Data Protection Manager

🚀 We’re on a mission to make money work for everyone.

We’re waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking.

After starting as a prepaid card, our product offering has grown a lot in the last 10 years in the UK. As well as personal and business bank accounts, we offer joint accounts, accounts for 16-17 year olds, a free kids account and credit cards in the UK, with more exciting things to come beyond. Our UK customers can also save, invest and combine their pensions with us. 

With our hot coral cards and get-paid-early feature, combined with financial education on social media and our award winning customer service, we have a long history of creating magical moments for our customers!

We’re not about selling products - we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo ❤️

📍 London/Cardiff/UK Remote | 💰£80,000 - £92,000 Incentive Awards tied to your performance  Benefits  ✨

Our Data Protection team ⭐

At Monzo, we’re building a bank that people trust - not just with their money, but with their data. We’re looking for a knowledgeable, collaborative and experienced Data Protection Manager to make sure we’re customer and people-focused, innovative, and providing Monzo with pragmatic, business friendly advice. Working within our Data Protection team, you will perform a critical role in making sure that  data protection is baked into the products and services we ship, helping the business scale quickly and safely.

As a Data Protection Manager, you will be part of our 1st line team. The team is operational, dynamic and moves at pace. We’ll need you to work with the business, be close to our product teams to enable growth and diversification on our journey to building a new way of banking. Monzo is not an organisation that lives to tick boxes, we need to strike the right balance for our customers to continue to grow and provide the best products and services.

The Data Protection Manager will report to our Senior Data Protection Manager in the 1st line team within the Security Collective. You will be expected to work closely with the 2nd and 3rd line teams as well as key stakeholders from every area of Monzo.

🔑 You’ll play a key role by...

• Embedding data protection principles into the products and services we build, ensuring privacy is considered from day one
• Partnering closely with teams across Monzo to provide clear, pragmatic advice on data protection risks and requirements
• Supporting large-scale, high-impact projects to help the business grow safely and responsibly
• Designing and improving data protection controls, policies, and processes to strengthen our overall framework
• Building scalable processes to manage data subject rights and regulatory obligations in a fast-growing environment
• Delivering training and guidance to teams, helping build a strong culture of data protection across Monzo
• Supporting the management of incidents and breaches, working with stakeholders to resolve issues effectively
• Collaborating with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd line teams to ensure a joined-up, consistent approach to data protection 

🤩 We’d love to hear from you if…

• You have experience navigating data protection challenges in fast-growing companies or advising tech businesses
• You bring strong knowledge of UK GDPR, PECR, and related regulations (through experience or qualifications)
• You’re confident managing risk and understand how to apply governance in a practical, business-friendly way
• You can break down complex problems and work with stakeholders to deliver clear, actionable solutions
• You enjoy partnering with teams across a business and thrive in collaborative, fast-paced environments
• You’re a strong communicator who can influence and engage a wide range of audiences
• You’re proactive, comfortable with ambiguity, and motivated to drive meaningful improvements
• You hold a relevant certification such as CIPP, CIPT, CIPM, or ISEB

Not ticking every box? That’s totally okay! Studies show that women and people of colour might hesitate to apply unless they meet every single requirement. At Monzo, we’re dedicated to creating a diverse and welcoming team. If you’re passionate about this role and keen to learn and grow with us, we encourage you to apply— even if you don’t have everything that's listed just yet. Drop us your application, we’d love to hear from you!

🙌 What’s in it for you

💰 £80,000 - £92,000 ➕ Incentive Awards tied to your performance
📍 This role can be based in our London office, but we're open to distributed working within the UK (with ad hoc meetings in London)
⏰ We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, and at times that suit you and your team
📚 £1,000 learning budget each year to use on books, training courses and conferences
🏡 We will set you up to work from home; all employees are given MacBooks and for fully remote workers we will provide extra support for your work-from-home setup
➕ Plus lots more! Read our full list of benefits

🌈 The application journey has 3 key steps

• 30 min recruiter call
• 30 min call with the hiring manager
• 2 hours of technical and behavioural interviews
  
  

This process should take around 4 weeks - your schedule is really important to us, so we promise to be as flexible as possible!

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We’ll only close this role once we have enough applications for the next stage. Please submit your application as soon as possible to make sure you don’t miss out.

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Equal opportunities for everyone

Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we’re making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Monzo. At Monzo, we’re embracing diversity by fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us. This is integral to our mission of making money work for everyone. You can read more in our blog, 2024 Diversity and Inclusion Report and 2024 Gender Pay Gap Report.

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.

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