Privacy Compliance Professional

The Opportunity

Epiq Counsel is supporting one of the UK’s leading homebuilders, with the addition of an experienced Privacy Compliance Consultant to join their in-house compliance function on an interim basis.

This role is ideal for a mid-level compliance professional with strong, practical data privacy experience who enjoys being hands-on and working at pace in a changing environment.

Required Experience

• Minimum of 6 years’ hands‑on experience in data privacy / data protection, gained within an in‑house or operational compliance environment.
• Strong practical experience managing SARs and supporting DPIAs at volume.
• Solid working knowledge of UK GDPR, ICO guidance, and real‑world application of data protection principles.
• Confidence engaging with stakeholders at differing levels of data protection understanding.
• Willingness to support a hybrid role requiring two days onsite in West Midlands-based office.
• Epiq Counsel partners with industry-leading clients in support of their sophisticated interim talent needs. Must be interested in practicing in an alternative, fixed-term legal services model.

Preferred Experience

• IAPP certification or equivalent practical experience strongly preferred.
• Experience in regulated environments is helpful, but industry background is flexible.

Key Responsibilities

• Immediate impact within a well-established in-house compliance team.
• Manage and support a high volume of Subject Access Requests (SARs), including coordination with internal stakeholders and third-party providers.
• Lead and support Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) for ongoing projects, working closely with the business to guide unfamiliar stakeholders through DP requirements.
• Advise on data privacy queries, low-risk breaches, complaints, and “right to be forgotten” requests.
• Review and assess privacy notices and data usage requests to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and practical business needs.
• Apply a pragmatic approach to compliance, confidently advising where activities cannot proceed and explaining the “why” in clear, business-friendly terms.
• Support delivery of BAU compliance work while contributing to roadmap and control implementation as required.

Benefits

• Hybrid role
• Compensation commensurate with experience.
• Market beating benefits in the alternative legal services space, including: 25 days holiday + bank holidays, pension and comprehensive healthcare.
• Engagement support and coaching.

Should your experience meet the role requirements, the Epiq Counsel team will contact you. The Epiq Counsel team strives to respond to all applications; however due to the volume of applicants, we cannot always respond to every application.

About Epiq Counsel

Epiq Counsel is an innovative legal services talent provider that offers meaningful in-house legal secondment work and flexibility to sophisticated and credentialed lawyers and legal professionals. Our lawyers and legal professionals work on a wide variety of legal matters for Fortune 500 clients. Epiq works hard to provide our diverse legal talent with challenging work for sophisticated clients that does not require sacrificing flexibility or control.

Our team takes the time and attention to understand each legal professionals practice areas, experience, and preferences to ensure they are presented with sophisticated interim in-house opportunities with leading law departments across the globe. Leverage our network to work for organisations in need of top-tier legal services. Take the next step in your legal career and join a vibrant community of Epiq legal professionals!