Data Protection and Compliance Manager

Legal & General is one of Europe’s largest asset managers, providing clients and partners with complex, responsible investment solutions, across public and private markets. As a global investor, we are present where our clients most need us – from Hong Kong and Singapore, to Chicago and major European financial hubs.

Created by combining our investment management (LGIM) and asset origination (LGC) capabilities, our Asset Management division works with our Institutional Retirement and Retail divisions to benefit our clients and customers – which include individual savers, pension scheme members and global institutions – and deliver enhanced shareholder returns.

Joining us means becoming part of a market-leading team, with capabilities across the full spectrum of asset classes, with an enduring commitment to responsible investment and creating long-term, sustainable value for our clients and partners.

Job Description

Legal and General Affordable Homes are looking for a proactive Data Protection and Compliance Manager to join our innovative data team. This role is key to ensuring compliance with GDPR and other data protection regulations, while driving data security and governance initiatives.

As an essential member of the team, you will collaborate closely with the Head of Data and various stakeholders to maintain and implement data security policies, procedures, and controls. You will manage data compliance, oversee data privacy risks, and ensure the organization adheres to relevant regulations. Engaging in strategic discussions with internal and external stakeholders will also be a crucial part of your responsibilities.

What you'll be doing:

• Managing data security and protection within Affordable Homes
• Analysing data to understand the impact of changes and implementing policies accordingly
• Identifying and addressing areas for strategy, policy, or procedure review
• Managing the Data Sharing Register, Record of Processing Activities, and breach escalations
• Acting independently to ensure full compliance with GDPR
• Providing tools and mechanisms for staff to conduct their duties related to data protection
• Implementing approaches to data collection and analysis for SARs and breach reporting
• Overseeing investigations into data breaches and ensuring appropriate internal escalation

Qualifications

Who we're looking for:

• Degree educated or equivalent
• Appropriate security qualifications and memberships (e.g., ISO27001, CISSP, CISM)
• Expertise in GDPR with experience advising and influencing stakeholders
• Strong understanding of data concepts and architectures
• Ability to undertake analysis using Microsoft Excel
• Experience in shaping and determining changes to processes, policies, and procedures
• Strong negotiation skills and the ability to present technical concepts in business-friendly language
• Experience working with IT and Information Security stakeholders in complex organizations

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer: 

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Private medical insurance (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart