Overview

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As a Data Protection Officer, you will act as the right hand of the Legal Director on all privacy-related matters within OBG and oversee privacy-related matters across OBG, ensuring regulatory compliance while enabling responsible and sustainable business growth.

In this role, you will assess and mitigate privacy risks, design and implement solutions, and provide expert guidance to stakeholders across the business. You will also lead a team of three professionals while reporting to the OBG Legal Director. The position operates under the functional oversight of the FDJ United Group DPO, based in Paris, France, and is part of a wider legal team located across Europe within a dynamic, fast-paced industry.

We are looking for a hands-on Data Protection Officer who thrives in operational environments and is not afraid to get involved in the day-to-day implementation of privacy practices. Beyond strategic oversight, the DPO will actively support teams in designing compliant processes, resolving complex data protection issues, and embedding privacy into product development cycles. This role requires a pragmatic mindset, strong execution capabilities, and the ability to translate legal requirements into actionable solutions across the business.

What you will do

• Oversee and ensure the protection of personal data across our platforms and operations
• Provide strategic advice to business stakeholders on a broad range of data privacy matters, with a focus on the EU, UK and Australia.
• Interpret and apply data protection laws (including GDPR, UK GDPR, and other global privacy frameworks) to business operations.
• Monitor and advise on global developments in privacy and data protection law.
• Develop, implement, and maintain privacy policies and procedures to ensure compliance across jurisdictions.
• Collaborate with Procurement, Security, IT teams and Internal Audit to perform supplier audits and due diligence under the supplier risk management framework.
• Design and deliver privacy training and awareness programs across the business.
• Lead investigations into data breaches, prepare reports to regulators where required, and manage regulatory or customer complaints.
• Contribute to enhancing group-wide data governance frameworks.
• Promote and embed data protection by design and default into business processes.
• Oversee and handle data subject requests (access, rectification, erasure, objection, etc.) in a timely and compliant manner.
• Maintain and update the Record of Processing Activities (RoPA) in collaboration with business units.
• Define and track privacy KPIs, and report regularly to senior management on compliance status and risk exposure.

Staying compliant in your role

• Ensure that you adhere to the Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) obligations for your role.
• Identify and raise any non-compliance incidents promptly to your line manager.
• Challenge processes, policies and projects that will negatively impact compliance within the Group.
• Complete all mandatory compliance training assigned to you.
• Reach out to the Compliance Teams if unsure of any of your compliance obligations or the requirements are unclear.

How will success be measured in this role

• Acting in line with FDJ UNITED values
• Successful completion of all relevant training and other compliance activities that support FDJ's sustainable and responsible growth

Your experience

• Law degree.
• 7–10 years' experience also with global data protection laws from the data controller's perspective and Artificial Intelligence.
• Proven managerial and leadership experience.
• Background in B2C and digital industries, with experience leading cross-functional, international projects.
• Strong understanding of online technologies and their privacy implications.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships with legal and business stakeholders.
• Skilled at translating complex legal and regulatory requirements into practical, risk-based recommendations.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise multiple projects.
• Proactive and independent working style.
• Fluency in English is essential; proficiency in French is a strong asset.

Our Way Of Working

Our world is hybrid.

A career is not a sprint. It’s a marathon. One of the perks of joining us is that we value you as a person first. Our hybrid world allows you to focus on your goals and responsibilities and lets you self-organise to improve your deliveries and get the work done in your own way.

Application Process

We believe talent knows no boundaries. Our hiring process focuses solely on your skills, experience, and potential to contribute to our team. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and evaluate each candidate based on merit, regardless of personal characteristics as the age, gender, origin, religion, sexual orientation, neurodiversity or disability.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Legal

Industries

• Gambling Facilities and Casinos