Compliance Manager (Data Protection Officer, Regulatory Compliance & Privacy)

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest.

About the

Legal, Compliance, and Public Affairs team

The Legal, Compliance, and Public Affairs team is a group of dedicated professionals committed to helping Affirm scale, innovate, and provide outstanding products for consumers, merchants, and key partners

We combine legal, compliance, and policy expertise to guide growth, shape products, and build trust across our ecosystem Our work spans multiple professional disciplines and provides the foundation for Affirm’s mission to deliver honest financial products.

About the role

The Manager, Regulatory Compliance & Privacy (DPO) will support the UK Compliance function by leading and coordinating key second-line regulatory compliance and privacy oversight activities for the UK entity

This role will serve as the operational lead for UK privacy compliance and Data Protection Officer (DPO) responsibilities, while also supporting broader UK regulatory compliance priorities, including vulnerable customers and other key regulatory expectations and programs

The role will partner closely with Legal, Product, Engineering, Operations, Risk, Financial Crimes, and other Compliance stakeholders to ensure a well-governed, scalable, and effective UK compliance framework.

What you’ll do

As Manager, Regulatory Compliance & Privacy , serve as the primary operational lead for UK privacy compliance matters and act as the designated Data Protection Officer (DPO) for the UK entity, subject to any final organisational and regulatory approvals.

Lead and oversee on existing key UK privacy governance activities, including Data Protection Impact assessments (DPIA’s), oversight, privacy risk assessments, incident and breach governance, data subject rights processes, retention and deletion governance, and regulatory documentation, where required suggest improvements.

• Lead the regulatory input of the firms Management Information (MI) dashboard for Privacy, to include data relating to consumer outcomes and the firms meeting of Privacy requirements.
• Ensure ongoing consideration of the metrics and make recommendations for improvement or updates.

Lead the development of the firms Privacy Compliance Monitoring Programme (CMP) ensuring its suitability is aligned to the risk appetite of the firm, the regulatory landscape and the market within which the firm operates

Support in completion of the firms Enterprise wide compliance risk assessment and control inventory, including collecting and documenting results, establishing where opportunities exist and work with internal and external partners to deliver.

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