Privacy Technology Lead Tech Consultant, contract, outside IR35, London Hybrid

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), CIPP/E, or SAFe Practitioner/Architect certification.

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