Ocado Group is an equal opportunities employer and as such makes every effort to ensure that all potential employees are treated fairly and equally, regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, age, or disability or union membership status.
About the role
At Ocado, innovation is at the core of everything we do. We don’t just follow trends – we create them. We break the mold and challenge the status quo every day. If you’re someone who thrives on change, embraces fresh challenges, and wants to make a real impact, we want you on our team.
As part of our tight-knit, supportive Data Protection Team, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and promoting our global data privacy culture. This is an exciting opportunity to influence how Ocado handles personal data across the business and work closely with a range of stakeholders, including our community of Data Privacy Champions.
You’ll have the chance to lead and own the end-to-end management of business processes involving personal data. By working side-by-side with key stakeholders, you’ll help steer the business on best practices and regulations for Data Privacy, ensuring we stay ahead in a fast-evolving field.
If you’re a proactive, adaptable individual who’s ready to take on challenges and contribute to a culture of constant improvement, this is the role for you!
Accountabilities
- Support the business by conducting Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) to ensure projects and processes involving personal data meet compliance standards. You’ll play a key role in influencing business decisions, advising on the best legal frameworks, and improving data privacy practices across the organization.
- Writing guidance, communications, and policy documents.
- Ensuring the company data privacy policies, standards and guidelines are operating effectively and are kept up to date.
- Investigating personal data breaches, collaborating with the Data Privacy Champions to identify risks and advise on mitigating actions, ensuring they are implemented.
- Immediately escalate personal data breaches to DPO that present a high risk to the rights and freedoms of data subjects.
- Supporting investigations of any complaints from a Data Protection Supervisory Authority.
- Working with the Data Privacy Champions across the global business to ensure Ocado maintains processing inventories and a record/register of processing activities.
- Identifying potential issues and risks with respect to the processing of personal data both within and across business functions.
- Clearly communicating areas of concern to Data Privacy Champions, Process Owner and DPO escalating on issues log/Risk Register.
- Support in the prioritisation of any issues, risks or other actions identified.
- Providing advice to the Individual Rights Team responsible for managing requests for data subjects.
About you
- Experience of process analysis and process documentation in a programme or project environment.
- A good understanding of information technologies and data security.
- Experience of using OneTrust.
- Knowledge of risk management frameworks and best practice.
- Ability to work with a range of business stakeholders to understand and articulate their activities in line with defined standards.
- Excellent knowledge of EU and UK Data Protection Legislation.
- Experience of investigating data breaches and advising the business in relation to data protection requirements.
- A professional qualification in data protection would be desirable.
About Us
Our teams are putting the world’s retailers online using the cloud, robotics, AI, and IoT. We provide
services to partner clients globally via our innovative advanced robotics technology, known as the Ocado Smart Platform ("OSP"), this drives our highly automated, multi-million pound Customer Fulfilment Centres (CFCs). In our CFCs - together with the proprietary software applications - we operate a world-class online grocery business that automates the single pick of products, ready for your online delivery.
What we offer you
Our employee benefits are designed for you, we care about people and we’ve ensured we have a wealth of benefits that focus on your well-being. We regularly review our benefits to ensure we are supporting our employees appropriately.
30 days ‘working from anywhere in the world’ policy
Wellbeing support through dedicated apps and an Employee Assistance Programme
25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days after 5 years service (plus optional holiday purchase)
Pension scheme (various options available including employer contribution matching up to 7%)
Generous Private Medical Insurance (within the first month of joining!)
Income Protection (can be up to 50% of salary for 3 years) and Life Assurance (3 x annual salary)
22 weeks paid maternity leave and 6 weeks paid paternity leave (once relevant service requirements complete)
Train Ticket loan (interest-free)
Cycle to Work Scheme
Free shuttle bus to and from Hatfield Train Station to the Hatfield offices
Free shuttle bus to and from Welwyn Garden City Train Station to the Welwyn Garden City offices
Opportunity to participate in Sharesave and Buy as You Earn share schemes
15% discount on Ocado.com and free delivery for all employees (within the first month of joining!) #LI-HYBRID #LI-JK1
Top Skills
What We Do
When our journey started, we were all about changing the way people shop for groceries. Nearly 20 years later, we’re a FTSE 100, client-focused business that provides services, technology, and automation to grocery e-commerce businesses around the world.
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