Privacy Technology Consultant, contract, outside IR35, London Hybrid

Privacy Technology Consultant

You'll serve as the bridge between privacy compliance, engineering delivery and architecture governance ensuring privacy principles are implemented effectively throughout the software development life cycle.

This position requires a unique combination of technical depth, regulatory understanding, and agile delivery experience. You'll help turn high-level regulatory and policy requirements into concrete, testable technical stories and controls, directly influencing how privacy-by-design is Embedded in digital products and systems.

Responsibilities

Privacy-by-Design in Agile Delivery

• Integrate privacy requirements directly into Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and delivery squads, ensuring privacy is an integral part of feature and system design.
• Consume and apply Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) to epics, features, and acceptance criteria, ensuring privacy-related considerations are included in delivery planning and execution.
• Support PI planning activities by identifying and escalating privacy risks early, ensuring mitigation actions are incorporated into team objectives.
• Validate delivery outputs post-implementation to confirm privacy requirements are fully met and verifiable.

Technical Assurance & Translation

• Inspect, review, and challenge technical designs, architecture, SDK integrations, and vendor implementations to ensure compliance with internal privacy guardrails.
• Translate ambiguous legal or regulatory intent into clear, testable technical stories and acceptance tests that can be validated through automated pipelines.
• Embed privacy controls and assurance checks within CI/CD workflows, supporting continuous compliance and proactive risk detection.

Incident Response & Coaching

• Act as the primary privacy SME for delivery and platform teams during privacy incidents or investigations.
• Provide technical insight during incident triage, root cause analysis, and remediation planning.
• Coach teams in privacy-preserving engineering practices, including data minimisation, anonymisation/pseudonymisation, and consent management.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, Security Engineers and Lega to ensure privacy compliance is aligned with business and technical goals.
• Work closely with Solution Management and Architecture to embed privacy considerations early in design phases.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of privacy engineering practices across the organisation.

Experience

• Technical Expertise:
• Background in software or data engineering, with hands-on familiarity across data pipelines, APIs, SDKs, Client Server tracking, consent tooling, and event-driven systems.
• Understanding of cloud environments, modern data architectures, and identity management principles.
• Privacy & Regulatory Literacy:
• Working knowledge of GDPR, PECR and relevant regulatory guidance from authorities such as the ICO or EDPB.
• Capable of identifying potential compliance risks and escalating to Data Protection or Legal teams when appropriate.
• Agile & SAFe Proficiency:
• Experience embedding Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) and Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) practices within agile workflows.
• Comfortable participating in agile ceremonies, including PI Planning, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt sessions.
• Systems Thinking & Risk Awareness:
• Strong understanding of how data and privacy risks flow across interconnected systems, third parties, and vendor ecosystems.
• Skilled at assessing technical dependencies and highlighting cross-platform privacy implications.
• Collaboration & Communication:
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate privacy and compliance requirements to engineers and product teams in clear, actionable terms.
• Proven ability to work across functions particularly with Legal, Product, Compliance, Architecture and Security.

Desirable

• Prior experience in privacy engineering, data protection assurance, or technical compliance roles within large-scale or regulated environments.
• Familiarity with test automation frameworks, DevSecOps pipelines, and continuous compliance tooling.
• Certifications such as CIPT (Certified Information Privacy Technologist), CIPM, CIPP/E, IAPP or SAFe Practitioner/Architect certification.

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