Job Description

About us:

We are champions of rail, inspired to build a greener, more sustainable future of travel. Trainline enables millions of travellers to find and book the best value tickets across carriers, fares, and journey options through our highly rated mobile app, website, and B2B partner channels.

Great journeys start with Trainline

Now Europe's number 1 downloaded rail app, with over 125 million monthly visits and 5.9 billion in annual ticket sales, we collaborate with 270+ rail and coach companies in over 40 countries. We want to create a world where travel is as simple, seamless, and affordable as it should be.


Today, we're a FTSE 250 company driven by our incredible team of over 1,000 Trainliners from 50+ nationalities, based across London, Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Edinburgh and Madrid. With our focus on growth in the UK and Europe, now is the perfect time to join us on this high-speed journey.

The Role

We are looking to fill an urgent need in our privacy team on a short term basis, you will play a critical role in shaping how we embed privacy into our tech stack and product development. You'll partner with engineering, product, and marketing technology teams to advise on privacy risks, implement practical controls, and help us navigate complex regulations across the UK, EU and US.


This role has a particular focus on ad tech, consent-based flows, personalisation, ML models, and location data -- so you'll need to be confident working at the intersection of privacy, product, and technology.

What you'll be doing

Support development of privacy strategy

for new ad tech, monetisation and personalisation initiatives.

Advise on implementation

of consent-based flows, including Google Consent Mode, Privacy Sandbox, and data clean rooms.

Collaborate cross-functionally

with engineering, architecture, marketing tech, and product to ensure privacy is baked into new cookies, tags and SDK deployments.

Lead privacy assessments

like DPIAs and risk reviews, particularly for high-risk and AI/ML-driven processing.

Support compliance

with regulatory changes and app store requirements (e.g. Apple and Google privacy updates).

Drive training and awareness

across teams on privacy risks in long-term value (LTV) tracking and data processing.

Contribute to strategic initiatives

, supporting the DPO and senior leaders on legal updates and privacy-by-design approaches.

Working across a wide variety of projects

, including:

+

Ad tech and monetisation

enhancements
+

AI and machine learning models

for customer experience and personalisation
+

Location data processing

for travel planning and live updates
+

Mobile app updates

tied to platform privacy policies (e.g. App Store, Play Store)
+

Cross-border data flow assessments

for global expansion
+

Tracking infrastructure

including cookie banners, tag management, and SDK governance

What we are looking for

5+ years' experience in a privacy-focused role within a tech environment -- ideally with exposure to ad tech. Deep knowledge of

OneTrust

,

IAB's TCF framework

,

cookie consent management

, and modern ad tech ecosystems. Practical experience advising on

privacy-enhancing technologies

and

consent-based flows

. Strong grasp of

privacy by design

principles and how to apply them in customer-facing digital products. Experience working with

data clean rooms

,

AI and ML governance

, and

location data use cases

. Skilled communicator with the ability to translate complex privacy requirements into actionable advice.

More information:

Enjoy fantastic perks like private healthcare & dental insurance, a generous work from abroad policy, 2-for-1 share purchase plans, extra festive time off, and excellent family-friendly benefits.


We prioritise career growth with clear career paths, transparent pay bands, personal learning budgets, and regular learning days. Jump on board and supercharge your career from day one!


Our values represent the things that matter most to us and what we live and breathe everyday, in everything we do:

Think Big

- We're building the future of rail

Own It

- We focus on every customer, partner and journey

Travel Together

- We're one team

Do Good

- We make a positive impact

We know that having a diverse team makes us better and helps us succeed. And we mean all forms of diversity - gender, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, nationality and diversity of thought. That's why we're committed to creating inclusive places to work, where everyone belongs and differences are valued and celebrated.


Interested in finding out more about what it's like to work at Trainline? Why not check us out on LinkedIn, Instagram and Glassdoor!


Compensation Range: 75K - 80K