Data Protection Manager - 12 month FTC

AXA Group; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health services provider in the UK is looking for a Data Protection Manager to join their team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. You will provide privacy compliance advice, manage privacy risks, and enhance data protection processes. The role offers a salary up to £70,000 based on experience, along with various benefits including a discretionary bonus and a contributory pension. Flexible working arrangements are promoted.

Benefits

Contributory pension (up to 12%)

Life Assurance (up to 10x salary)

28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

Option to buy or sell leave days

Qualifications

• Experience in Data Protection within a large commercial group; health insurance experience preferred.
• Deep understanding of Data Privacy law and regulations, including AI-related requirements.
• Strong commercial understanding of business and Data Protection strategies.

Responsibilities

• Providing privacy advice to strategic change programmes via DPIAs, presentations, and meetings.
• Designing and reviewing data privacy processes and templates supporting the Data Privacy Compliance Framework.
• Communicating effectively (written and verbal).

Skills

Data Protection

Data Privacy law

Regulatory compliance

Healthcare data governance

Communication

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12.08.2025

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26.09.2025

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Job Description:

Are you highly technical with experience in Data Protection, Data Privacy law and regulatory compliance? We have an exciting opportunity for a Data Protection Manager to join our AXA Health Data Protection team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. You will provide privacy compliance advice to AXA Health, helping to identify and manage privacy risks from strategic change programmes. You will support the operation of the AXA UK privacy compliance framework, advising on breach management, individual rights responses, marketing queries, etc. You will also enhance processes including policy review, process updates, communication, and training.

The role involves working with teams such as Pricing, Customer Services, Data Science, IT, Data Governance, Data Security, Risk and Compliance, Legal, and third-party providers. Initiatives include Robotic Process Automation, Data Analytics, AI (including GenAI), company reorganisations, customer service transformations, claims transformation, digital transformation, and new product launches.

At AXA, we promote flexible working, allowing you to balance home and office work, with at least 40% of your week in the office, moving to mostly office work from September 2025. We are open to discussing flexible arrangements.

What you’ll be doing:

• Providing privacy advice to strategic change programmes via DPIAs, presentations, and meetings, highlighting risks and mitigation strategies.
• Designing and reviewing data privacy processes and templates supporting the Data Privacy Compliance Framework.
• Designing bespoke data protection risk processes/templates as needed.
• Keeping documentation up-to-date and accessible.
• Communicating effectively (written and verbal).
• Proposing solutions to process inefficiencies and working with teams to implement changes.
• Participating in discussions with the Data Protection team, providing expert views on legal and regulatory issues.
• Reviewing Data Protection clauses with third parties and clients as needed.

Due to high application volume, the role may close early.

What you’ll bring:

• Experience in Data Protection within a large commercial group; health insurance experience is preferred.
• Deep understanding of Data Privacy law and regulations, including AI-related requirements.
• Knowledge of the health insurance sector and health data challenges.
• Experience with healthcare data governance and consent (helpful but not essential).
• Experience establishing and enhancing Data Privacy compliance frameworks.
• Strong commercial understanding of business and Data Protection strategies.
• Familiarity with new technologies and third-party arrangements.

Internal candidates can apply via the internal careers site for secondment opportunities.

Must be eligible to work in the UK.

What we offer:

• Salary up to £70,000 depending on experience
• Discretionary bonus
• Contributory pension (up to 12%)
• Life Assurance (up to 10x salary)
• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Option to buy or sell leave days

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Who we are:

At AXA Health, we support our members' well-being through health and wellness services. We aim to deliver easy, digital experiences and are passionate about helping our members flourish, whether individuals, families, or businesses.