Job Specifications
Department: 61-543 - Technology Operations - Technology Governance
Location: UK - Leeds
Description
Why Join DAZN?
DAZN is transforming how fans experience sport. As one of the world’s fastest-growing sports streaming platforms, we reach millions of concurrent users globally and operate at the intersection of media, technology and innovation.
With rapid international expansion and a fast-paced product release cycle, privacy and data protection are critical to how we build trust with our customers and partners. This is a rare opportunity to lead privacy at scale in a truly global, digital-first organisation and shape how data protection is embedded into everything we do.
The Role
As Head of Privacy & Data Protection, you will have full accountability for DAZN’s global Data Privacy and Data Protection programme. You will act as a trusted expert and advisor to the Board, senior leadership and the wider business, ensuring DAZN meets its global regulatory obligations while enabling innovation and growth.
This role is pivotal in driving behavioural change across the organisation — educating teams, embedding privacy by design, and ensuring data protection is a core part of DAZN’s culture and operating model.
What You'll Be Doing:
Lead and own DAZN’s global data privacy and data protection strategy, roadmap and ways of working
Provide expert advice on privacy and data protection matters across all jurisdictions in which DAZN operates
Advise on national and international privacy laws and regulations, including GDPR, DPA 2018 and ePrivacy legislation
Support the Data Protection Officer, Board and senior leadership with clear, pragmatic guidance on privacy risks and challenges
Monitor regulatory developments, enforcement actions and guidance from supervisory authorities, translating these into actionable plans
Conduct gap analyses and develop action plans to support compliance with new and evolving privacy regulations globally
Draft, review and negotiate data protection clauses in commercial agreements with clients, partners and vendors, including international data transfers
Lead the response to data subject access requests, data incidents and personal data breaches
Implement and enforce effective privacy policies, procedures and controls across the organisation
Work closely with engineering, product, cloud and data teams to embed privacy by design into platforms, data lakes and multi-region cloud environments
Train and educate key stakeholders across DAZN on data protection requirements and internal policies
Liaise with supervisory authorities and manage regulatory inquiries, complaints and investigations
What You'll Bring:
Extensive experience leading data privacy and data protection programmes in a global, fast-paced organisation
Expert knowledge of GDPR, DPA 2018 and a strong understanding of other major global privacy frameworks
Proven experience advising senior leadership and Boards on complex privacy and regulatory matters
Strong understanding of privacy by design principles and their application in digital products and platforms
Experience working with multi-region cloud environments and large-scale data architectures
A track record of managing data incidents, breaches and regulatory engagement
Sound judgement and the ability to assess and balance data privacy risk in a commercial context
Highly detail-oriented, with the ability to drive strategic improvements across policies, processes and controls
Relevant professional qualifications (e.g. CIPP/E, PC.dp or equivalent)
Benefits
Benefits include access to DAZN, 25 days’ annual leave (increasing by 3 days after 3 years), private medical insurance, life assurance, pension contributions up to 5%, family friendly community including enhanced parental leave, electric vehicle benefit option, free access for you and one other to our workplace mental health platform app (Unmind), learning and development resources, opportunity for flexible working, and access to our internal speaker series and events.
About the Company
We are DAZN. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. Together, we bring ambition to life.
We are the digital leader in global sports media. We are home to the world’s largest, fastest-growing sports streaming service. We're using world-class technology to revolutionise the industry.
As part of our team you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere.
For us, it's all about Limitl...
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