Senior Manager, Privacy Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Direct the strategy, roadmap, and implementation of the Privacy Engineering team, focusing on privacy infrastructure, data governance, and privacy-by-design initiatives.

• Recruit, mentor, and nurture a team of privacy engineers while establishing clear operating rhythms, priorities, and technical standards.

• Oversee the design and implementation of scalable privacy controls, encompassing data discovery, classification, access controls, audit logging, retention, deletion, lineage, encryption, and key management.

• Collaborate with Legal, Compliance, Security, Product, Data, Machine Learning, and Infrastructure teams to convert privacy requirements into actionable technical solutions.

• Manage privacy reviews, technical risk assessments, and threat modeling for new products, data flows, models, and platform features.

• Establish metrics and effectively communicate progress, trade-offs, dependencies, and risks to both technical and cross-functional stakeholders.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience, coupled with 8+ years of engineering experience, including at least 3 years in direct people management.

• Proven experience leading engineering teams responsible for production software, platforms, privacy, security, or data systems.

• Demonstrated experience in designing, building, or managing privacy, security, data governance, or data platform capabilities in production settings.

• Background in translating privacy, security, compliance, or regulatory requirements into technical controls.

• Experience collaborating with cross-functional partners such as Legal, Compliance, Security, Product, Data, or Machine Learning teams.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation that includes base salary, bonus potential, and annual equity grants that vest quarterly.

• Retirement benefits to aid in future planning, featuring a 401(k) or Group Retirement Savings Plan with a company match of $2 for every $1 contributed, up to $15,000 annually (USD in the US, CAD in Canada).

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offering discounted stock purchase options for eligible employees (US only).

• Comprehensive health coverage aimed at supporting you and your family, which includes medical, dental, vision, and wellness resources for the US, along with supplemental health coverage for Canada.

• Health Savings Account contributions from Upstart for eligible plans (US only).

• Income protection benefits that include life insurance and disability coverage for enhanced financial security.

• Paid time off, sick leave, and company holidays, adhering to local regulations.

• Paid family and parental leave to assist with caregiving and significant life events (duration varies by country).

• Family-oriented benefits designed to support fertility, parenthood, and caregiving needs.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing mental health support and life-centered resources.

• Financial wellness resources, including access to financial planning tools and a financial concierge service (US Only).

• Annual wellness allowance to enhance your physical and emotional well-being and personal development, based on your individual priorities.

• Annual productivity allowance to invest in the necessary tools and resources to excel in your work, regardless of your work location.

• Opportunities for connection and community through team events, company-wide updates, and employee resource groups (ERGs).

• Onsite perks such as catered lunches and fully stocked micro-kitchens available when working from our offices in the Bay Area, Austin, Columbus, and New York City (opening Summer 2026!).