Senior Data Privacy & Risk Consultant | Hybrid

Howden; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Life assurance

Income protection

Private medical insurance

25 days leave

Flexible benefits

Career development

Job summary

Howden in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Senior Risk & Compliance Consultant to lead data privacy initiatives across Birmingham and Rugby with a hybrid working pattern.

You will support multiple client engagements, perform DPIAs, risk assessments, audits, and policy development, and advise on AI and automated processing privacy implications.

The role includes third-party privacy assessments, incident response support, privacy training, and mentoring a small team of consultants.

Qualifications

• Experience advising across multiple sectors in a consultancy or in-house role.
• Ability to explain privacy risks clearly to business stakeholders.
• Experience handling data breaches and data subject rights requests (DSRs).
• Knowledge of AI/privacy implications and processing activities.
• Professional certification such as DPO, CIPP/M or IAPP certifications is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support multiple client engagements across sectors in a busy consulting environment.
• Proactively assess and improve clients' privacy posture, including DPIAs, risk assessments, and policy development.
• Assess and advise on privacy implications of processing personal data using AI and automated decision-making technologies.
• Conduct third-party privacy assessments, including data processing due diligence and ongoing assurance.
• Produce clear audit and assessment reports with prioritized recommendations.
• Provide calm, pragmatic advice during reactive scenarios, including data breaches and incident response.
• Deliver privacy education and training tailored to audiences
• Collaborate with legal, information security, and business teams to embed privacy into day-to-day operations
• Maintain awareness of GDPR/UK GDPR and best practices
• Manage a small team of consultants

Skills

Data privacy

Risk assessment

DPIAs

Incident response

Audit & reporting

Policy development

Stakeholder communication

Team leadership

Job description

Howden in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Senior Risk & Compliance Consultant to lead data privacy initiatives across Birmingham and Rugby with a hybrid working pattern.

You will support multiple client engagements, perform DPIAs, risk assessments, audits, and policy development, and advise on AI and automated processing privacy implications.

The role includes third-party privacy assessments, incident response support, privacy training, and mentoring a small team of consultants.