Senior Manager, Data Privacy

As Senior Manager, Data Privacy, you will act as a trusted advisor to the business, providing pragmatic and commercially-focused privacy guidance across departments. Working closely with stakeholders globally, you will play a key role in supporting the organisation to manage personal data responsibly, maintain compliance, and fortify consistent, high-quality data protection practices across the business. 

What you'll do:

• Draft and negotiate one-off data-share agreements (e.g., artists, distribution clients, ticketing partners, co-promoters)
• Review, draft and negotiate vendor agreement data protection provisions
• Conduct and document Privacy Impact Assessments and Transfer Impact Assessments
• Advise business stakeholders on the compliant use of approved third-party tools and services
• Support the Product Design & Engineering team on the development and global implementation of internal tools
• M&A data privacy due diligence, contract review, and post-acquisition integration support
• Incident response support
• Review data import and export requests
• Support Sony Music’s live division, including negotiating vendor, location, co-promotion and IP license agreements, drafting privacy notices and marketing consent language, and collaborating with other Sony Group companies on Sony IP location-based events
• Advise label marketing teams on local and multi-market contests, including compliance with applicable data privacy and marketing legislation and codes of practice
• Support label and international marketing teams on promotional campaigns, ensuring compliance with applicable data privacy and marketing legislation and music/streaming chart rules
• Collaborate with the business to prepare Data Subject Access Requests responses
• Support the Customer Relationship Management team with data rights requests and scheduled data deletion
• Advise the People Experience team on local and company-wide initiatives, including internal surveys, employee tools and services, and the global careers site
• Support US and International litigation teams

Who you are:

Essential:

• A minimum of two years’ PQE, preferably in the Data Privacy field
• Handling Data Subject Access Requests
• Preparing Privacy Impact Assessments
• Drafting and negotiating data processing agreements
• Implementing and maintaining data privacy operations (e.g., ROPAs, PI inventories, automated processes) 
• Experience advising digital marketing teams
• Knowledge and awareness of ongoing developments related to Data Privacy law worldwide, including but not limited to EU/UK, US, APAC, LatAm
• Excellent analytical and communication skills
• Ability to work with others within Sony Group and across Sony Music divisions
• Strong negotiation skills and work ethic
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, good judgment, and intellectual curiosity
• Demonstrated ability to build trusted advisor relationships with internal clients, together with commitment to provide the highest quality internal client support

Desirable:

• IAPP certifications (including Cyber and AI)
• Experience in Incident Response
• Experience working in the entertainment/media industry
• Knowledge of AI and marketing legislation
• Powerpoint skills

What we give you: