Privacy Program Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Company Summary

EchoStar is reimagining the future of connectivity. Our business reach spans satellite television service, live-streaming and on-demand programming, smart home installation services, mobile plans and products. Today, our brands include Boost Mobile, DISH TV, Gen Mobile, Hughes and Sling TV.

Our legal teams support the innovators driving the growth and success of EchoStar and its subsidiaries. From identifying and supporting a variety of corporate legal matters to negotiating the industry’s evolving legal landscape, our corporate counselors bring their own kind of invention to effect positive change across the company and their own careers.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Candidates must be willing to participate in at least one in-person interview.

 

The Legal Department requires a Privacy Program Manager to lead the day-to-day operations and governance of the enterprise privacy program at scale. This position addresses the challenge of unifying privacy standards across diverse lines of business and ensuring compliance with evolving federal and state privacy laws. By serving as a trusted advisor to IT, engineering, and business teams, the role mitigates organizational risk and translates complex regulatory requirements into actionable cross-functional processes. Additionally, the position drives program oversight through automated vendor tools, ad-tech audits, and privacy impact assessments to safeguard consumer data.

 

What Success Looks Like (Objectives):

• Maintain, enhance, and govern the enterprise privacy program to meet compliance standards across all product offerings
• Drive cross-functional compliance remediation work in partnership with Legal, Engineering, and external counsel
• Oversee Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) and manage Consent Management Platforms (CMP) to ensure seamless tool integration
• Track, report, and present key privacy program metrics, open risks, and remediation progress to Legal leadership
• Integrate AI-driven privacy tools or automated workflows to optimize data subject access requests (DSARs) and audit processes
• Direct the privacy audit process for ad-tech compliance while monitoring new regulatory trends to update program strategy

Skills, Experience and Requirements

Core Skills and Competencies (What you’ll bring):

• Expertise in U.S. federal and state privacy laws with a proven ability to translate legal concepts into practical operations
• Proficiency in Consent Management Platforms and privacy vendor tools like Ketch, OneTrust, or TrustArc
• AI Literacy and Application in leveraging modern automation or technology solutions to streamline privacy governance
• Strong project management and organizational capabilities to manage high-volume tasks and meet tight deadlines; cross-functional collaboration across Legal, IT, and business teams
• Strategic problem-solving and analytical ability to conduct actionable privacy risk assessments and ad-tech audits
• Critical Experience in leading privacy programs within technology-focused, consumer-facing environments and in-house legal departments

 

Additional Qualifications:

• CIPM (Certified Information Privacy Manager) or equivalent IAPP certification

 

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree with strong academic credentials
• 6-8 years of professional experience in privacy compliance, data protection, or a related privacy program role
• Must have hands-on experience with:
• Consent Management Platforms (e.g., Ketch, OneTrust, TrustArc)
• Conducting Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) and DSAR workflows
• Ad-tech compliance and enterprise privacy auditing

 

Visa sponsorship not available for this role

Benefits

We offer meaningful health perks, including flexible spending accounts, HSA, a 401(k) plan with company match, employee stock purchase plan, career opportunities, and a flexible time away plan. Review a benefits summary here: EchoStar Benefits 

The base pay range shown is a guideline. Individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, and competencies. Compensation is based on the role's location and is subject to change.

Candidates need to successfully complete a pre-employment screen, which may include a drug test and DMV check. Our company is committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace where every individual has the opportunity to succeed. We are dedicated to providing individuals with criminal or arrest records a fair chance of employment in accordance with local, state, and federal laws.

This job posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.

We pride ourselves on developing and promoting talent as an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. EchoStar will accommodate the sincerely held religious beliefs of employees if such accommodations are not undue hardships and are otherwise within the bounds of applicable law. All qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with local, state, and federal law. You may redact any information that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of school/graduation from your application documents before submission and throughout our application process.

EchoStar will provide reasonable accommodation to otherwise qualified job applicants and employees with known physical or mental disabilities, unless doing so poses an undue hardship on the Company, poses a direct threat of substantial harm to others, or is otherwise not required by law. EchoStar has a more detailed Accommodation Policy that applies to employees. EchoStar endeavors to make echostar.com and jobs.echostar.com accessible to users. Please contact View email address on ziprecruiter.com if you would like to discuss the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process. This contact information is for accommodation requests only; do not use this contact information to inquire about the status of applications. If you have questions regarding your application or the recruitment process please email View email address on ziprecruiter.com.

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EchoStar is connecting the world. We expand possibilities for education, healthcare, and industry by connecting people, enterprises, and technology across the globe. Together, we’re shaping the future of connectivity, creating opportunities to empower communities and turning the impossible into reality.

Company Description

EchoStar is connecting the world. We expand possibilities for education, healthcare, and industry by connecting people, enterprises, and technology across the globe. Together, we’re shaping the future of connectivity, creating opportunities to empower communities and turning the impossible into reality.