Senior Privacy Manager – Consent & Transparency (12 month contract)

Samsung; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Samsung Electronics’ ESBO privacy team in London seeks a Senior Privacy Manager - Consent & Transparency to lead consent, transparency and device-level privacy across the EMEA Service Business. You will coordinate with product, engineering, and legal teams to embed privacy-by-design principles and ensure consumer trust.

You will own the TCF CMP program, oversee consent mechanisms, and drive regulatory compliance while translating legal requirements into actionable product specs and user-friendly

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of GDPR, ePrivacy/PECR and other EMEA privacy laws.
• Working knowledge of IAB Europe Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF v2.2) - purposes and legal bases, the TC String, the Global Vendor List and CMP validation.
• Hands-on experience of consent management in practice - implementing, configuring, operating or directly advising on a consent management platform.
• Proven track record of successfully managing data protection compliance and implementing

Responsibilities

• Lead the privacy and compliance workstream for a device-level TCF CMP - consent design, purposes and vendor scope, legal QA of consent journeys, and sign-off gates from design through to rollout.
• Own ongoing TCF and regulatory compliance for the CMP once live, including CMP registration and validation, Global Vendor List management, vendor onboarding and removal, and monitoring of TCF policy and version changes.
• Own our existing consent mechanisms and transparency products, including privacy notices, first-run and in-device disclosures and user preference controls, keeping them accurate as our products and data flows change.
• Conduct and document data protection impact assessments and legitimate interest assessments for consent-dependent initiatives, including audience measurement (JIC) participation and programmatic advertising products.
• Maintain a market-by-market view of consent and device-storage requirements across EMEA, tracking regulator guidance and national ePrivacy implementations, and translating changes into product requirements.
• Work in close partnership with Product & GTM, converting legal and regulatory requirements into clear product specifications, acceptance criteria and release sign-off.
• Assist our partnerships and legal colleagues to on-board new clients, service providers, AdTech vendors and data partners in a privacy compliant and efficient manner.
• Assist in the creation, implementation and management of business mandates and privacy processes to ensure policy and regulatory compliance, and maintain privacy-related documentation including records of processing, compliance logs and approvals.
• Design, develop and assist with the delivery of business-specific training on consent, transparency and TCF for internal stakeholders.
• Support the wider privacy programme on ad hoc matters as workload requires, including business requests, new product reviews and data subject rights requests.
• Streamline privacy workflows, leveraging automation and AI tools where applicable.

Skills

GDPR knowledge

TCF v2.2

Consent management

Privacy compliance

Job description

Position Summary

Why join our team?

We are expanding our team of privacy experts to support the Samsung Electronics' European Service Business ("ESBO").

ESBO processes large quantities of Samsung's first-party data and third-party data to provide consumers with Samsung services on Samsung mobiles and Samsung Smart TVs in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The data is especially relevant to our advertising business, Samsung Ads, where Samsung data is its unique selling proposition.

To manage these risks, Samsung has a global team of privacy experts. They are integral to the continued success of Samsung's new and existing products.

Given the importance of consumer trust, Samsung is a privacy-forward company. We are focused on making sure that our consumers' personal data is treated fairly and within the scope of relevant data protection legislation.

We are looking for a Senior Privacy Manager - Consent & Transparency to join our rapidly growing advertising and services business as an integral part of our data privacy and compliance function for EMEA Service Business.

You will lead the privacy side of a new ESBO consent and transparency framework and support the team on general privacy matters across ESBO.

The successful applicant will report into the Director of Privacy - EMEA and will be based in central London. Some travel may be required. You will work in close partnership with the Product team, who owns the product roadmap and delivery of the framework.

Role and Responsibilities

Your key responsibilities

As a Privacy Manager, you will be the business's expert on consent, transparency and device-level tracking. This role sits outside the legal team but works closely with product teams, engineering, legal and leadership to embed privacy-by-design and default principles into our operations.

You will be responsible for guiding the business on consent and transparency risk and ethical data use, ensuring our products not only comply with GDPR, ePrivacy/PECR and TCF requirements, but also give consumers a real, informed choice that they understand and can change.

• Lead the privacy and compliance workstream for a device-level TCF CMP - consent design, purposes and vendor scope, legal QA of consent journeys, and sign-off gates from design through to rollout.
• Own ongoing TCF and regulatory compliance for the CMP once live, including CMP registration and validation, Global Vendor List management, vendor onboarding and removal, and monitoring of TCF policy and version changes.
• Own our existing consent mechanisms and transparency products, including privacy notices, first-run and in-device disclosures and user preference controls, keeping them accurate as our products and data flows change.
• Conduct and document data protection impact assessments and legitimate interest assessments for consent-dependent initiatives, including audience measurement (JIC) participation and programmatic advertising products.
• Maintain a market-by-market view of consent and device-storage requirements across EMEA, tracking regulator guidance and national ePrivacy implementations, and translating changes into product requirements.
• Work in close partnership with Product & GTM, converting legal and regulatory requirements into clear product specifications, acceptance criteria and release sign-off.
• Assist our partnerships and legal colleagues to on-board new clients, service providers, AdTech vendors and data partners in a privacy compliant and efficient manner.
• Assist in the creation, implementation and management of business mandates and privacy processes to ensure policy and regulatory compliance, and maintain privacy-related documentation including records of processing, compliance logs and approvals.
• Design, develop and assist with the delivery of business-specific training on consent, transparency and TCF for internal stakeholders.
• Support the wider privacy programme on ad hoc matters as workload requires, including business requests, new product reviews and data subject rights requests.
• Streamline privacy workflows, leveraging automation and AI tools where applicable.

What we need for this role

• Deep understanding of GDPR, ePrivacy/PECR and other EMEA privacy laws, with particular depth on consent, transparency, and the rules on storing or accessing information on a user's device.
• Working knowledge of the IAB Europe Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF v2.2) - purposes and legal bases, the TC String, the Global Vendor List and CMP validation.
• Hands-on experience of consent management in practice - implementing, configuring, operating or directly advising on a consent management platform - and a working understanding of how consent signals are captured, stored and passed downstream.
• Proven track record of successfully managing data protection compliance and implementing