ensuring breaches are effectively assessed, investigated, remediated and escalated in line with Group requirements
• Take ownership of Data Subject Rights requests across the Vitality Group, ensuring complex cases are managed effectively and regulatory obligations are consistently met
• Assess data protection risks arising from new business activities, projects and strategic initiatives, including Privacy Impact Assessments and the development of appropriate mitigating controls
• Influence stakeholders across the business to embed strong data protection practices and ensure privacy considerations are built into operational and strategic decision‑making
• Drive the continued development and improvement of Vitality’s data protection framework, strengthening policies, processes, controls and standards in line with regulatory expectations and business needs
• Develop and deliver effective data protection training and guidance, strengthening understanding and accountability for privacy across the organisation
• Produce meaningful privacy reporting and root cause analysis, identifying trends, emerging risks and areas requiring further action or senior escalation

Connaissances

Data protection

Privacy risk management

Regulatory judgement

Description du poste

About The Role

Team – Compliance - UK

Working Pattern - Hybrid – 2days per week in the Vitality London Office. Full time, 37.5 hours per week.

We are happy to discuss flexible working!

Top 3 skills needed for this role:

• Extensive data protection expertise
• Proven privacy risk management
• Strong regulatory judgement

What this role is all about

Join Vitality as a Data Protection Analyst and play an important role in how we protect data across the Group. You’ll manage data protection incidents, advise teams on complex privacy matters and support issues that can extend across our global businesses. Working closely with the Group Head of Data Protection, you’ll provide practical guidance that protects our customers and people while enabling the business to move forward confidently.

What you will be doing

• Provide authoritative data protection advice and challenge across the business, translating complex regulatory requirements into clear, practical and proportionate solutions
• Lead data protection health checks and audits across business areas, evaluating compliance, identifying material risks and driving appropriate remediation and escalation
• Oversee the management of data protection incidents, ensuring breaches are effectively assessed, investigated, remediated and escalated in line with Group requirements
• Take ownership of Data Subject Rights requests across the Vitality Group, ensuring complex cases are managed effectively and regulatory obligations are consistently met
• Assess data protection risks arising from new business activities, projects and strategic initiatives, including Privacy Impact Assessments and the development of appropriate mitigating controls
• Influence stakeholders across the business to embed strong data protection practices and ensure privacy considerations are built into operational and strategic decision‑making
• Drive the continued development and improvement of Vitality’s data protection framework, strengthening policies, processes, controls and standards in line with regulatory expectations and business needs
• Develop and deliver effective data protection training and guidance, strengthening understanding and accountability for privacy across the organisation
• Produce meaningful privacy reporting and root cause analysis, identifying trends, emerging risks and areas requiring further action or senior escalation

What do you need to thrive?

• Extensive working knowledge of UK and EU GDPR and the UK Data Protection Act 2018
• Strong practical experience managing and resolving data protection breaches and incidents
• Proven experience managing Data Subject Rights requests, including complex or technically challenging cases
• Confidence interpreting regulatory requirements and resolving complex data protection queries
• Strong judgement and problem‑solving capability within a complex organisation
• Proven ability to influence, advise and constructively challenge stakeholders across different levels of a business
• Ability to assess privacy risk and develop pragmatic solutions that balance compliance, commercial considerations and customer experience
• Experience within regulatory, operational or conduct risk in an FCA or PRA-regulated financial services environment and knowledge of the wider European and global privacy environment would be advantageous

So, what’s in it for you?

• Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
• A pension of up to 12% – We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
• Our award‑winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefits
• Life Assurance – Four times annual salary

These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!

If you are successfulin your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:

• Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been
• Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self
• Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work
• Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths
• Give you the voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be
• Give you the space to try, fail and learn
• Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support
• Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits
• Be there for you when you need us
• Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society

We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.

About Us

We’re incredibly proud to be recognised for the culture we've created — recently being named one of Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work 2026, and in 2024 we were delighted to be awarded Top 10 Places to Work in the Sunday Times Awards.

Vitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place. We’ve been a purpose and values‑driven business from day 1- long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared-value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives – they benefit, our business benefits, and society benefits. We’re successful because we attract, develop, and retain the best people – and because we care. Plus, you get to join our 1.7+ million members with access to our unique health insurance and healthy living programme. Just to make sure you know our products inside and out. Ready to find out if we’re the right fit for you? We can’t wait.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Vitality, we’re committed to diversity and inclusion because it’s good for our employees, for our business, and for society. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

Vitality’s approach to sustainability

Vitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page. #LI-Hybrid