Business Unit:  Chief Data Office
Salary range: £37,000 - £47,000 per annum
Location:  UK hybrid with occasional travel as determined by business requirements to local VM hub location.
Contract type: 12 Month FTC

Our Team

The Data Governance and Regulation (DG&R) team provide valuable support to help Virgin Money harness the value from its rich data assets. The Data Protection and Privacy function sits within DG&R. We help deliver the Bank’s innovative change agenda, by providing SME oversight, advice and guidance. Our goal is to ensure the business can process data fairly and ethically, building trust and enhancing good customer outcomes whilst also meeting our regulatory obligations.

What you’ll be doing

• The Senior Privacy Analyst will help the team embed a proactive data protection culture across the Bank, by providing subject matter expertise on all data privacy matters.

• You will build strong relationships with key Business Partners and stakeholders to ensure that Data Privacy processes are understood, met and managed in line with our policy and technical standards.
• You will help the Business complete its transformation agenda, by supporting critical and complex project and change initiatives, encouraging and building a privacy by design and default approach.

• You will support delivery of training and awareness sessions to ensure Data Protection and Privacy (DP&P) standards are upheld pan Bank.
• You will provide oversight and assessment of Data Privacy Impact Assessments, Personal Data Breach events and drive the delivery of action plans created to strengthen the DP&P risk and control environment.

• You will deliver best in class advice and guidance to business areas on data governance and privacy to support control activities, reducing DP&P risk events and maintaining compliance in line with Virgin Money’s standards and processes aligned to 2^nd Line policies.
• You will support creation of horizon scanning reports and help enhance the reporting MI suite to support compliance and risk tracking as well as keeping the business abreast of external data events, and regulatory changes.

We need you to have

• Significant demonstrable experience of working within the frameworks of UK GDPR, PECR and DPA 2018.
• An ability to analyse complex Data Protection Impact Assessments, providing effective guidance to influence and drive compliant decision making.
• Experience in translating regulatory ICO expectations into actionable, practical and meaningful advice across a varied range of stakeholders.
• Experience of communicating and presenting key messages to engage with people across all levels of the Group.
• Strong analytical skills (possibly statistical analysis) and experience of interrogating large volumes of data to identify and report on risk trends.
•  Experience of prioritising competing tasks and working autonomously as part of a high performing data team.

It’s a bonus if you have but not essential

• A professional Data Protection and Privacy Qualification
• Experience or working with Power Platforms, including Power Automate and Power BI
• Financial services experience

Red Hot Rewards  

• Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time)​ plus the option to buy more. 

• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year​.  

• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt.  

• Market-leading pension.  

• Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance.  

• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness.  

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. 

If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early. Please ensure to submit your applications as soon as possible.  

Say hello to Virgin Money 

Virgin Money is so much more than just a bank. As part of the Nationwide group, together we're the UK's first full-service mutual bank serving millions of retail and business customers and all driven by our purpose; Banking but fairer, more rewarding and for the good of society. With us, you’ll be part of an organisation uniquely positioned to make a difference to the lives of customers, communities and broader society and embark on a collaborative, customer obsessed, and fun-filled career journey. Embrace the weekdays, enjoy fantastic perks, and make a meaningful positive difference. Time to discover what it means to be part of the first mutual full-service banking provider.  

 
Be yourself at Virgin Money 

At Virgin Money, we celebrate everyone. We have fun, think big, and relentlessly include each other, all in pursuit of our purpose: Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society.  We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.    

As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion.  If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team careers@virginmoney.com

Please note: If we receive a high volume of eligible applications, we may need to prioritise candidates whose skills and experience most closely align with the role, while still ensuring fair and equitable consideration for all applicants.

Now the legal bit 
Although some of our roles allow you to be based anywhere in the UK, we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. 

If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.