Privacy & Data Trust Practice Group Manager

About Aon

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world. As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive team, and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

Role Overview: Privacy & Data Trust Practice Group Manager

Do you thrive in a role where you can grow capability, coach teams, and shape how an organization leads privacy and data trust? If you’re passionate about leadership, capability building, and delivering high-quality global legal and compliance support, this Privacy & Data Trust Practice Group Manager role offers challenge, visibility, and influence.

This is a hybrid role with the flexibility to balance work from home and office.

What The Day Will Look Like

In this pivotal leadership role, you will manage and develop the Privacy & Information Trust Practice team, responsible for delivering high-quality privacy and information security support including data subject access requests, incidents, privacy contracting, impact assessments, queries, and global initiatives. You will work closely with the Chief Privacy & Data Trust Officer and the Global Privacy & Data Trust Operations Director, collaborating across global teams to continuously enhance service delivery.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Practice Group Leadership: Oversee the Privacy & Data Trust Practice Group, providing legal guidance, leading capability development, designing colleague development plans, mentoring team members, identifying capability gaps, and fostering continuous improvement in privacy and data trust expertise.
• Legal Advice Optimization: Ensure high-quality, efficient privacy legal advice; build strong relationships with business and compliance teams by providing insights on subject access rights, incidents, trends, and volumes; streamline processes, monitor effectiveness, drive continuous improvement, and share best practices across global teams; maintain a centralized repository of privacy and data protection process flows.
• Global Collaboration and Qualifications: Partner with global privacy leaders to manage risks and improve service delivery. This role requires a law degree, privacy expertise, leadership skills, and experience in privacy matters such as data subject rights and impact assessments.

How This Opportunity Is Different

This is a unique chance to lead a growing privacy and data trust capability center within a global organization where privacy is a strategic priority. You will build how Aon delivers privacy support across regions, influencing processes and worldwide programs, and collaborate directly with senior leaders on complex and high-impact matters.

Skills And Experience That Will Lead To Success

• Law degree and strong expertise in privacy and data protection.
• Prior experience in a professional support role (in-house or private practice) or leading a capability center team.
• Strong understanding of privacy data subject access rights, contracting, incidents, and impact assessments.
• Experience working with global leaders on key risk areas and optimizing legal service delivery.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Process improvement skills, ability to analyze complex legal issues, and provide practical solutions.
• Coaching, mentoring, and knowledge transfer abilities.

How We Support Our Colleagues

In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage an inclusive workforce. Our agile environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance. All colleagues enjoy two “Global Wellbeing Days” each year. We offer a variety of working style solutions for our colleagues as well.

Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential. At Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued.

Aon values an innovative and inclusive workplace where all colleagues feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Aon is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Aon provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran, marital, domestic partner status, or other legally protected status.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and fostering an inclusive workplace. If you require accommodations during the application or interview process, please let us know. You can request accommodations by emailing us at ReasonableAccommodations@Aon.com or your recruiter. We will work with you to meet your needs and ensure a fair and equitable experience.

Key skills/competency

• Privacy Law
• Data Protection
• Legal Guidance
• Team Leadership
• Process Improvement
• Stakeholder Management
• Data Subject Rights
• Incident Management
• Contracting (Privacy)
• Impact Assessments