Data Protection Manager

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor.

We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders.

We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income.

L&G Asset Management is one of Europe’s largest asset managers, providing clients and partners with complex, responsible investment solutions, across public and private markets. As a global investor, we are present where our clients most need us – from Hong Kong and Singapore, to Chicago and major European financial hubs.

Created by combining our investment management (LGIM) and asset origination (LGC) capabilities, our Asset Management division works with our Institutional Retirement and Retail divisions to benefit our clients and customers – which include individual savers, pension scheme members and global institutions – and deliver enhanced shareholder returns.

Joining us means becoming part of a market-leading team, with capabilities across the full spectrum of asset classes, with an enduring commitment to responsible investment and creating long-term, sustainable value for our clients and partners.

At Legal & General, we believe that data protection is more than just compliance—it’s about trust, integrity, and empowering our people to do the right thing. We’re looking for a proactive and collaborative Data Protection Manager to join our Asset Management Data team. This is a fantastic opportunity to shape and lead data privacy initiatives in a dynamic and supportive environment.

What you’ll be doing:

• Managing subject access requests, RFP responses and other business-as-usual activities
• Overseeing change initiatives with a focus on GDPR compliance and risk assessment
• Engaging with new suppliers and ensuring completion of GDPR documentation
• Collaborating with offshore teams and guiding privacy-related activities
• Maintaining and updating data protection policies and procedures
• Conducting audits and assessments to identify and mitigate data risks
• Delivering training and guidance on data protection best practices
• Monitoring industry trends and advising on policy and process updates
  
  

Who we’re looking for:

• Bringing professional certification in data protection (e.g. CIPP, CIPM, CIPT) or a willingness to obtain one
• Demonstrating experience with OneTrust or similar data privacy platforms
• Possessing strong knowledge of GDPR and other relevant regulations
• Communicating clearly and confidently with a wide range of stakeholders
• Thriving in both independent and team-based working environments
• Showing a structured, problem-solving mindset with commercial awareness
• Being passionate about data privacy and motivated to drive positive change

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance -related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart
  
  

At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all.

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time, term-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.