Privacy Paralegal

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited; United States; Remote; USD 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Discounted childcare

Employee appreciation weeks

Annual gala

Wide retailer discounts

Wellbeing resources

Job summary

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited is seeking a Privacy Paralegal for a remote role with occasional travel to our head office in the UK. The role is full-time (37.5 hours/week) with salary from £45k and a 1st November 2026 closing date.

You will support the Global Privacy Department to deepen digital trust across clients, staff and partners. You will manage privacy operations, respond to rights requests, assist with DPIAs/PIAs, maintain OneTrust records, and help implement policies and

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years’ experience working as a paralegal.
• Ability to manage large workloads and deliver timely outputs.
• Provide privacy guidance and support training initiatives.
• Knowledge of global privacy regulations including GDPR, CCPA/CPRA.

Responsibilities

• Manage privacy operations, including rights requests, incidents, DPIAs/PIAs, records of processing activities, and data protection agreements.
• Coordinate and respond to privacy rights requests, ensuring compliance with global privacy regulations and deadlines.
• Support privacy incident investigations, remediation activities, and documentation.
• Maintain privacy management systems (OneTrust) and reporting.
• Develop and improve privacy policies, procedures, and intranet resources.
• Provide privacy guidance to internal stakeholders and support training.
• Coordinate governance meetings and manage departmental inbox.
• Process invoices and support general departmental administration.
• Act as privacy subject matter expert, stay current with regulations.
• Work independently while collaborating with Privacy Counsel and team.

Skills

Privacy knowledge

Paralegal

DPIAs/PIAs

CCPA/CPRA, GDPR

OneTrust

Tools

OneTrust

Job description

Role : Privacy Paralegal

Type: Remote working with some travel to our HO in Northampton / Offices in London or Manchester

Model : Full Time / 37.50 hours per week / Monday to Friday

Salary: from £45k

Closing Date: Date to be added here 1st November 2026

Purpose of Role

To support the vision and mission of the Global Privacy Department with responsibilities as described below. Our vision is to deepen digital trust with clients, customers, prospects, suppliers, third parties and staff and to create a culture of data confidence across the company that enhances its global reputation. Our mission is to empower colleagues to deliver outstanding care, education and family solutions by protecting business continuity, managing data privacy risks, and using technology solutions to achieve our objectives and goals

What We Can Offer You

• Flexible working and holiday entitlements
• Discounted childcare
• Quarterly Employee Appreciation Weeks
• Annual gala award evening
• Fantastic range of discounts on high street retailers, grocery stores, cinema tickets, holidays and more
• Wide range of wellbeing resources, supporting our teams for the ups and downs of daily life

Key Responsibilities

• Manage privacy operations, including rights requests, incidents, DPIAs/PIAs, records of processing activities, and data protection agreements.
• Coordinate and respond to privacy rights requests, ensuring compliance with global privacy regulations and deadlines.
• Support privacy incident investigations, remediation activities, and documentation.
• Maintain and administer privacy management systems (OneTrust), tracking databases, and departmental reporting.
• Develop, maintain, and improve privacy policies, procedures, frameworks, and intranet resources.
• Provide privacy guidance to internal stakeholders and support privacy training initiatives.
• Coordinate governance meetings, maintain records, track actions, and manage the department inbox.
• Process invoices and support general departmental administration.
• Act as a privacy subject matter expert, staying current with global privacy regulations and implementing legal changes.
• Work independently while collaborating with Privacy Counsel and the wider Privacy team on departmental projects and ad hoc activities.

Essential Education and Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years’ experience working as a paralegal
• Manage large workloads and execute plans from implementation to completion, including managing delivery by colleagues
• Delivering high quality and efficient service, taking account of the diverse customer needs and requirements when looking at ways to improve service quality
• Outstanding people and relationship building skills enabling collaborative work with colleagues from across the business and all levels of seniority
• Helping to create an inclusive and professional work environment
• Works to agreed business goals and objectives and deals with challenges in a constructive and responsive way
• Takes personal responsibility for quality of outputs
• Hardworking, flexible and willing to be available when required to support the business' global offices and deadlines
• Open to change and comfortable suggesting ideas for improvements to the way things are done.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Working legal knowledge of privacy rights under CCPA / CPRA, GDPR

Why Bright Horizons?

Our support functions enable our nurseries to deliver the best possible care and education to over 10,000 children across the UK. Through this support, our nurseries can deliver excellence – with 98% of our 270+ portfolio being rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted.

We’re on a mission to change the future for children, families, and the people we work with, and are committed to progressive working values like flexibility, work-life balance, and wellbeing

Bright Horizons is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This post is subject to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, which will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all ages and backgrounds to apply. We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants.

Proud to be a Great Place to Work for 20 years.