Compliance Manager (Data Protection Officer, Regulatory Compliance & Privacy)

About This Opportunity

We are representing a confidential fintech organization seeking a Compliance Manager to lead UK privacy and regulatory compliance efforts. This role serves as the operational lead for Data Protection Officer responsibilities while supporting broader regulatory compliance priorities including vulnerable customer programs and consumer protection frameworks.

Our client is building a scalable compliance function that partners across Legal, Product, Engineering, Operations, and Risk teams to ensure robust governance in a regulated financial services environment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary operational lead for UK privacy compliance matters and act as the designated Data Protection Officer (DPO) for the UK entity
• Lead and oversee UK privacy governance activities, including Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), privacy risk assessments, incident and breach governance, data subject rights processes, and retention and deletion governance
• Develop and maintain the firm's Privacy Compliance Monitoring Programme, ensuring alignment with risk appetite, regulatory landscape, and market conditions
• Lead regulatory input for Management Information (MI) dashboards relating to privacy, consumer outcomes, and regulatory compliance metrics
• Support enterprise-wide compliance risk assessments and control inventory, identifying opportunities for improvement and working with partners to deliver enhancements
• Translate legal and regulatory requirements into compliance standards, governance routines, oversight expectations, and program requirements
• Provide second-line challenge and oversight of first-line control environments, including review of control design, gap identification, issue escalation, and remediation tracking
• Maintain governance processes for UK compliance issues management, risk assessments, control oversight, and reporting
• Support internal audit, external audit, regulatory enquiries, and external partner reviews, including coordination of materials and remediation governance
• Prepare recurring management reporting, governance materials, and issue summaries for senior leadership and governance forums
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Operations, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure UK privacy and regulatory requirements are operationalized effectively
• Coordinate with regional and global Compliance partners to support consistency in governance standards and documentation across jurisdictions

What We're Looking For

• 6+ years of experience in regulatory compliance, privacy compliance, risk management, governance, audit, or a related control function, preferably within financial services, fintech, banking, or another regulated environment
• Ideally, past experience acting as a DPO in a regulated consumer credit firm
• Strong understanding of UK privacy and regulatory compliance expectations, including UK GDPR, DPIAs, breach processes, data subject rights, consumer protection, conduct risk, and vulnerable customer requirements
• Experience operating within a second-line of defence model, including governance, oversight, monitoring, and independent challenge of first-line control environments
• Demonstrated ability to translate legal and regulatory requirements into policies, standards, procedures, governance routines, and control expectations
• Experience supporting audits, regulatory exams, control reviews, or similar oversight processes in a regulated environment
• Strong cross-functional partnership skills, with ability to work effectively with Legal, Product, Engineering, Operations, Risk, and Compliance stakeholders
• Sound judgment, strong organizational discipline, and ability to manage sensitive regulatory matters with discretion and rigor
• Experience preparing management reporting, governance materials, and escalation summaries for senior stakeholders
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and move between strategic governance design and day-to-day execution
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience; relevant certifications preferred

How We Work With You

Candidates apply directly through Get A Job.ai. Our talent team will review your application and conduct an initial screening to understand your background and interest in this opportunity. For qualified candidates, we will coordinate your introduction to our client and support you through their interview process. Please do not attempt to contact the client directly, as all applications must be submitted through Get A Job.ai to be considered.

Location & Work Arrangement

This is a remote position based in the United Kingdom.

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