Senior Data Protection Executive
Reporting to the Associate Director – Flutter International Data Protection Officer, the Senior Data Protection Executive supports the effective delivery and maturity of the Division’s data protection and wider privacy governance framework. The role works across multiple regions, controllers, and brands to ensure consistent adoption of privacy requirements and best practices under international regulatory regimes. A key partner to the Flutter International Data Protection Officer,, the role focuses on coordinating and influencing regional and brand-level teams within a federated governance model. It enables alignment on privacy operations, compliance monitoring, incident response, AI governance, and overall programme expectations. While not directly managing teams, the position steers and supports those responsible for implementing privacy controls, enabling compliance processes, and embedding a strong privacy culture across the Division.
- Support the investigation of personal data incidents and breaches across Regions and Brands. Coordinate with relevant stakeholders to ensure incidents are handled in line with local regulatory requirements and Group standards.
- Deliver core data protection compliance activities including monitoring compliance with local and international data protection laws and regulations, and support the consistent application of Group Key Minimum Requirements and FI Division Data Protection Requirements within a federated operating model.
- Supporting and reviewing Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs). Provide pragmatic, risk-based guidance to support compliant business decision-making affecting mulitple controllers.
- Advising on risk mitigation measures in collaboration with commercial and operational teams
- Support regular briefings for commercial business teams and contribute to reports for senior management and governance forums. Coordinate with regional privacy and legal stakeholders globally to ensure alignment and effective information sharing.
- Work closely with Controller entities and internal stakeholders (including IT, Marketing, Product, HR, Operations, and Online teams) to strengthen internal data protection controls, and to embed privacy-by-design and privacy-by-default into business processes.
- Contribute to clear documentation and written briefings on data protection topics for internal audiences. Contribute to the development of targeted training materials for staff interacting with personal data or supporting data protection processes.
- Manage data subject rights requests (including DSARs, erasure, and objection requests) and customer data protection queries or complaints. Ensure all requests and actions are accurately recorded in internal systems. Maintain and operate documented procedures and service level agreements (SLAs) for handling rights requests.
- Strong technical competence in data protection and privacy governance (required).
- Ability to influence, coordinate, and align senior stakeholders across multiple controllers and jurisdictions (required).
- Excellent communication skills and strong attention to detail (required).
- Credibility and confidence when engaging with business units, senior leaders, and regulators (required).
- Adaptive, proactive, and comfortable working in a dynamic and federated model (required).
- Professional qualification (CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT, AIGP, or equivalent) or demonstrable equivalent experience (required).
- Experience delivering or coordinating privacy programmes across complex, multinational organisations (required).
- Strong analytical, programme management, and commercial skills (required).
- Strategic mindset with strong prioritisation and communication capabilities (required).
- High levels of energy, resilience, and adaptability in a fast-paced environment (required).
- 30 days annual leave as standard.
- Excellent parental leave policy.
- Flexible working opportunities.
- Pension benefits.
- Training and career progression opportunities.
Flutter is the world’s leading online sports betting and gaming company, operating some of the most innovative, diverse and distinctive brands in the sector such as FanDuel, Sky Betting and Sky Gaming, Paddy Power, PokerStars, Betfair, Sportsbet, Tombola, Adjarabet, Sisal, Snai, Betnacional, Junglee Games and MaxBet. We have an unparalleled portfolio of world-class brands, global scale and challenger mindset, through which we excite and entertain our customers, in a safe and sustainable way. Using our collective power, the Flutter Edge, we aim to disrupt our sector, learning from the past to create a better future for our customers, colleagues and communities.