Data Manager

At WHSmith our people are at the heart of everything we do. They are the ones that go the extra mile for our customers. The ones that enable our growth.

The Data Manager plays a key role in shaping and strengthening the organisation’s data management and protection capabilities across a global retail business. Working closely with the Data Protection Officer and Information Security leadership, the role enables the safe, compliant, and effective use of data to support growth, innovation, and customer trust.

This role provides the opportunity to bring greater coherence and clarity to data security across a global organisation, enabling teams in different regions to work confidently within a shared, well‑understood framework while continuing to meet local regulatory and operational requirements. A key part of this is using modern data privacy and security capabilities to increase visibility, support better decision‑making, and reduce the risk of unintended data expo...