Data Protection Manager, Monzo
£80-92k
+ Incentive Awards
Digital-only bank platform and marketplace
Be an early applicant
Digital-only bank platform and marketplace
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
£80-92k
+ Incentive Awards
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build a new kind of bank that makes money work for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- 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 the job involves
- 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
- 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
Application process
- 30 min recruiter call
- 30 min call with the hiring manager
- 2 hours of technical and behavioural interviews
Our take
Monzo is a challenger bank that fully operates online and offers a full range of current, savings, business accounts, and more. The speed of the challenger banks to provide a great experience has been impressive, and the number of competitors appearing has proven the consumer desire for innovation.
Monzo remains one of the popular online banks, with more than 6 million active users. The company faces competition from more traditional banks, such as Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan, which have launched their own digital banks. However, the new technologies that the company is built on enable it to expand quickly (with fewer issues) than the incumbent players' offerings.
With an increasing amount of people switching banks, the company's ever-expanding suite of banking and financial services (such as its buy-now-pay-later offering) has resulted in Monzo receiving the second-highest net switching gains among digital challenger banks (just behind Starling).
After setting U.S. expansion plans aside in 2020, the company launched in the U.S. market in early 2022, partnering with Sutton Bank to provide its U.S. accounts. After several years focused on narrowing its losses, Monzo hit profitability in the first two months of 2023. In the same year, 2 million new customers joined, tallying its customer base at 9 million in 2024.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 18 rounds)
May 2024
$190m
LATE VC
Mar 2024
$458.8m
LATE VC
Total funding: $1.9bn
Company benefits
- Yearly Salary Review + Proactive pay increases to reflect growing responsibilities + Share options
- Flexible working hours
- Work From Home Opportunities + we'll pay for any equipment you need to do your job
- 24 days holiday a year, plus bank holidays
- Paid sick leave for both physical & mental health + Health insurance via AXA or Vitality + Additional health insurance through Medicash
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Learning budget of £1,000 a year
- Aviva Pension Scheme + 4% Employer Contribution
- Paid maternity, paternity, adoption or shared parental leave (after 13 weeks of employment)
- 52 weeks of primary caregiver leave (6 months at 100% pay, 13 weeks at Statutory Maternity Pay, 13 weeks unpaid)
- 3 months of secondary caregiver leave at 100% pay
- Unum Life Insurance
- Access to fertility and family-forming health benefits via Fertifa
- Abellio Season Travel Tickets + Cycle-to-Work Scheme
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Leadership
TS Anil
(CEO)Also a Board Member at Accion. Previously Board Member at UK Finance, Global Head of Payments, Products & Platforms at Visa and was the Global Head of Retail Products at Standard Chartered Bank.
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