Privacy Manager

Privacy Manager

Location: San Francisco, CA Remote Primary Skills: UNIX

As a Privacy Manager, your role will be to complete privacy impact assessments, working with stakeholders to document relevant details of features and services being launched.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., Legal, IT, Security, Risk) to gather information on data flows, processing activities, and technical safeguards.
• Conduct privacy and machine learning (ML) reviews of submitted information, partnering with privacy subject matter experts to identify and assess privacy risks and ensure appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Support the development and refinement of compliance documentation under the guidance of privacy experts, preparing it for formal review and approval cycles.
• Manage multiple documents in various stages of review, tracking progress, and driving timely completion.
• Partner with business stakeholders and privacy teams to finalize and deliver required privacy documentation.
• Monitor for and identify compliance and operational risks throughout the assessment process.
• Coordinate with the privacy incident response team to triage and escalate privacy-related tickets submitted by internal partners as needed.

Skills: Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in a privacy operations, compliance, or data governance role within a technology or enterprise environment.
• Strong knowledge of global data protection laws and frameworks (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, CPRA, LGPD, PIPEDA), and their application in enterprise settings.
• Proven track record conducting Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs), Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), and supporting privacy-by-design initiatives.
• Experience collaborating with legal, product, engineering, and security teams to operationalize privacy requirements throughout the product life cycle.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret technical and business processes to identify privacy risks and recommend practical, scalable mitigation strategies.
• Strong program management skills, with 5+ years leading initiatives from planning through execution, including stakeholder reporting and risk tracking.
• Exceptional communication skills (both written and verbal), with the ability to translate complex privacy and technical concepts to diverse audiences, including global product teams, legal, and executive stakeholders.
• Skilled at influencing without authority and driving consensus across cross-functional teams in a global, fast-paced environment.
• Experience managing multiple workstreams and documentation efforts simultaneously, with strong organizational and prioritization abilities.
• Familiarity with privacy management tools (e.g., OneTrust, TrustArc, BigID) and collaboration platforms (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Asana) is a plus.
• Professional certifications such as CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, or CIPT are strongly preferred.