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Morgan McKinley

Data Privacy Officer

Hybrid

London, United kingdom

Full Time

25-11-2025

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Monitoring Training

Job Specifications

The EAP PO Privacy is part of the Global Compliance department and has a mandate for

promoting a culture of privacy compliance and oversees the firms privacy practices and initiatives

regarding customer and employee information.

The PO has oversight of privacy risk in Europe and Asia-Pacific. It provides specialized advice

and counsel to Risk Owners (businesses and corporate functions), reports and escalates privacy

issues of key importance within the firm, provides training and acts as a primary point of contact for

local privacy regulators.

As second line of defense Oversight Function, the PO along with other risk and oversight

partners provide objective guidance, independent challenge and risk-based oversight of the firms

compliance with Europe and Asia-Pacific privacy laws, rules and regulations.

Job Description This role reports to the EAP PO Privacy Manager and supports various activities within Privacy.

Key accountabilities include:

• Perform reviews of Privacy Impact Assessments, Legitimate Interest Assessments,

Transfer Impact Assessments, Third Party Control Assessments and works with

businesses to review and challenge control and mitigation measures.

• Manage data privacy breaches and incidents and assist with data subject rights

requests.

• Manage annual review of Records of Processing Activities and the associated Annual

Attestation process, including for purposes of Article 30 of the GDPR.

• Maintain privacy issues log and other tracking and record-keeping documentation for

the EAP Region.

• Maintain privacy-related risk assessments, metrics and reporting mechanisms to

assess the health of the privacy program.

• Remain current on applicable legislation and regulation across the region.

• Support regulatory change activities.

• Assist in maintaining internal privacy policies and notices.

• Support training and awareness program to promote compliance.

• Conduct and/or participate in regional monitoring and testing activities as required.

• Escalate issues as appropriate.

• Support special projects and strategic initiatives as assigned.

• Provide objective guidance, support and advice to promote strong privacy controls

and processes.

• Assist with privacy-related activities associated with corporate transactions such as

integration, mergers and acquisition activities, including, planning, due diligence,

privacy impact assessments, policy and procedure reviews and creation.

• Participate fully as a member of the EAP Privacy team and Global Privacy Compliance

team through collaboration, sharing of privacy knowledge and expertise and identify

ways to innovate our processes.

• Maintain personal/professional development to meet the changing demands of the

role, including all relevant regulatory and legislative training.

About the Company

Morgan McKinley is a global talent services expert, offering the full spectrum of solutions to meet both employers’ and jobseekers’ needs. With 19 offices in 10 countries and nearly 1000 employees, it provides 3 distinct solutions for customers. - Recruitment Solutions encompassing deep expertise across 10 professional disciplines offering temporary, contract and permanent recruitment; - Executive Search for targeted C-Suite talent searches; - Talent Solutions empowering talent acquisition to deli... Know more