Data Protection Officer

Oxford - Hybrid (3 days per week in the office)

The Role

Reporting to the General Counsel, the successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining and developing Oxford Nanopore’s data protection and privacy compliance framework. Reporting to the General Counsel, the DPM works to ensure that ONT understands and complies with all relevant data protection legislation and regulations in all countries where the company operates. Current key regulatory regimes are UK, GDPR, US, Canada, Australia, and Singapore.

This is a hands-on operational role responsible for directly executing core privacy compliance activities, managing assessments, completing records, and coordinating end‑to‑end data protection processes across the business. 

The role works closely with Legal, Information Security, HR, Commercial, Clinical/Regulatory and R&D teams, to provide support and guidance to the business, to maintain necess...