Senior Data Protection Analyst

About The Role
Team – Compliance - UK
Working Pattern - Hybrid – 2 days per week in the Vitality London Office. Full time, 37.5 hours per week.
We are happy to discuss flexible working!
Top 3 skills needed for this role:

• Proven multijurisdictional privacy leadership
• Expert regulatory risk judgement
• Strong executive-level influence

What this role is all about
We're looking for an experienced Senior Data Protection Analyst to take a leading role in protecting personal data across Vitality's UK and international businesses. You'll lead complex incidents, advise senior stakeholders on higher-risk privacy matters and influence decisions across key projects and strategic initiatives. Working closely with the Head of Data Protection, you'll have the autonomy and visibility to strengthen how privacy risk is managed across the Group while supporting good commercial and member outcomes.
What you will be doing

• Lead complex and higher-risk data protection matters across UK and international markets, assessing regulatory exposure and recommending proportionate action.
• Provide expert advice and challenge to senior stakeholders on privacy risk, lawful processing and regulatory requirements.
• Lead data protection health checks and assurance activity, identifying weaknesses and driving improvements through to resolution.
• Lead DPIAs, AI and international transfer assessments, embedding privacy by design into major change, technology and strategic initiatives.
• Oversee complex data protection incidents and investigations, assessing risk and supporting escalation of significant breaches and regulatory notifications.
• Strengthen Vitality's data protection framework through effective policies, controls, processes, guidance and oversight.
• Monitor emerging privacy, AI and data regulation, translating regulatory change into practical business action.
• Partner with Legal, Information Security, Data Governance, Sourcing and international teams to strengthen shared privacy standards and controls.
• Support senior governance, audits, certifications and regulatory engagement, providing clear analysis and recommendations on key privacy risks.
  Act as a senior expert within the team, coaching colleagues and providing cover for the Head of Data Protection where required.

What do you need to thrive?

• Expert knowledge and practical application of UK GDPR, EU GDPR and wider global privacy legislation across multiple jurisdictions
• CIPP/E certification or an equivalent professional data protection qualification
• Significant experience leading complex privacy, data protection or related regulatory work within a large organisation
• Strong second line oversight experience, with the confidence to challenge and support first line functions constructively
• Proven experience of DPIAs, data subject rights, incident management, regulatory engagement and privacy risk assessment
• Experience building and improving scalable privacy frameworks, controls and multijurisdictional oversight models
• Strong analytical capability, including developing meaningful metrics and using insight to improve privacy processes
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience influencing executives and contributing to senior governance forums
• The judgement and independence to manage sensitive, complex and high-risk matters with integrity and discretion
• Experience within insurance, financial services or another highly regulated sector would be advantageous

So, what's in it for you?

• Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
• A pension of up to 12%– We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
• Our award-winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefits
• Life Assurance – Four times annual salary

These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!
If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:

• Help you to be the healthiest you've ever been
• Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self
• Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work
• Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths
• Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be
• Give you the space to try, fail and learn
• Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support
• Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits
• Be there for you when you need us
• Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society

We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.
About The Company
We're incredibly proud to be recognised for the culture we've created — recently being named one of Glassdoor's Best Places to Work 2026, and in 2024 we were delighted to be awarded Top 10 Places to Work in the Sunday Times Awards.
Vitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place.
We've been a purpose and values-driven business from day 1- long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared-value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives – they benefit, our business benefits, and society benefits. We're successful because we attract, develop, and retain the best people – and because we care.
Plus, you get to join our 1.7+ million members with access to our unique health insurance and healthy living programme. Just to make sure you know our products inside and out.
Ready to find out if we're the right fit for you? We can't wait.
If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please submit your application as soon as possible.