Privacy Manager

TPT Retirement Solutions Limited; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

TPT Retirement Solutions is seeking an experienced Privacy Manager to embed robust privacy practices across our systems, processes and activities, supporting risk management, regulatory compliance and trusted handling of personal data.

You will translate UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018 and related frameworks into practical guidance, acting as a key point of contact for data protection across the organisation while working with colleagues to strengthen controls and governance.

Qualifications

• Experience with UK GDPR, DP Act 2018 and related data protection frameworks.
• Proven ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical guidance.
• Experience in DPIAs, data subject rights requests and incident management.
• Knowledge of data governance, retention and lifecycle management.
• Experience supporting change, digital transformation or technology environments.
• Strong communication skills to explain complex requirements clearly.
• Stakeholder management and prioritisation abilities.
• Analytical and solution-focused in data handling.
• Knowledge of third‑party risk management and supplier assurance.
• Ability to build privacy controls and accountability frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Providing practical data protection guidance and maintaining policies, standards, guidance and playbooks.
• Managing Data Subject Rights Requests, personal data incidents, regulatory reporting and lessons learned.
• Maintaining Records of Processing Activities and support accurate documentation of data flows.
• Delivering DPIAs and risk assessments using a pragmatic, risk-based approach.
• Providing data protection input into projects, change initiatives, digital transformation and supplier arrangements.
• Promoting responsible data handling, including classification, retention, access and secure handling.
• Improving privacy processes, controls and accountability frameworks.
• Building relationships across teams to support data process mapping, risk identification and effective controls.
• Supporting supplier assurance where personal data is processed externally.
• Delivering training, awareness and governance reporting to strengthen data protection compliance.

Skills

UK GDPR

Data Protection Act 2018

Data Use and Access Act

PECR

DPIAs

Data subject rights management

Policy development

Risk assessment

Stakeholder management

Clear communication

Tools

CRM

Cloud platforms

Automation tools

Analytics tools

Job description

TPT Retirement Solutions are recruiting an experienced Privacy Manager to help embed effective privacy practices across our systems, processes and business activities, supporting risk management, regulatory compliance and the trusted handling of personal data.

You will be a key point of contact for data protection advice, translating regulatory requirements into clear, practical guidance for colleagues across the organization.

What you’ll be doing

• Providing practical data protection guidance and maintaining policies, standards, guidance and playbooks.
• Managing Data Subject Rights Requests, personal data incidents, regulatory reporting and lessons learned.
• Maintaining Records of Processing Activities and support accurate documentation of data flows.
• Delivering DPIAs and risk assessments using a pragmatic, risk-based approach.
• Providing data protection input into projects, change initiatives, digital transformation and supplier arrangements.
• Promoting responsible data handling, including classification, retention, access and secure handling.
• Improving privacy processes, controls and accountability frameworks.
• Building relationships across teams to support data process mapping, risk identification and effective controls.
• Supporting supplier assurance where personal data is processed externally.
• Delivering training, awareness and governance reporting to strengthen data protection compliance.

What we’re looking for

• Strong knowledge of UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018, the Data Use and Access Act, PECR and wider data protection frameworks.
• Experience with ROPA, DPIAs, data subject rights requests, incident management and policy development.
• Ability to identify and manage data protection risks in a practical, risk-based way.
• Good understanding of data governance, including data quality, retention, record-keeping and information lifecycle management.
• Experience supporting change, digital transformation or technology environments, such as CRM, cloud, automation or analytics.
• Clear communication skills, with the ability to explain complex requirements in an accessible way.
• Strong collaboration, stakeholder management, organization and prioritization skills.
• Analytical and solution-focused, with experience influencing responsible data handling behaviors.
• Knowledge of third-party risk management and supplier assurance.

If you are passionate about data privacy and want to help shape responsible, trusted data practices across a purpose-led organization, we would be pleased to hear from you.

The Company

TPT Retirement Solutions (TPT) is one of the UK’s leading providers of workplace pensions with 80 years’ experience of managing defined benefit and defined contribution pension schemes. It has £11.4 billion of assets under management (as at 30 September 2025) and 490,000 members.

TPT’s mission is to make pension schemes perform better for everyone, from the sponsoring employers and trustees to the members who are saving for the future. They are an innovative, forward-thinking organisation, investing in technology to improve the services they provide. TPT are ultimately owned by a pension fund, providing genuine alignment of interests with those of their clients and scheme members.