Head of Data Protection DPO

How youll be contributing to Accurx as our Head of Data Protection & DPO

The privacy of our users is at the heart of everything that we do be it in the way we build our products or the way we train our staff because at Accurx we believe that upholding our users trust is critical to us delivering on our important mission of ensuring everyone in a patients care can communicate with one another.

We are seeking an experienced and visionary Head of Data Protection and DPO to help shape the next chapter of our privacy and data protection journey. This role is pivotal in ensuring that as we grow and innovate we continue to protect the rights of our users and patients while enabling the business to move at pace.

You will be a key leader in our Technology division reporting to and working as a trusted partner to the CISO supporting the business through its next phase of growth ensuring we remain at the forefront of safe and responsible digital health innovation. Youll be instrumental in driving responsible innovationespecially as we expand into AIpowered productsand will champion privacy at the heart of everything we do.

Your day to day tasks should you choose to accept this mission ...

• Develop and own a forwardthinking data protection and privacy strategy that supports our mission of responsible innovation and positions privacy as a business enabler within a fastpaced HealthTech environment.

• Act as the organisations statutory DPO advising senior leadership on complex data protection issues specific to healthcare and digital health innovation.

• Work as a trusted partner to the CISO Exec team and Product/Engineering teams to embed privacy and data ethics by design.

• Be a key stakeholder in guiding how we responsibly leverage AI into our products and safely roll them out to our customers ensuring patient data is safeguarded at every stage.

• Strengthen and expand the existing privacy programme shifting our approach from being compliancefocused to enabling innovation and building trust.

• Manage and continuously develop a highperforming privacy and data protection function coaching and mentoring the current team of three and scaling as needed.

• Build strong relationships with external stakeholders including NHS bodies regulators and partners.

• Support incident response and data breach management in partnership with Security and Legal teams.

• Stay at the forefront of regulatory changes and trends in digital health AI and data ethics to futureproof the organisations approach to data protection.

• Lead on complex DPIAs data governance frameworks and incident management processes alongside key stakeholders.

What the team say:

Its a really exciting time to join the PrivacyTeam! Weve grown a lot lately and theres lots of opportunity to shape up and implement a privacy programme across an incredible and missiondriven business. Diana Borcila Privacy Lead

Wed really like to hear from you if...

• Strong track record of working within HealthTech healthcare technology or NHS digital ecosystems with a deep understanding of regulatory frameworks such as the UK GDPR Data Protection Act 2018 Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECRs) and other relevant healthcarespecific requirements and standards such as the NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit NHS Information Governance Standards to name a few.

• Proven ability to guide organisations through responsible innovation particularly in areas where emerging technologies (e.g. AI/ML) intersect with sensitive data.

• Demonstrated experience in building and leading privacy or data protection teams with the ability to grow capability nurture talent and foster a culture of trust and collaboration.

• Comfortable influencing at senior leadership level and partnering across technology product and clinical teams.

• A pragmatic businessenabling approach with an understanding of balancing compliance with speed of in a scaleup environment.

• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills able to represent the business externally to regulators and partners.

How you work

At Accurx we believe in making every day count as we hold a vital role in supporting our users by driving innovative solutions to fix healthcare communication. We want everyone at Accurx to reflect our principles in how they work by looking to:

Fix healthcare communication

Raise the bar

Be a driver not a passenger

Succeed together

Move with urgency

Be relentlessly resourceful

Embrace challenge

Check them out for more detail here!

What we can offer...

salary dependent on experience the value of 80000 share options

Access to Happl a flexible benefits provider with a given budget of 600 to spend on perks of your choice. Options include private health insurance wellness providers and more.

We are office first all accuFolk come to our office in Shoreditch a minimum of 3 days per week with the option to work remotely 2 days a week. Read more about our policy here.

Allocated annual learning & development budget

Enhanced parental leave policy

Prayer meditation and breastfeeding room

Working abroad policy

We have our very own Chef! Free healthy breakfasts snacks and lunches will be provided with the occasional sweet treat!

...And much more.

Like the sound of this role and want to know more about the company Heres more about us...

Were a fastgrowing healthcare technology company which makes it easier for patients and healthcare teams to communicate.

Accurx is where conversations happen with and about patients. Our software helps doctors nurses pharmacists administrators and other professionals to seamlessly connect with both patients and each other.

Our mission is simple: everything we do is to make patients healthier and healthcare staff happier. Today Accurx is used in 98 of GP practices nationwide and every day more healthcare professionals are using our software in hospitals pharmacies care homes and the community.

Were passionate about staying close to our users which is why everyone at Accurx visits a GP practice at least twice a quarter to understand how a practice runs the difficulties they face with technologies and how we can help.

Head over to our main careers page to find out more about the team and our candidate hub.

You can also find out more about us on Medium LinkedIn and Twitter & Instagram.

Our YouTube channel is full of demos of our product webinars we have held with our users and some clips about life at Accurx.

Diversity & Inclusion

Accurx is committed to being an inclusive part of this were glad to accommodate candidates who need adjustments throughout the interview process.

Preemployment Screening

All successful candidates are asked to complete a Basic DBS check along with other preemployment checks (referencing & right to work). You can find more on our process here. If youd like to ask questions before you apply please email .