Senior Manager, Privacy Compliance and Assurance

Warner Bros. Entertainment; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.

Who We Are…

When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Your New Role:

Global Privacy Services is a centralized team of privacy professionals who work alongside lawyers, product and data teams to drive compliance across the entire enterprise. The team provides services under five core functions: Privacy Projects and Operations, Privacy Compliance and Assurance, Privacy Service Center, Vendor Privacy and Privacy Technology.

We are currently seeking a Senior Manager, Privacy Compliance and Assurance to oversee a privacy compliance function and execute global privacy compliance projects. This role includes collaborating with key stakeholders, interpreting legal requirements and supporting a diverse team to seamlessly integrate robust privacy practices into business operations.

Your Role Accountabilities:

PRIVACY COMPLIANCE

• Lead and manage the work of a Hyderabad based compliance team, that rigorously assesses adherence to privacy regulations to reduce regulatory risk.

• Execute global privacy compliance projects and initiatives in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements. Regularly provide updates on status of projects to key stakeholders.

• Work with senior level stakeholders to proactively assess risk of new projects against existing compliance initiatives and recommend prioritization.

• Interpret privacy legal requirements and provide targeted guidance to internal team members and external partners to maintain compliance.

• Develop and roll-out actionable privacy guidance for remediations to reduce privacy and regulatory risk, enabling stakeholders to make necessary updates.

• Design and implement compliance test scripts and plans.

• Track and report on compliance using a unified set of compliance metrics to evaluate compliance effectiveness.

• Maintain compliance of digital tracking technologies used across the company’s digital properties, including SDKs, pixels, and cookies, including how these are deployed to comply with privacy standards and regulatory requirements.

• Interrogate and report on information in a centralized database around data use in WBD and its vendors.

PRIVACY ASSURANCE

• Enhance and sustain the WBD Privacy Governance Framework, comprising of the enterprise privacy common control framework and associated policies, standards and guidelines.

• Support internal audit processes and teams.

• Make continuous improvements to data inventory, tagging, flows and mapping across the enterprise.

• Help manage the library of standards and guidance for privacy, partnering with Legal, Data Governance and Brand Support functions to provide accurate and up-to-date guidance for businesses and engineering teams.

• Generate data extracts to support WBD's Records of Processing Activity (ROPA).

• Regularly review and update privacy compliance procedures and tasks within the team to reflect changes in laws, regulations, and company strategy.

• Drive harmonization of processes globally.

STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT

• Work collaboratively with privacy professionals, lawyers, and product and technology stakeholders on data-driven governance and compliance initiatives across Warner Bros Discovery’s business.

• Work with key stakeholders on enhancements to the enterprise common control framework.

• Partner closely with Data Governance, Privacy, Legal, Security and Technology teams.

MANAGE A TEAM OF DATA & PRIVACY PROFESSIONALS

• Oversee 2+ direct reports (permanent/temporary mix).

• Train and support the privacy compliance team, ensuring high levels of competency and understanding of privacy regulations.

Qualifications & Experiences:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.

• 5+ years professional experience in privacy.

• 3+ years people management experience.

• Knowledge of industry-accepted privacy frameworks and privacy regulations (GDPR, CPRA, etc.).

• Experienced with manipulating large data sets.

• Experience creating data maps.

• Experience driving compliance with data privacy standards, policies or projects.

• Exceptional organizational and project management skills and attention to detail.

• In-depth knowledge of digital tracking technologies.

• MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams).

Not Required but Preferred Experience:

• Knowledge of and passion for media, entertainment, and technology industries (including key players, growth trends and drivers, new media models, industry structure, etc.).

• Certifications such as: CIPP, CIPM, CIPT, CISM, CDPSE.

• Experience with Data Catalog Tools or Privacy Platforms e.g. Collibra, OneTrust.

• Experienced reporting on large scale datastores e.g. Snowflake.

• Familiarity with streaming and similar products/services.

• Experience working across multiple timezones/locations.

Working Model: This role is advertised as a Hybrid work model, that combines remote and in-office work, following our current company policy and to be agreed with your Line Manager. Subject to any applicable laws, WBD / your Line Manager reserves the right to change this working agreement where this is essential to business needs and upon reasonable notice to you.

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.