Hybrid Privacy & Data Protection Lead – GDPR & Risk

Domestic & General; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health cash plan

25 days annual leave

Company pension

Life assurance 4x salary

Employee discounts

Cycle to Work

Travel loans

Volunteer opportunities

Protected plan discounts

Job summary

Domestic & General is hiring a Senior Data Protection Manager to join the Risk & Compliance team. The role oversees the data protection programme, ensuring compliance with UK GDPR, EU GDPR, DPA 2018 and PECR, while guiding privacy-by-design across projects and suppliers.

You will lead DPIAs, incidents and regulatory interactions, provide risk-based advice to businesses, and coach privacy teams to maintain high standards of governance and reporting.

Qualifications

• Excellent knowledge of UK GDPR, EU GDPR, DPA 2018, PECR/e-Privacy and related guidance.
• Experience managing privacy operations, DPIAs, incidents, DSRs and monitoring.
• Ability to translate complex requirements into practical, risk-based advice.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Qualified in data privacy (e.g., CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT) or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day delivery of privacy operations, ensuring DPIAs, LIAs, DSRs, incidents and monitoring progress.
• Own the quality and consistency of privacy processes, templates, records and reporting inputs.
• Provide senior risk-based advice to business teams on projects, transfers and privacy-by-design.
• Lead operational privacy risk assessments and escalate material risks to the GDPO.
• Prepare and present management information, KRIs and compliance insights for oversight.
• Support the GDPO in regulatory enquiries and external engagements by coordinating inputs.
• Provide technical leadership, coaching and QA to Analysts and colleagues.

Skills

Global privacy laws

Privacy operations management

Risk-based advisory

Stakeholder management

Data privacy qualifications

Job description

Domestic & General is hiring a Senior Data Protection Manager to join the Risk & Compliance team. The role oversees the data protection programme, ensuring compliance with UK GDPR, EU GDPR, DPA 2018 and PECR, while guiding privacy-by-design across projects and suppliers.

You will lead DPIAs, incidents and regulatory interactions, provide risk-based advice to businesses, and coach privacy teams to maintain high standards of governance and reporting.