Lead, Privacy Engineering & Data Governance
Condé Nast is one of the world's most renowned media publishing companies, creating and distributing every type of media today, spanning print and digital publishing in all formats. With a portfolio of some of today's most influential brands, the company continues to grow its audience through a global operational and content infrastructure across its 12 owned and operated markets. Headquartered in New York City, the company's owned and operated markets include China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico & Latin America, Spain, Taiwan, UAE/Dubai, the U.K., and the U.S., with additional local license partners in over twenty additional markets across the globe. Lead brands include Vogue, The New Yorker, GQ, Architectural Digest, Condé Nast Traveler, Vanity Fair, Wired, Allure, Ars Technica, Bon Appétit, House & Garden, Pitchfork, Tatler, and Vogue Business.
Job DescriptionLocation: London, GBCompany Condé Nast is a global media company producing the highest quality content with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers in 32 territories through print, digital, video and social platforms. The company's portfolio includes many of the world's most respected and influential media properties including Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Self, GQ, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler/Traveller, Allure, AD, Bon Appétit and Wired, among others.
Condé Nast is a global media company, home to iconic brands including Vogue, GQ, Glamour, CN Traveller, Vanity Fair, Wired, The World of Interiors, House & Garden and Tatler, among many others. We are headquartered in New York and London and operate in 32 markets worldwide, with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers across print, digital, video and social platforms.
Condé Nast thrives on collaboration, and our teams come together in the office four days a week (Monday - Thursday). We value diversity of background, views and cultures. We celebrate people for their personal qualities, skills and contributions, recognising the power our brands have to influence and shape culture. The cross-functional Data Governance function, in which the role sits, is an integral part of our overall business strategy, helping us to generate value through the use of our first party data in line with regulatory compliance.
Job DescriptionLocation: London, GBCondé Nast thrives on collaboration, and our teams come together in the office four days a week (Monday - Thursday).We value diversity of background, views and cultures. We celebrate people for their personal qualities, skills and contributions, recognising the power our brands have to influence and shape culture.
PurposeWe are looking for a hands-on technical specialist to lead how we identify and resolve privacy and data governance issues across our digital platforms. You should enjoy getting under the hood of websites and apps to understand how data is collected and transmitted. You will inspect dataLayers, browser consoles and network calls, review HTML and JSON and investigate cookies, tags, pixels, APIs and SDKs. You will then work with Product and Engineering teams to understand what needs to change and help see the work through to implementation.
The role sits within Data Governance and works closely with Product, Engineering, Commercial, Audience and Business & Legal Affairs. You do not need to come from a traditional privacy background or be a software engineer. We are looking for someone with strong technical experience who understands, or has a strong interest in, privacy, consent and responsible data use.
The role also covers broader technical data governance, including data flows, classification, access and monitoring, particularly as data is increasingly used for self-service analytics and AI.The role is primarily focused on hands-on technical investigation and assurance, including inspecting data collection, tracking technologies and consent behaviour.
Other work involves leading governance and remediation work with Product and Engineering, maintaining data mapping, setting up and improving compliance monitoring and related governance controls, as well as supporting privacy and regulatory requirements in partnership with Business & Legal Affairs.
Responsibilities:
Investigate websites, apps and backend services using browser developer tools, dataLayers, network traffic, browser storage, cookies, tags, pixels, SDKs and APIs to understand how data is collected, shared and used.
Review analytics, advertising, consent and third party implementations, test behaviour before and after consent choices, and identify where live activity does not match the intended configuration.
Turn technical findings into clear requirements and work with Product, Engineering and vendors to resolve issues, test changes and prevent them from recurring.
Define practical controls for tracking, consent, data access, classification, retention, ownership and appropriate use, including data used for self service analytics and AI.Maintain accurate data maps covering systems, vendors, data elements and processing activities, and support Records of Processing Activities, Data Protection Impact Assessments and regulatory documentation.
Run monitoring using tools such as Didomi, Privado and ObservePoint, investigate findings and maintain clear records of reviews, remediation and technical decisions.
Work with Business & Legal Affairs on GDPR, ePrivacy, CNIL and other privacy requirements, providing technical evidence for regulatory reviews, audits and vendor assessments.
Explain technical data flows, risks and solutions clearly to technical and non technical stakeholders, and help embed privacy and governance into Product and Engineering workflows.
Skills and ExperienceWe are open to candidates from different technical backgrounds. Relevant experience may come from Privacy Engineering, Analytics Engineering, Analytics Implementation, Ad Tech, MarTech, Tag Management, Solutions Engineering, Data Engineering or Technical Consulting.
You should have: Strong hands on understanding of how websites and apps collect and transmit dataExperience using browser developer tools, including the console, network inspection and browser storageAbility to inspect and understand dataLayers, HTML and JSON, with a good understanding of cookies, tags, pixels, trackers, APIs and SDKsWorking understanding of privacy and compliance principles (e.g. GDPR, CNIL, CCPA) or experience applying technical skills in a regulated environmentExperience with analytics, advertising, consent and tag management tech e.g. GTM, Snowplow, Didomi, SourcePoint, OneTrust or Ethyca, Ketch or similarExperience investigating technical issues and working with Product or Engineering teams to resolve themUnderstanding of data flows and how information moves between first party systems and third partiesStrong analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to explain technical findings clearly to technical and non technical stakeholdersEnough experience to take ownership of complex work and drive it through to resolutionExperience in the following would be useful but is not essential: Consent management and IAB TCFData governance, classification, metadata, lineage or access controlsDatabricks or other modern data platformsSQL or other methods of inspecting dataDigital media, programmatic advertising or audience technologyAI or self service analytics governanceYou do not need to be a privacy lawyer or a software engineer. The strongest candidates will be technically curious, comfortable investigating how systems actually behave and interested in using those skills to improve privacy and data governance.
What happens next?
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply below, and we will review your application as soon as possible. You can update your resume or upload a cover letter at any time by accessing your candidate profile.
Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.
What happens next?
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply below, and we will review your application as soon as possible. You can update your resume or upload a cover letter at any time by accessing your candidate profile.
Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics. SummaryLocation: The Adelphi, London, GBType: Full time