Group Privacy Officer

The role

You will build and maintain a privacy framework from the ground up for a multi-national SaaS business. This includes developing policies, DPIA and DPA methodologies, and training across Engineering, Product, Sales, Marketing, and AI development.

What you will do

• Build and maintain the privacy framework including Group Record of Processing Activities, DPIA methodology and DPAs
• Provide answers to privacy questions for local entities and functions
• Ensure personal data processed by AI and ML complies with GDPR and the EU AI Act
• Track privacy work across entities and escalate risks
• Build and run ongoing privacy training and awareness across Group companies
• Own and refine the breach response process
• Run privacy assessments on new systems, tools, and vendors

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of senior privacy experience built across a multi-entity, multi-jurisdiction organisation, ideally spanning the UK and EU
• Track record of standing up privacy programmes and harmonizing practice across companies
• Hands-on experience with RoPA, DPIAs, data flows, and vendor privacy assessments
• Practical, confident way of using AI day to day, including building tools in Claude or Copilot

Nice to have

• A formal privacy qualification (CIPP/E, CIPM, or similar) or legal training
• Time spent in a PE or VC-backed scale-up moving fast through growth
• Experience presenting privacy strategy straight to a board or exec team

About the company

Aceve is an AI-first company that builds digital tools for people who construct and maintain the physical world. They have over 900 employees across 8 countries and more than €100M in revenue.