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Data Protection Officer

Data Protection Officer

Hybrid

London, United kingdom

£ 145,000 /year

Senior

Full Time

10-02-2026

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Job Specifications

Role: DPO

Location: London (2 days in office)

Salary: £125k-145k

My client is seeking an experienced Data Protection Officer to lead and shape their organisation’s privacy strategy and governance framework.

This senior leadership role is responsible for overseeing compliance with UK GDPR and other applicable data protection laws, acting as the primary point of contact for regulators and data subjects, and ensuring robust privacy practices across the business.

Key responsibilities include:

Leading the organisation’s data privacy function and governance framework
Advising on privacy impact assessments, data mapping, and records of processing
Overseeing vendor and third-party data protection compliance
Managing data subject rights requests, including DSARs
Leading privacy audits and incident response relating to personal data
Monitoring regulatory developments and advising senior stakeholders accordingly
Delivering privacy training and promoting a strong data protection culture
Managing and developing a high-performing privacy team

The ideal candidate will bring significant experience (7+ years) in compliance, legal, audit, or risk roles, with recent hands-on privacy leadership experience. Relevant data protection certifications (e.g., CIPP, CIPM, BCS) are preferred.

You will be confident advising senior leadership, highly detail-oriented, commercially aware, and able to communicate complex privacy concepts clearly to diverse audiences. Experience within a consumer-facing business environment is advantageous.

About the Company

Lawrence Harvey, established in 2002, is an international recruitment business specializing in Technology recruitment. Our consultants are specialists in their specific fields of recruitment, therefore we have expert recruiters in Enterprise Applications, CRM, Data & Analytics, Security, Infrastructure & Development and Business Advisory & Strategy. We are part of a larger group business, LHi Group Ltd, which has multiple non-competing brands specializing in Life Sciences, Energy and The Built Environment. With multilingua... Know more