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Assistant General Counsel – Group Data Protection Officer
Thomson Reuters. Serve as the designated Data Protection Officer under UK GDPR and EU GDPR .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive expertise in UK GDPR and EU GDPR compliance, serving as a Data Protection Officer with a strong focus on privacy operations, regulatory relationships, and risk management. Proven ability to lead and manage global privacy teams while ensuring adherence to privacy-by-design principles and effective incident management.
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Data Protection Officer ExperienceUK GDPR ExpertiseEU GDPR CompliancePrivacy Operations LeadershipRegulatory Relationship Management
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Hard Skills
Data Protection CompliancePrivacy Risk ReportingData Mapping/ROPA InfrastructureDPIA AdvisingIncident Management CoordinationPrivacy Program GovernanceRegulatory Inquiry ManagementPrivacy Policy DevelopmentKPI and Risk ReportingData Breach Response
Soft Skills
LeadershipStrategic ThinkingCommunicationCollaborationProblem-Solving
Certifications & Qualifications
CIPP/ECIPM
Industry Keywords
Privacy LawData Protection AuthoritiesPrivacy-by-Design PrinciplesMulti-Jurisdictional ComplianceAI/Automated Decision-Making
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Serve as the designated Data Protection Officer under UK GDPR and EU GDPR
- Independently monitor compliance, advise on DPIAs, and act as primary contact for supervisory authorities
- Maintain the statutory DPO function’s independence and direct reporting line
- Escalate matters directly to the Board or highest level of management when required
- Champion privacy-by-design principles across product, technology, and business strategy
- Oversee the Privacy Operations Lead function and global privacy program governance
- Lead strategic roadmap, cyber incident management coordination, privacy operations specialists, and privacy engineers
- Provide senior oversight of specialized legal counsel functions within the privacy organization
- Provide executive oversight of privacy operations analyst and engineer functions
- Ensure data mapping/ROPA infrastructure, DSAR and assessment automation, KPI and risk reporting are properly resourced
- Establish and maintain a Group-wide escalation framework for material privacy risks
- Liaise with data protection authorities and manage regulatory inquiries, audits, and investigations
- Oversee responses to significant data breaches and sign off on regulator and data subject notification strategy for high-severity incidents
- Report to the Chief Privacy Officer and relevant Board and Audit committees on privacy risk, regulatory developments, and program maturity
- Provide consolidated enterprise-wide privacy risk reporting across legal, operations, and engineering
- Monitor global privacy regulatory developments and direct horizon-scanning activities
- Translate regulatory developments into updated policies, playbooks, and technical controls
Requirements
What you’ll need- Extensive experience, typically 12+ years, in data protection/privacy law or privacy leadership roles
- Prior experience serving as a DPO or in a senior privacy leadership capacity at Director level or above
- Deep expertise in UK GDPR and EU GDPR, including statutory DPO role and independence requirements
- Demonstrated experience managing regulatory relationships and/or investigations with data protection authorities
- Director-level leadership experience building and managing global, multi-region privacy teams across legal counsel, privacy operations, and privacy engineering
- Experience overseeing specialized functions within a unified governance framework
- Law degree and/or relevant professional qualification preferred
- CIPP/E and/or CIPM strongly preferred
- Experience in a global, multi-jurisdictional organization with complex data flows preferred
- Experience advising on privacy matters related to AI/automated decision-making preferred
- Board-level presentation and reporting experience preferred
- Experience overseeing legal/compliance and technical/engineering functions preferred
Benefits
Comp & perks- Flexible hybrid working environment
- Flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year
- Continuous learning and skill development through Grow My Way programming
- Flexible vacation
- Two company-wide Mental Health Days off
- Access to the Headspace app
- Retirement savings
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee incentive programs
- Resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
- Two paid volunteer days off annually
- Opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and ESG initiatives
- Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs