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:

• You join a vibrant global community with the opportunity to channel your passion every day
• A modern office environment designed for you, empowering you to bring your best
• Investment in your professional growth and development enabling you to thrive in our vibrant community
• The space to accelerate progress, positively disrupt and create what happens next
• We give you the platform to champion positive change, with the opportunity to contribute to our social impact, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
• We provide an excellent range of benefits like private medical cover, a generous pension scheme, life assurance, income protection, plus loads of music industry perks. There’s also time off over winter break

Equal Opportunities

As an active part of a culturally and socially diverse society, Sony Music’s aim is that our workforce is diverse and inclusive. Sony Music is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity.

We employ, retain, promote and otherwise treat all employees and job applicants according to their merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We apply this policy without regard to any individual’s sex, race, religion, origin, age, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition or disability.

Privacy Policy

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Please note that applicants must be at least 18 years of age.