DSAR Specialist, eDDA, Group Investigations

Join our Legal eDiscovery & Data Advisory (eDDA) team as an eDiscovery Specialist and play a key role in delivering high-quality Data Subject Access Request (DSAR) solutions across Wealth & Retail Banking (WRB). Working alongside an experienced in‑house team, you’ll take ownership of the end‑to‑end DSAR lifecycle, ensuring timely, compliant, and defensible outcomes. This highly visible role involves collaborating with stakeholders across the business, external partners, and data subjects—making a real impact on how we manage data privacy and disclosure. If you’re passionate about eDiscovery, data protection, and driving best‑in‑class processes, this is your opportunity to help shape and scale a growing function.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end management of WRB DSAR cases, from scoping through to closure
• Manage and deliver eDiscovery workflows aligned to EDRM principles
• Operate and optimise RelativityOne for document review, redaction, and production
• Draft data requests, correspondence, and document review protocols
• Partner with internal teams, external counsel, and vendors to deliver time-sensitive outputs
• Build and contribute to a repeatable DSAR playbook, ensuring consistency and quality
• Provide expert guidance on UK data protection laws and ICO guidance, applying these in practice
• Engage directly with data subjects, regulators, and stakeholders with clarity and professionalism
• Support governance, risk controls, and the defensibility of DSAR processes
• Contribute to reporting, MI, and continuous improvement of the eDiscovery function
• Act as a trusted advisor, influencing stakeholders and supporting strategic initiatives
• Deliver training and guidance to stakeholders on review and redaction workflows

Skills And Qualifications

• Proven experience in eDiscovery and DSAR management (typically 3–5 years)
• Strong understanding of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM)
• Practical knowledge of UK Data Protection Act 2018, GDPR, and ICO guidelines
• Hands‑on experience with RelativityOne (certification or ability to achieve certification)
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly
• Experience working with external counsel, vendors, and cross‑functional teams
• Analytical mindset with strong problem‑solving capabilities
• Proficiency in tools such as MS Excel and data handling platforms
• Understanding of data collection, preservation, and minimisation principles (desirable)
• Background in legal, investigations, consultancy, or financial services environments (advantageous)
• Degree‑level education or equivalent professional experience

About Standard Chartered

We’re an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we’ve worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you’re looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can’t wait to see the talents you can bring us. Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours.

What We Offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing. Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations. Time‑off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum. Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns. Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market‑leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first‑aiders and all sorts of self‑help toolkits. A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning. Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies – everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.