Head of Privacy (DPO)

We’re quite proud of our achievements…

250M+ downloads, 48M+ monthly users, #1 by installs in the iOS Health category, 4.9 stars on the App Store (3M+ reviews), backed by 7 VCs, annual revenue at 9 figures, and a valuation close to $1B.

…and we’re just getting started.

We’re Flo Health, a rapidly growing, Series B funded HealthTech building the essential digital health partner of tomorrow to empower women, girls, and people who menstruate with the knowledge and support they need to stay well and live better.

And there's never been a more exciting time to join us.

Our cycle, ovulation and pregnancy tracking, educational content and anonymised community platform have been trusted for years by millions to help them feel more in control of their health every day.

Now though, we’re harnessing the power of data analytics and AI to build a smarter future, one where we all know our bodies better - we’re set to become the world’s favourite female health brand.

Big plans, right?

They absolutely are -  that’s why we’re hiring.

The Role

The Head of Privacy (DPO) reports to the Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and is part of Flo’s Legal & Compliance function. 

Legal & Compliance acts as a gatekeeper to Flo Health, providing advice and assistance in complying with relevant compliance obligations, including interpretation of relevant laws, and guidance on the implementation of internal policies and procedures. The department's a driver of change within the organisation with a focus of making the product and internal processes more and more compliant.

As a result, each and every one of our newest members should be hands-on, pragmatic, and both user, and business, focused. Our ideal DPO is energetic, problem-solving, and aspirational.

What you will be doing:

• Creating, maintaining and supervising Flo’s Privacy vision and strategy.
• Maintaining, executing, and enforcing of Flo’s Privacy programme, including group-wide policy, framework, guidance, and standards for all teams and colleagues.
• Setting appropriate mechanisms for reporting on the progress of Flo’s Privacy programme to external and internal stakeholders, including the establishment of success and progress metrics.  
• Ensuring productisation of privacy and data protection requirements through collaboration with relevant stakeholders and setting appropriate working protocols with Product, Engineering, and Marketing.
• Leading company-wide privacy initiatives.
• Leading education and awareness efforts on privacy and data protection.
• Driving business change in relation to data protection compliance processes and projects.
• Leading efforts in maximizing the value of the team, including  through the establishment of adequate reporting, data usage, coaching, and feedback analytics.
• Leading a UK/EU based team consisting of 2 privacy counsels, a program manager, a privacy project manager, and a legal assistant.
• Managing and coordinating a network of privacy champions as well as ensuring its efficiency and effectiveness.
• Ensuring proper planning and budgeting of privacy-related expenses, including third-party fees, software, and staffing.
• Supervising Flo’s ongoing regulatory requests and other GR-related issues.
• Primary reporting to the group’s Chief Legal & Compliance Officer.
• Secondary reporting to the Privacy & Security Steering Committee (Flo’s senior leadership) and the Board of Directors (provision of highlights, attendance of annual meetings).

What we're looking for:

Essential:

• 10+ years of experience in privacy and data protection.
• 5+ years of experience in privacy leadership roles.
• Proven record of work in developing tech companies - good understanding of the product design and software development lifecycle.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• CIPP certifications (CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT or similar).
• Good knowledge of agile techniques and collaboration tools (Confluence, JIRA, Miro)
• Good knowledge of privacy-specific software (e.g., OneTrust).
• Good knowledge of security aspects of privacy.
• Good understanding of how growing product organizations work, what challenges they face, and how privacy should be embedded by design.

Desirable:

• Multilingual
• Law degree (Bachelors or Masters)
• Experience working in the HealthTech, MedTech or Digital Health environments.

Benefits:

We believe in supporting our employees both at and away from work, and we really value a healthy work-life balance. Our benefits package includes:

Opportunity to participate in the company salary sacrifice pension scheme with 5% company match
Life Insurance at 4x salary
Bupa private medical insurance for you and your family
25 holiday days per year on top of public bank holidays
Hybrid working setup for the most optimal work-life balance for you
State of the art parental policies (6 months of fully paid maternity leave and 1 month of fully paid paternity leave)

Rewards

People perform better when they’re happy, paid well, looked after and supported. 

That’s just a fact.

On top of competitive salaries, for employees at Flo we offer:

• A fully flexible working environment wherever you’re at your best: at home, in our offices, or a mix-and-match of both
• Company equity grants through Flo’s employee share option plan (ESOP)
• Career growth, progression, and learning development resources
• Workations - an opportunity to work abroad for two months’ a year
• Six months fully-paid maternity leave with return to work bonus (including same-sex and adoptive parents)
• One month fully-paid paternity leave
• Annual salary reviews
• As many free premium Flo subscriptions as you’d like 
• A whole host of other benefits (health/pension/social schemes - dependent on location)

Our Culture

It’s pretty hard to condense a culture down to a few words, but we do all have a few things in common.

We’re problem solvers, we’re adaptable, we’re empathy driven and results led. 

People here like working in a fast-paced, multi-national, multi-cultural and ever changing environment. Everyone has an impact on a powerful mission, and is happy to roll their sleeves up to ideate solutions and put them in place. Being part of a rapidly growing business means that the answers aren’t always there for us already, but that’s okay; it’s part of the excitement!

If this resonates, we might be the right place for you.

We know that building the future of female health isn’t going to be easy,
but we’re hoping you’re up for the challenge.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The strength of our workforce is in the diverse backgrounds of our employees, and Flo is committed to applying its equal opportunities policy at all stages of recruitment and selection. This means recruitment and selection of talent into Flo Health companies is only based on individual merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. Shortlisting, interviewing, and selection will always be carried out without regard to gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, color, race, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or beliefs, ancestry, age, veteran status, mental or physical disability, medical condition, pregnancy or maternity status, trade union membership, or any other protected characteristics.