Farfetch is a leading global marketplace for the luxury fashion industry, connecting customers in over 190 countries with items from more than 50 countries and over 1,400 of the world’s best brands and charming boutiques from around the world. Farfetch opens a world of luxury for endless expressions of style, delivering a truly unique shopping experience and access to the most extensive selection of luxury on a global marketplace.
LEGAL TEAM
The Legal team is a strategic business area ensuring we navigate the complexities of a global business and acting as guardians of our legal integrity, providing expert advice to protect our interests, manage risks, and ensure compliance.
PORTO
Our office is near Porto, in the north of Portugal, and is located in a vibrant business hub. It offers a dynamic and welcoming environment where our employees can connect and network with a large community of tech professionals.
THE ROLE
The Associate Project Manager - Privacy will join the Farfetch Legal, Ethics & Compliance Team, with the aim of assisting the Legal Privacy Team in ensuring that the FARFETCH Group complies with the data protection standards applicable worldwide, implementing and improving procedures to demonstrate accountability of the Group around privacy and security issues.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Lead and coordinate cross-functional privacy initiatives, aligning teams and ensuring smooth execution from planning to delivery
- Partner with stakeholders across Legal, Security, Product, and Business teams to bring initiatives to life
- Own multiple projects simultaneously, balancing priorities while proactively identifying and mitigating risks
- Help design and implement a scalable, forward-thinking data privacy framework
- Maintain and evolve records of processing activities across the group, working closely with business owners
- Support and guide teams through Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), collaborating with Legal, Security, and the Data Protection Officer (DPO)
- Ensure Privacy Policies and related frameworks stay up to date through structured review cycles
- Define and track KPIs to measure the success and maturity of the privacy program
- Build dashboards and reports with the DPO to provide clear visibility on initiatives and risks
- Communicate progress, insights, and outcomes to stakeholders and senior leadership in a clear and compelling way
- Support the management of Data Subject Rights Requests (DSRRs)
- Leverage privacy tools (e.g., OneTrust or similar platforms) to streamline processes and improve efficiency
- Manage and oversee the Brightflag legal operations platform system, including handling legal financial operations, reviewing and processing invoices, ensuring billing accuracy, and supporting cost control and reporting for the legal department.
Drive Impact Across the Business
Shape Our Privacy Program
Turn Data into Insights
Enable Efficient Operations
WHO YOU ARE
- You have a degree in Management, IT, or a related field
- Experienced in project management, delivery, or similar roles
- Experience or exposure to privacy, data protection, or cybersecurity is a plus—but not a must
- You’re highly organized and thrive managing multiple projects, stakeholders, and deadlines
- You’re a strong communicator who can clearly express ideas and influence different audiences
- You’re proactive, solutions-oriented, and comfortable navigating ambiguity
- You enjoy working collaboratively in cross-functional environments
- Familiarity with privacy management tools (e.g., OneTrust, TrustArc)
REWARDS & BENEFITS
- Health insurance for the whole family, flexible working environment and well-being support and tools
- Extra days off, sabbatical program and days for you to give back for the community
- Training opportunities and free access to Udemy
- Flexible benefits program
Skills Required
- Degree in Management, IT, or a related field
- Experience in project management, delivery, or similar roles
- Experience or exposure to privacy, data protection, or cybersecurity
What We Do
FARFETCH is the leading global platform for the luxury fashion industry. Our mission is to be the global platform for luxury fashion, connecting creators, curators and consumers. Founded in 2007 by José Neves for the love of fashion, and launched in 2008, FARFETCH began as an e-commerce marketplace for luxury boutiques around the world. Today the FARFETCH Marketplace connects customers in over 190 countries and territories with items from more than 50 countries and over 1,300 of the world’s best brands, boutiques and department stores, delivering a truly unique shopping experience and access to the most extensive selection of luxury on a single platform. FARFETCH’s additional businesses include Browns and Stadium Goods, which offer luxury products to consumers, and New Guards Group, a platform for the development of global fashion brands. FARFETCH offers its broad range of consumer-facing channels and enterprise level solutions to the luxury industry under its Luxury New Retail initiative. The Luxury New Retail initiative also encompasses FARFETCH Platform Solutions, which services enterprise clients with e-commerce and technology capabilities, and innovations such as Store of the Future, its connected retail solution.
