Senior Data Privacy Manager
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 6, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 1, 2026. Zopa scores A on the Alion truth index.
The Team
You will join Data Privacy within Zopa’s Operational Risk and Compliance function. We are building a more sophisticated, risk-based approach to privacy: one that protects customers, enables responsible use of data and helps teams make clear decisions in the grey areas.
As Senior Data Privacy Manager, you will be the senior first-line privacy lead across the business. You will line-manage a Data Privacy Associate and partner with Engineering, Technology, Operations, Legal, Risk and Information Security on high-impact product, data and operational questions.
A day in the life:
Turn complex privacy questions into clear, proportionate recommendations that enable responsible progress.
Help to build and embed a risk-based framework for data privacy risk, including a usable view of risk appetite.
Partner with data and technology teams on complex data-use and data-governance decisions.
Lead the response to significant privacy issues and ensure decisions are well evidenced.
Develop ourData Privacy Associate, through mentoring, standardsand exposure to complex problem-solving.
Create trusted relationships across the businessso privacy is involved early, not at the last minute.
Identifymanual privacy processes that can be simplified or automated.
Represent the first-line privacy perspective credibly with senior stakeholders.
About You:
Bring substantial practical data privacy experience, with strong working knowledge of UK GDPR and its enforcement context.
Use sound judgement to balance privacy rights, customer protection, business objectivesand residual risk.
Explain complex privacy issues clearly to non-specialists and make credible, defensible recommendations.
Have led or materially shaped privacy frameworks, governanceor operating models.
Are comfortable working through ambiguity and taking ownership of difficult problems independently.
Build constructive relationships with product, technology, operations, legal, riskand security partners.
Have managed, mentoredor developed others and createan environment of clear standards and support.
Recognisedata and technology risks without requiring expertisein a particular tool or platform.
Added bonus:
Experience in fintech, technology, bankingor another regulated environment.
Experience ofautomated decision-making systems with significant or legal effects.
Knowledge of privacy considerations across AI model training, promptingand outputs.
Experience improving efficiency through automation of privacy processes.
Legal, operational-riskor dedicated data-protectionqualifications.