[Hiring] Digital Compliance & Data Manager @Raspberry Pi Foundation

Role Description

We are seeking a forward-thinking Digital Compliance & Data Manager to lead, champion and embed digital compliance and data governance across our digital ecosystem and to provide specialist capacity and expertise to the Foundation’s data protection function and designated Data Protection Officer.

This role holds a broad strategic focus on emerging digital and privacy regulations globally, ensuring our digital landscapes spanning cloud platforms, web apps, AI tools, online learning portals as well as our internal operations are legally compliant and appropriately structured.

As our subject-matter expert on digital compliance and data protection, you will:

• Build compliance understanding across the Foundation.
• Support the design of new products and services.
• Keep our policies and frameworks current as the law evolves.

We are looking for someone who can balance practical, business-enabling advice with the rigour needed to protect the young people and educators we serve, our staff and our supporters.

Reporting to the Senior Legal Counsel, you will work closely with colleagues within the Legal team and wider Operations Division, as well as with Engineering, Product and Data team colleagues.

We strive to make the Foundation a place where talented people who care about our mission can do the best work of their careers. We have a flexible and collaborative approach to all aspects of our work. If you’re the right person for the job, we’ll make it work for you, and you can be confident that you’ll be working with an exceptional team.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert advice to ensure the Foundation’s compliance with digital and privacy regulation across our core markets (including the UK, EU, US, India, Kenya and South Africa).
• Partner with Engineering, Product and Data teams to embed Privacy by Design and Default into everyday workflows.
• Coordinate DPIAs and other assessments required for higher-risk processing.
• Provide expert advice to senior stakeholders, including the Foundation’s designated Data Protection Officer, on higher-risk matters.
• Track, interpret and coordinate the Foundation’s response to emerging digital and privacy regulation globally.
• Provide clear, proportionate risk assessments on the adoption of novel technologies.
• Own and continuously improve the Foundation’s broader information governance framework.
• Review and continuously iterate our information security, data retention, and data privacy policies.
• Maintain and manage the Record of Processing Activities and underlying organisational data map.
• Conduct periodic reviews of key data processors and third-party suppliers.
• In collaboration with the People & Culture team, manage the Foundation’s response protocols for data subject access requests (DSARs).
• Lead investigation, mitigation and reporting procedures for potential data breaches and data-related complaints.
• Design and deliver practical impactful, modern compliance and data privacy training.
• Build a collaborative culture of transparency and accountability where compliance is understood by every team.

Qualifications

• A recognised data protection qualification (e.g., CIPP/E, CIPM, Practitioner Certificate in Data Protection) or an equivalent legal or compliance qualification.
• Strong working knowledge of privacy regimes including UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018, US legislation.
• In-depth knowledge of children’s online privacy and familiarity with the ICO’s Age Appropriate Design Code (Children’s Code).
• Digital and technical literacy: a strong understanding of modern software paradigms, including APIs, cloud architecture (AWS/GCP), cookies/trackers, SDKs, and data pipelines.
• Experience in an international organisation handling multi-jurisdictional data transfers.
• Experience of working within a small-medium sized business and with user-centred agile software development teams.
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks related to AI governance, ethical machine learning, and accessibility.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate legal requirements into practical, accessible guidance.
• A collaborative instinct - you see compliance as something teams own.
• Experience in the charity or edtech sectors.

Benefits

• 25 days’ annual leave initially, growing to 30 days after five years service.
• Company-wide close down for 3 days at the end of the year.
• Generous company pension scheme with 8% employer and 4% employee contributions.
• Private healthcare.
• Life assurance and long-term illness insurance policy.
• Investment in professional development and learning.
• Flexible work hours as needed, to fit around childcare or other commitments.
• Generous family leave policy.
• Cycle-to-work scheme and season ticket loan.

Timetable for applications

• Closing date: 16th October 2026 17.00 GMT.
• Phone screen: Week commencing 26th October 2026.
• First-round interview: Week commencing 9th November 2026.
• Second-round interview: Week commencing 23rd November 2026.