Senior Manager, Data PrivacySony Music Entertainment · UK & Ireland, United Kingdom, London

Senior Manager, Data Privacy

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🗓️ Posted 2026-07-23 UK & Ireland, United Kingdom, London Hybrid Legal
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market 7,083 GBP–10,000 GBP/mo

About the Company

As Senior Manager, Data Privacy, you will act as a trusted advisor to the business, providing pragmatic and commercially-focused privacy guidance across departments. Working closely with stakeholders globally, you will play a key role in supporting the organisation to manage personal data responsibly, maintain compliance, and fortify consistent, high-quality data protection practices across the business.

Responsibilities

  • ● Draft and negotiate one-off data-share agreements (e.g., artists, distribution clients, ticketing partners, co-promoters)
  • ● Review, draft and negotiate vendor agreement data protection provisions
  • ● Conduct and document Privacy Impact Assessments and Transfer Impact Assessments
  • ● Advise business stakeholders on the compliant use of approved third-party tools and services
  • ● Support the Product Design & Engineering team on the development and global implementation of internal tools
  • ● M&A data privacy due diligence, contract review, and post-acquisition integration support
  • ● Incident response support
  • ● Review data import and export requests
  • ● Support Sony Music's live division, including negotiating vendor, location, co-promotion and IP license agreements, drafting privacy notices and marketing consent language, and collaborating with other Sony Group companies on Sony IP location-based events
  • ● Advise label marketing teams on local and multi-market contests, including compliance with applicable data privacy and marketing legislation and codes of practice
  • ● Support label and international marketing teams on promotional campaigns, ensuring compliance with applicable data privacy and marketing legislation and music/streaming chart rules
  • ● Collaborate with the business to prepare Data Subject Access Requests responses
  • ● Support the Customer Relationship Management team with data rights requests and scheduled data deletion
  • ● Advise the People Experience team on local and company-wide initiatives, including internal surveys, employee tools and services, and the global careers site
  • ● Support US and International litigation teams

Requirements

  • ● A minimum of two years' PQE, preferably in the Data Privacy field
  • ● Handling Data Subject Access Requests
  • ● Preparing Privacy Impact Assessments
  • ● Drafting and negotiating data processing agreements
  • ● Implementing and maintaining data privacy operations (e.g., ROPAs, PI inventories, automated processes)
  • ● Experience advising digital marketing teams
  • ● Knowledge and awareness of ongoing developments related to Data Privacy law worldwide, including but not limited to EU/UK, US, APAC, LatAm
  • ● Excellent analytical and communication skills
  • ● Ability to work with others within Sony Group and across Sony Music divisions
  • ● Strong negotiation skills and work ethic
  • ● Team player with strong interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, good judgment, and intellectual curiosity
  • ● Demonstrated ability to build trusted advisor relationships with internal clients, together with commitment to provide the highest quality internal client support
  • ● IAPP certifications (including Cyber and AI)
  • ● Experience in Incident Response
  • ● Experience working in the entertainment/media industry
  • ● Knowledge of AI and marketing legislation
  • ● Powerpoint skills
  • ● You join a vibrant global community with the opportunity to channel your passion every day
  • ● A modern office environment designed for you, empowering you to bring your best
  • ● Investment in your professional growth and development enabling you to thrive in our vibrant community
  • ● The space to accelerate progress, positively disrupt and create what happens next
  • ● We give you the platform to champion positive change, with the opportunity to contribute to our social impact, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
  • ● We provide an excellent range of benefits like private medical cover, a generous pension scheme, life assurance, income protection, plus loads of music industry perks. There's also time off over winter break
  • ● Please click here to read our privacy policy before beginning the application process as you will need to agree to the terms of the policy before submitting your information.