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# Head of Data Protection

- **Company:** Taylor Root
- **Location:** Barcelona, Spain
- **Salary:** €110,000 - €130,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software as a Service, Data Governance, Data Retention
- **Published:** November 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jobleads.com/es/job/head-of-data-protection--barcelona--ed039e14c77c7a2181f898877d8440f2d

## About the Role

* Around 7+ years' privacy/data protection experience, ideally within SaaS, fintech or another fast-growth technology environment.
 * UK or EU legal qualification.
 * Strong knowledge of GDPR and developing AI regulation, particularly the EU AI Act.
 * Experience partnering with Product and Engineering teams.
 * Genuine AI fluency, ideally using AI tools, workflows or automation within your current role.
 * Strong commercial judgement and the ability to communicate complex privacy risks simply.
 * Leadership experience, or the ambition and credibility to step into a broader leadership position.

The working language of the role is English, so Spanish qualification or fluency is not required., * Around 7+ years' privacy/data protection experience, ideally within SaaS, fintech or a high-growth technology business.

 * Strong experience working with Product and Engineering teams.
 * Excellent commercial judgement and the ability to communicate complex risk in straightforward language.
 * Leadership experience or someone ready to step into a broader leadership position.
 * Strong understanding of GDPR and emerging AI regulation, including the EU AI Act.
 * Genuine AI fluency, ideally with experience using AI to build workflows, automations or improve legal/privacy processes.
 * Ideally experience working within an international/forward thinking technology business.

## Description

Taylor Root is currently mandated by a large international technology firm looking to appoint a Head of Privacy to join its Barcelona team.

This is an opportunity to lead and develop the privacy function within a fast-growing international SaaS/technology business, with significant exposure to AI, data governance and privacy transformation.

The Head of Privacy will own the global privacy and AI governance programme, lead a small specialist team and work closely with senior leadership, Product, Engineering, Security and commercial teams.

The role

 * Own and develop the global privacy and AI governance strategy.
 * Lead, coach and develop the privacy team.
 * Advise senior leadership on privacy, data and AI-related risk.
 * Embed privacy by design across Product, Engineering and Operations.
 * Oversee DPIAs, DSARs, ROPA, data retention, third-party privacy and data incidents.
 * Develop increasingly AI-enabled and automated privacy processes.
 * Help position Privacy as a commercial and strategic resource within the organisation rather than simply a control function.

Your background

We are looking for someone with:

 * Around 7+ years' privacy/data protection experience, ideally within SaaS, fintech or another fast-growth technology environment.
 * UK or EU legal qualification.
 * Strong knowledge of GDPR and developing AI regulation, particularly the EU AI Act.
 * Experience partnering with Product and Engineering teams.
 * Genuine AI fluency, ideally using AI tools, workflows or automation within your current role.
 * Strong commercial judgement and the ability to communicate complex privacy risks simply.
 * Leadership experience, or the ambition and credibility to step into a broader leadership position.

The working language of the role is English, so Spanish qualification or fluency is not required.

 * €110,000-€130,000 fixed salary + equity (options to turn the equity to cash)
 * Relocation support to Barcelona
 * 25 days' annual leave
 * Strong pension offering
 * 20 days' work from anywhere allowance
 * Significant scope for career development and the opportunity to shape how Privacy operates commercially across the business

Requirements:

 * Around 7+ years' privacy/data protection experience, ideally within SaaS, fintech or a high-growth technology business.
 * Strong experience working with Product and Engineering teams.
 * Excellent commercial judgement and the ability to communicate complex risk in straightforward language.
 * Leadership experience or someone ready to step into a broader leadership position.
 * Strong understanding of GDPR and emerging AI regulation, including the EU AI Act.
 * Genuine AI fluency, ideally with experience using AI to build workflows, automations or improve legal/privacy processes.
 * Ideally experience working within an international/forward thinking technology business.