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Through the effective day-to-day management of the UK Data Protection team, and collaborative engagement with other regional DPOs and their teams (or DPO equivalents): Enable the UK Compliance function to manage data protection risk and regulatory compliance with applicable data privacy and data protection laws and regulation across the UK entities’ global licensed footprint including through effective Horizon Scanning and Training. Ensure all UK entity, and any applicable global, controls for DP are fit for purpose and adhered to. Contribute to, and enable the embedding of, a global DP framework to include all relevant Data Protection/Privacy policies, notices, systems, processes and controls. Support the effective and consistent management of cross-border data protection activities in collaboration with the regional DPOs, including through the Group sub-committee for Data Protection. Contribute to the development and delivery of high-quality reporting including through the use of relevant KPIs and KRIs across all relevant formal committees and forums internally, either as stand-alone DP papers or as part of the broader UK Compliance agenda and reporting.
Job Responsibility
Enable the UK Compliance function to manage data protection risk and regulatory compliance
Ensure all UK entity and any applicable global controls for DP are fit for purpose and adhered to
Contribute to and enable the embedding of a global DP framework
Support the effective and consistent management of cross-border data protection activities
Contribute to the development and delivery of high-quality reporting
Ensure that the UK entities’ legal and regulatory obligations for data privacy and protection are mapped
Ensure that the global Horizon Scanning framework is embedded in the UK DP team’s BAU
Manage the UK DP team
Keep workloads and resource needs under close observation
Identify development opportunities for direct reports
Engage closely with internal stakeholders
Oversee any externally outsourced DP provision
Provide advice and guidance on technical DP matters
Retain external advisors when needed
Ensure UK DP-owned actions arising from audit are completed on time
Maintain a Privacy Incident Reporting and Response process
Proactively escalate data breaches
Lead on required notifications to the ICO
Work closely with Heads of Compliance to create a global DP strategy
Perform information privacy risk analysis
Assist the IT department
Undertake consent audits
In collaboration with regional DPOs undertake records retention audits
Attend and contribute to formal committees
Oversee the production of insightful and thorough reporting
Requirements
Proven experience in Privacy and Data Protection
Previous DPO experience
Degree level educated
Excellent written and oral communications skills
The ability to prioritise work and deliver results in a pressurised environment
The ability to manage significant client contact
A demonstrated ability to develop strong relationships with internal clients
The ability to provide support to more senior roles
Self-motivated, with an ability to work with high degree of autonomy
The ability to work collaboratively with a broad range of constituencies
A thorough understanding of UK Data Protection laws and regulations
An unblemished career history
The ability to communicate technical and security-related concepts to a broad range of technical and non-technical staff and management
Nice to have
Experience in financial services
Experience in the insurance industry
Multi-country experience
Experience with model contractual clauses for international data transfers