Lead - Data Subject Access Requests

This is an excellent opportunity for a Solicitor to join our Document Review and Collation (DRC) team in a substantive, client-facing role with real scope for career development. The DRC team provides multi-disciplinary expertise and scalable legal resource to support all TLT legal groups when delivering large-scale projects and legal managed services for our clients. The team is made up of qualified Solicitors and Paralegals who support both contentious and non-contentious fee earners from across the firm, working predominantly on data subject access requests (DSARs) and document review and disclosure exercises. We work across a wide range of matters - from short, focused tasks to extended project-based engagements requiring a dedicated team over several months. As the team continues to grow, we are looking for an enthusiastic and driven Solicitor to join us, take ownership of key workflows, and develop their career within a specialist legal operations environment. Role ResponsibilitiesThis role supports and oversees the DSAR workstream from scoping through to delivery, ensuring work is completed accurately, efficiently and in line with legal, client and regulatory requirements. This includes applying legal judgement to disclosure, redaction, privilege, confidentiality, exemptions and data protection issues, while helping to shape practical delivery approaches for high-volume or complex review matters.As a key addition to the team, day to day you will have involvement in:Managing DSAR, document review and eDiscovery workstreams from receipt or scoping through to final delivery, with outputs completed accurately, efficiently and within agreed legal, client and statutory timeframesSecond-level review and quality control, ensuring work progresses within timeframes and budget, whilst also ensuring the appropriate application of data protection principles, exemptions, privilege, confidentiality, disclosure obligations and agreed coding or review protocols. This also includes acting as the final quality-control checkpoint before DSAR responses are issuedHigh-quality legal and operational support across document review and managed legal services projects, applying sound judgement to both routine and complex matters and escalating risks appropriatelyUsing technology to improve how work is delivered, including supporting the use of platforms and tools such as Relativity, Legora, Microsoft Copilot and other review or workflow solutions to enhance quality, consistency and efficiencySupporting junior colleagues, project workers and reviewers through guidance, informal or delegated supervision, quality feedback and day-to-day oversight, helping to build capability and maintain consistent delivery standardsLiaising with internal stakeholders, clients and suppliers through clear communication, practical guidance and timely updates, helping to ensure smooth delivery across matters and workstreamsContributing to business-development activities (through client-facing responsibilities and commercial support)Skills