Senior Manager, Legal, Privacy & Compl

• Provide expert technical advisory on Privacy, Data Protection and Responsible AI, working closely with the Global Privacy Officer and Lead Privacy Counsel
• Monitor and interpret regulatory developments, assessing their impact on Vodafone Group and ensuring timely communication to senior stakeholders
• Define and embed group-wide risk mitigation strategies for new regulations, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, products and new business ventures
• Develop and maintain privacy-related policies, procedures and risk advisories, ensuring effective integration into business operations
• Continuously simplify, standardise, centralise and automate privacy policies, processes and tools
• Prepare and support materials for key governance and oversight forums
• Drive consistent operating models and governance, risk and compliance practices across Cyber, Privacy, Corporate Security and Data Governance, in collaboration with local markets
• Review KPIs and risk reports from local privacy teams, overseeing mitigation actions and accountability from risk owners
• Oversee the annual second-line assurance process, providing expert interpretation of privacy regulations and internal controls
• Manage group-level reporting (including PAM, ARA and CSRD) and analyse key risk indicators for senior governance forums
• Provide advisory support, guidance, training and assurance aligned to the Compliance Management System Business Partnering pillar
• Collaborate with Corporate & Business Integrity teams on strategic programmes for privacy and compliance operations
• Build and nurture an operations and transformation community to drive innovation, alignment and adoption
• Lead and oversee operations and transformation projects, ensuring delivery to time, scope and budget
• Leverage data analytics to inform decision-making and measure programme effectiveness
• Identify and implement process and technology improvements across legal, privacy and compliance operations
• Evaluate, implement and manage technology solutions and data repositories to support reporting and insight-led decisions
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and customers, ensuring delivery excellence and alignment to strategic priorities
• Support go-to-market activity, participate in customer engagements and position LBI as a trusted delivery partner

• An experienced privacy compliance professional with deep technical knowledge of global privacy and data protection regulations
• Confident translating complex regulatory requirements into clear, practical and scalable operational solutions
• An effective people leader with experience managing and developing large, diverse teams
• A skilled project and programme leader with a track record of delivering complex initiatives
• Experienced in driving process optimisation, standardisation and automation
• Comfortable evaluating and implementing legal, privacy and compliance technology solutions
• A strong communicator with excellent drafting skills and the ability to engage senior stakeholders across multiple functions
• Data-literate, with experience using analytics and visualisation tools to support insight-led decision-making
• Ideally experienced in adjacent risk areas such as financial crime, trade and sanctions, and/or working within a legal or regulated industry environment

Experienced in adjacent risk areas such as financial crime, trade and sanctions, and/or working within a legal or regulated industry environment

• The opportunity to shape and lead a global privacy and compliance operations capability
• Exposure to senior governance forums and executive stakeholders across Vodafone Group
• A role with significant influence on regulatory strategy, risk management and operational transformation
• The chance to work within a collaborative, international environment focused on innovation and continuous improvement