Data & Privacy Risk Specialist Manager
Data & Privacy Risk Specialist Manager
Bristol
Full time
Posted Yesterday
151983
End Date
Saturday 27 June 2026
Salary Range
£67,023 - £74,470
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Flexible Working Options
Hybrid Working, Job Share
Job Description Summary
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Job Description
JOB TITLE: Data Privacy & Risk Manager
SALARY: £67,023 - £74,470
LOCATION(S): Bristol & Leeds
HOURS: Full time
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.
About this opportunity
We're looking for a technically strong data specialist to advance how we deliver high-impact, insight-driven oversight within the Data Privacy, Retention & Records Management Risk team.
This is not a traditional privacy or programme delivery role. It is suited to someone who understands how data is structured, processed and controlled in real systems, and can use that expertise to assess how data use translates into real privacy and customer outcomes.
You'll operate at the forefront of how we evolve oversight-bringing deeper technical interrogation, clearer insight, and stronger evidence of how risks manifest in practice. This includes assessing:
· How intrusive data processing is within real implementations
· How code and models influence automated decision-making (ADM) and customer outcomes
· Whether data structures and architecture support proportionate, non-invasive processing
Working with Senior Managers and the Head of Function, you'll apply and continuously improve analytical methods, tooling and repeatable routines that increase the quality, consistency and impact of oversight.
A strong understanding of the end-to-end data lifecycle is essential. Prior privacy experience is not required - your value comes from translating technical data behaviour into clear, actionable risk insight that drives improvement.
This role does not focus on delivering privacy programmes or producing management reporting; it focuses on interrogating data, systems and code to evidence how privacy risks manifest in practice.
Key responsibilities:
- Insight-Led & Thematic Oversight (Primary Focus)
· Interrogate code, data pipelines and models to understand:
o The level of intrusion in processing
o Impact on automated decision-making and customer outcomes
o Alignment with principles of proportionality and data minimisation
· Identify where controls are ineffective in practice, providing clear, evidence-based challenge
· Produce concise, high-impact insight that drives tangible improvement in business practices
- Data Lifecycle, Architecture & DPIA Review
· Play a key role in reviewing Data Privacy Impact Assessments (DPIAs) by:
o Interrogating the underlying data architecture, code and processing logic
o Testing whether risks and controls reflect actual system behaviour
· Conduct structured quality assurance of DPIAs, identifying gaps between documented intent and technical reality
· Develop and implement automation of repeat oversight activities, including scalable QA routines
- Risk Insight & Practical Challenge
· Translate technical findings into clear, outcome-driven risk insights for business stakeholders
· Support incident and issue analysis, focusing on root cause and control effectiveness
- Collaboration & Influence
· Influence stakeholders through clarity of insight rather than process ownership
Why Lloyds Banking Group
If you think all banks are the same, you'd be wrong. We're an innovative, fast-changing business that's shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that's empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.
What you'll need
Technical Data Expertise (Essential)
· Hands-on understanding of how data is structured, processed and controlled across the lifecycle
· Experience working with data pipelines, models and architectures in production environments
· Ability to read and challenge code (e.g. SQL, Python) and assess how logic translates into outcomes
· Strong understanding of data structures, metadata and how data is organised for analytics and data products
· Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and how they influence data usage and control design
Applying Technical Expertise to Oversight
· Ability to assess how technical design decisions (code, models, structure) impact privacy and customer outcomes
· Experience interrogating systems to understand how data is actually used, not just how it is described
· Comfortable reviewing artefacts such as DPIAs from a technical and data architecture perspective
· Strong focus on insight, challenge and evidence, rather than programme delivery or reporting production
· Experience driving automation and repeatability in analytical or oversight activities
Ways of working:
· Confident operating as a technical and analytical specialist within a senior team
· Able to challenge constructively and influence across technical and non-technical audiences
· Strong communication skills, with the ability to make complex ideas clear and actionable
About working for us
Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we're committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.
We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.
We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum
criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent...
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