Business Operations Manager (Privacy & Commercial)

Role & Impact

As Privacy & Commercial Manager at Blinq, you’ll be a key enabler of our global growth - ensuring we scale responsibly while meeting our privacy, data protection, and contractual obligations.

You’ll own privacy and data protection workflows end to end across both vendors and customers, from procurement and risk assessment through to contract negotiation and ongoing compliance. Working closely with Engineering, Security, Sales, and Finance, you’ll act as Blinq’s primary point of contact for GDPR and cross-border data protection, helping the business move quickly without compromising on compliance.

This is a highly hands-on role with real influence, ideal for someone who enjoys building practical, scalable privacy and commercial frameworks in a fast-growing, global environment.

Salary: $85,000 - $95,000

What You'll Do

• Own vendor procurement, privacy, and data protection reviews end to end
• Draft, review, and negotiate MSAs, DPAs, and related commercial agreements
• Lead vendor and customer privacy due diligence and risk assessments
• Act as the main point of contact for GDPR & SOC 2, including liaison with the DPO
• Maintain core compliance artefacts (ROPA, SCCs, TIAs, TOMs, subprocessors, DPIAs)
• Own cross-border data transfer compliance and documentation
• Draft and maintain privacy policies and compliance documentation
• Support data incidents, audits, and regulatory responses
• Build scalable privacy, procurement, and compliance processes

What You'll Bring

• Proven experience in privacy, data protection, and commercial contracting, ideally in a SaaS or technology environment
• Strong working knowledge of GDPR, DPAs, SCCs, TIAs, and vendor risk management
• Experience drafting and negotiating MSAs, DPAs, and privacy-related contracts
• Ability to balance legal risk with commercial pragmatism in a fast-paced business
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally
• Highly organised, detail-oriented, and comfortable owning processes end to end
• A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset with a focus on building scalable systems