Senior Data Protection & Privacy Manager in Salfords

Business Unit: Cubic Transportation Systems

Company Details: When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners.

Job Summary: Reporting to the VP & General Counsel, EMEA, the Senior Data Protection & Privacy Manager serves as the regional subject matter expert for data protection and privacy matters across EMEA. The role is responsible for leading the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of Cubic's privacy compliance programme, ensuring adherence to applicable data protection laws, regulatory requirements, customer obligations and internal governance standards. The role provides strategic guidance to business leaders, programme teams, engineering functions, information security teams, bid teams and commercial stakeholders regarding privacy risk management and regulatory compliance.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Privacy Governance and Strategy: Lead the implementation and ongoing development of the EMEA privacy compliance framework. Develop, maintain and enhance privacy policies, standards, guidance and operating procedures. Establish privacy governance mechanisms, controls and performance metrics to ensure continued regulatory compliance. Drive continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen Cubic's privacy maturity and risk management capability. Monitor emerging regulatory developments and assess their impact on Cubic's products, services and business operations.
• Privacy Risk Management: Lead privacy risk assessments across systems, products, programmes and business operations. Direct privacy impact assessments and data protection reviews for new technologies, solutions and operational changes. Identify privacy risks, compliance gaps and control deficiencies, recommending proportionate and commercially practical mitigation strategies.
• Business Support and Advisory: Act as the primary privacy advisor to programme teams, engineering organisations, commercial functions and business leadership. Provide expert advice during customer negotiations, bids, requests for proposals and contractual discussions involving privacy and data protection requirements.
• Programme Leadership: Lead cross-functional privacy projects and compliance initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and business functions. Coordinate privacy remediation programmes arising from audits, assessments, customer requests or regulatory change.
• Audit and Regulatory Engagement: Lead privacy compliance reviews and support internal and external audits. Act as a key point of contact for customer privacy assessments and due diligence activities.
• Knowledge Sharing and Functional Leadership: Provide functional leadership and privacy expertise across the organisation. Mentor stakeholders and project teams regarding privacy obligations and best practices. Develop and deliver privacy awareness and training programmes.

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Significant experience in privacy, data protection, information governance, information security, regulatory compliance or related disciplines.
• Demonstrable experience developing and implementing privacy compliance programmes within a complex commercial organisation.
• Proven experience managing complex cross‑functional projects involving multiple business functions and stakeholders.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise:

• Expert knowledge of UK GDPR, EU GDPR and privacy governance principles.
• Strong understanding of privacy considerations arising from AI‑enabled technologies.
• Exceptional analytical and problem‑solving capability.

Education and Qualifications:

• Essential Degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Desirable CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT or equivalent privacy qualification.

Personal Qualities:

• Recognised as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert.
• Commercially astute and capable of balancing business objectives with regulatory requirements.

Company Culture and Inclusion Statement: We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate based on any protected characteristic under applicable law.