About Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency

At Supportive Bridge, we connect experienced governance, compliance, and data protection professionals with high-impact corporate operations careers across the UK public and private sectors. Partnering with leading multi-sector service providers, we specialize in placing candidates into stable, rewarding roles where your strategic insight, stakeholder management, and regulatory oversight help embed robust data protection frameworks across vital business functions.

Role Overview

As a Privacy Business Lead, you will provide business-facing leadership and coordination for data protection across Corporate Functions. Operating within a federated privacy model, you will act as the crucial bridge between corporate leadership, Data Protection Champions, and the Central UK Privacy Office/DPO.

This is a key opportunity to shape privacy maturity, influence senior stakeholders, and ensure data protection risks, requirements, and actions are seamlessly embedded into day-to-day operations.

Key Responsibilities:

Business Partnership: Act as the recognized privacy lead and trusted advisor for Corporate Functions, building strong relationships with senior leaders.
Governance & Coordination: Represent Corporate Functions at privacy governance forums, coordinating compliance activities, actions, and risk management.
Operational Privacy Oversight: Oversee business engagement across critical areas including Records of Processing Activities (RoPA), Data Subject Rights (DSRs), data breaches, Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), and information sharing.
Champion Support: Provide direction, support, and coordination to Data Protection Champions across corporate areas.
Continuous Improvement: Conduct periodic privacy health checks, quality assurance reviews, and help develop strategic privacy maturity initiatives and improvement plans.
Reporting & Escalation: Track actions, resolve operational blockers, escalate issues through proper governance routes, and produce insightful reporting for Executive Leadership and the Privacy Steering Committee.

What We Are Looking For

We are seeking a practical, highly organized professional with a strong background in risk, compliance, or regulatory operations, paired with excellent stakeholder engagement skills.

Requirements:

Operational Background: Strong operational understanding of a business area, function, contract environment, or service model.
Governance Experience: Proven experience working within governance, risk, compliance, audit, assurance, or other regulated environments.
Data Protection Knowledge: A working understanding of data protection principles (or a strong commitment to developing this quickly through training), including familiarity with DSRs, breaches, DPIAs, and RoPA.
Stakeholder Influence: Exceptional stakeholder management skills with the credibility, confidence, and communication ability to engage and influence senior leaders.
Constructive Challenge: The ability to manage actions, resolve blockers, and constructively challenge delays or poor engagement while maintaining positive professional relationships.

What We Offer You

Financial Package: Competitive starting salary of £50,000 – £55,000 per annum (Band 4).
Working Style: Flexible and hybrid working options considered.
Pension: 6% employer contributory pension scheme.
Training & Development: Comprehensive career development training, role-specific learning, leadership coaching, and formal study support.
Health & Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Simply Health Cash Plans, and additional family wellbeing support benefits.
Perks & Community: Exclusive employee discounts across cinema tickets, Merlin Entertainment, online shopping, mobile phone plans, and leisure centre memberships.

Our Recruitment Process & Equal Opportunities

Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans, and individuals with convictions who meet the minimum job criteria are guaranteed an interview.
Ban the Box: We champion fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions (subject to security clearance or role exemptions). Reasonable adjustments are fully supported throughout the recruitment journey.

Privacy Business Lead

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