Senior Consultant, Cybersecurity, Data Protection, TC, UKI

Senior Consultant, Cybersecurity, Data Protection, TC, UKI

Location:

London

Other locations:
Anywhere in Country

Date: 28 Jan 2026

Requisition

Job Title:

Senior Consultant – Data Protection

About EY:

At EY, we are committed to building a better working world. Our Cybersecurity Consulting Practice is rapidly expanding, and we are investing in our capabilities to meet the increasing demand for cybersecurity solutions. Join us and be part of a global team of over 13,000 professionals dedicated to delivering cutting‑edge security transformation programs and services.

As a Senior Consultant in Data Protection you will take a key position in delivering EY’s data protection services, supporting and managing engagements and client delivery. You will also be expected to take a supporting role in building out EY’s Data Protection Services, working with alliance partners and advising clients on current market trends.

Location - London, Manchester or Scotland

The role will see you providing specialist advice as part of a variety of teams – from discrete data protection and privacy-focused activities across large multi-disciplinary teams, to delivering privacy and cyber security transformation programmes.

• Supporting end-to-end data protection programmes at a UK and global level from design through to build and implementation.
• Delivering discrete elements of programmes and projects.
• Conducting data protection maturity and gap assessments, including evaluation of the control landscape – data loss prevention/ insider threat and information management solutions, user awareness and training.
• Data discovery programmes and data inventory management to meet regulatory and security requirements.
• Data Loss Prevention assessment, strategy and implementation programmes.
• Data governance and data ethics review, management and design.
• Design and configuration of specific technology solutions associated with data protection – e.g. Microsoft Purview, BigID, One Trust.
• Privacy technology advisory and implementation activities.
• Data classification, handling and operational engagements to support effective privacy and security strategies.
• Working with colleagues in the UK and globally to develop new and innovative compliance services, focusing on emerging legislation and technology as well as maturity of existing operations in specific industry propositions that solve client problems/issues and integrate with their overall IT delivery and support strategy.
• Opportunity to work across all aspects of Cyber, Technology and business solutions.
• Deliver engagements and build productive relationships with client stakeholders through project delivery.
• Contributing to articles and thought pieces.
• Working with prospective clients on the planning and delivery phase of engagements.
• Creating high quality reports as part of a team, for review by engagement and project leaders.
• Working with senior practice leaders and market leaders in the creation of proposals and marketing material.

• Be professional, quickly establishing personal credibility and demonstrating expertise.
• Good communicator with the ability to contribute assuredly to technical security and privacy discussions with peers.
• Team player who is not only looking to enhance their own career but also recognizes the value of teamwork, facilitating and encouraging collaboration amongst team members.
• Take a practical approach to solving issues and gaining client agreement.
• Analytical skills to analyse complex problems and deliver insightful, practical and sustainable solutions.
• Confidence and effectiveness in recognising and managing potential issues during client assignments.
• Proactive identification of risks and issues that may impact delivery of day‑to‑day work.

• Professional experience within a consulting or professional services organisation operating within the Data Protection and privacy space, including ability to understand, assess and deliver programmes and technical implementation of data protection tooling.
• Experience delivering data protection programmes across the areas of classification, Data Loss…