Data Protection Manager

Consortium of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Voluntary and Community Organisations Limited; England; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community organization in the UK seeks a dedicated Data Protection Manager to support compliance with UK GDPR. The role involves advising on best practices, managing GDPR-related risks, and ensuring compliance across the business. Applicants should possess strong familiarity with data protection regulations and experience in building relationships with stakeholders. The position offers competitive salaries, performance-based bonuses, and a hybrid working model, allowing flexibility in the workplace.

Benefits

Performance-based bonuses

Generous annual leave allowances

Market-leading pension plans

Private health insurance

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong familiarity with UK GDPR and PECR regulations.
• Considerable experience with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience with agile and waterfall delivery approaches.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with data protection laws.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing through the DP Compliance Network.
• Provide guidance on regulatory changes and support risk assessments.
• Develop data protection policies and manage requests.
• Deliver training on data protection compliance.

Skills

Experience with privacy compliance aspects

Strong familiarity with data protection regulation

Experience building and maintaining DPIAs

Track record of translating regulatory requirements

Experience in multi-supplier environments

Demonstrated stakeholder relationship management

Job description

Data Protection Manager role with a focus on UK GDPR compliance.

We are seeking a dedicated Data Protection Manager (DPM) to support our Data Protection Officer (DPO) and serve as an internal expert, ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations, including the UK GDPR. In this pivotal role, you’ll advise on best practices, respond to queries from both authorities and within the business, and contribute to Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs). Strong stakeholder management is essential to this role. You’ll also ensure that new projects consistently meet the highest standards of data protection.

Your role will involve

• Ensuring and maintaining compliance with data protection laws, driving change across the business, and assisting in managing GDPR‑related risks.
• Facilitating knowledge sharing and collaboration through the DP Compliance Network and producing regular compliance reporting.
• Acting as a privacy expert, providing guidance on regulatory changes, supporting risk assessments and Data Protection Impact Assessments.
• Representing the organisation at internal and external events, developing policies and guidelines, and managing privacy/data requests including rights requests.
• Delivering training and awareness, managing data protection risks and incidents, overseeing DSAR supplier, and collaborating with cybersecurity teams.

These skills are essential

• Experience with privacy compliance aspects of agile data and digital transformation projects.
• Strong familiarity with data protection regulation, particularly UK GDPR and PECR, and how it applies to cutting‑edge technology and processes, including artificial intelligence.
• Considerable experience building and maintaining DPIAs/DPCA’s and supporting multiple stakeholders.
• Track record of translating regulatory requirements into projects that have delivered new capability with tangible benefits.
• Experience working in complex, multi‑supplier environments and demonstrating success with waterfall and agile delivery approaches.
• Demonstrated experience building, maintaining and influencing relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.

Our rewards

We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance‑based annual bonuses and our longer‑term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market‑leading pensions. With family‑friendly policies, access to private health insurance and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we’ll support you to be at your best inside and outside work. And of course, we’ll provide varied learning and development opportunities too.

Working Location

Our hybrid working approach offers the opportunity for colleagues in some roles to work from home for an average of two days a week, providing flexibility to work in an agile way whilst ensuring we deliver for the operational needs of Heathrow. Working arrangements vary from team to team and will be confirmed during the recruitment process. You’ll need to be based in the UK and within a commutable distance to Heathrow.

We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger – not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work. With five diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.