Third Party Data Protection Manager - 12 month FTC

AXA Insurance Plc; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company in the UK is looking for a Third Party Data Protection Manager to ensure compliance with data privacy laws. The role involves working closely with various stakeholders to manage third-party data privacy risks, reporting, and offering substantial employee benefits including competitive salary, medical cover, and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Competitive annual salary

Discretionary company & performance-based bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Private medical cover

28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

AXA employee discounts

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of data privacy laws within large organizations.
• Experience in contract negotiation and data protection.

Responsibilities

• Provide data protection expertise to the UK business.
• Maintain Third Party Data Privacy Framework.
• Perform assessments of data privacy due diligence.

Skills

Data privacy laws

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Education

BCS certificate in Data Protection

Degree level education or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Do you have knowledge and practical experience of data privacy laws? We’ve an exciting opportunity to join our Third Party Risk team here at AXA UK as a Third Party Data Protection Manager on a 12 month fixed term contract. Reporting to the Senior Data Protection Manager, you’ll work with a team of Data Protection experts that oversee third parties so that the increasing levels of data privacy due diligence, technical assessments (including international transfers) and assurance is carried out. This role will assist the Senior Third Party Data Protection Managers and those within the business who wish to engage third parties through either the procurement, devolved procurement and other third-party onboarding processes, carry out their data privacy obligations. It’ll also support the remediation activity of existing third parties to ensure they meet data protection requirements.

At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least two days a week (40%) away from home, moving to three days a week (60%) in the future. Away from home means either attendance at one of our office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events.

What you’ll be doing

• Provide data protection expertise to the UK business.
• Contribute to the ongoing development and maintenance of the Third Party Data Privacy Framework, which effectively manages third party data privacy risks across the third-party life cycle.
• Ensure First Line data privacy responsibilities are delivered appropriately in relation to third parties.
• Perform assessments of data privacy due diligence, Transfer Risk Assessments (TRAs), completing DPIAs and supporting the negotiation of data protection provisions and managing data protection assurance.
• Provide clear presentation of data privacy risks and appropriate reporting to the Second Line Data Privacy team to ensure DPO agreement can be efficiently and effectively provided and to ensure AXA Group requirements, policies and regulatory change is managed effectively.

What you’ll bring

• Strong knowledge and practical experience of data privacy laws, preferably within large multi-company commercial organisations.
• BCS certificate in Data Protection, or equivalent and/or professional Data Protection qualification (PDP / ISEB/ IAPP).
• Degree level education or equivalent professional experience.
• Solution driven pragmatic approach, achieving consensus on the ‘best’ approach to provide regulatory compliance in the circumstances with major stakeholders.
• Ability to act calmly, rationally and proportionately in dealing with significant and/or potentially reputation damaging Data Protection issues.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with an ability to build strong relationships and communicate technical data privacy points with stakeholders at all levels.
• Good understanding of the Financial Services industry and the Data Protection issues they face, contract negotiation/support experience is desirable.
• Ability to work autonomously to achieve objectives but also critically work as part of a Business Unit & wider AXA UK Group transversal teams.

Internal candidates are encouraged to apply for this role as a secondment opportunity through the internal careers site.

As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.

What we offer

• Competitive annual salary dependent of experience
• Discretionary company & performance-based bonus
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
• Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
• Private medical cover
• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
• Wellbeing services & resources
• AXA employee discounts

We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and don’t discriminate against employees or potential employees based on protected characteristics. If you have a long-term condition or disability and require adjustments during the application or interview process, we’re proud to offer access to the AXA Accessibility Concierge. For our support, please send an email to [e-mail].

Who we are: AXA UK Support Functions power AXA’s three customer-facing business units, providing the infrastructure, support and expertise to ensure our customers can always count on us.

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Note: This posting is subject to internal and external recruitment processes and may be closed early or extended at AXA’s discretion.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

We’re committed to protecting your privacy and maintaining the confidentiality of your data. If you have any questions about this posting, please contact the HR team.