Handshake

Privacy and Compliance Program Manager

Handshake

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $148,000 - $185,000 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • Manage privacy-driven programs end to end to ensure regulatory readiness and compliance with global privacy and data protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA, LGPD and other privacy regulations.
  • Leverage deep privacy expertise to collaborate with Product, Security, and other cross-functional partners to identify, assess, and mitigate privacy risks across systems and processes.
  • Lead vendor privacy reviews and support broader third-party risk management initiatives.
  • Develop and maintain processes for data subject rights requests and cookie compliance.
  • Conduct and oversee Privacy Impact Assessments and Data Protection Impact Assessments.
  • Continuously improve user-facing workflows to ensure operational streamlining for existing and new privacy laws and regulations.
  • Create and maintain internal and external documentation to provide scalable privacy support and resources.
  • Support Handshake’s Compliance & Ethics Program, including AI governance, policy governance, training, monitoring activities, and third-party risk management.
  • Prepare periodic reports for leadership on program effectiveness and key risk indicators.
  • Be a strong advocate for a privacy mindset while working with product, engineering, and other internal teams.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Has 5+ years of demonstrated project management skills and a proven track record for operationalizing and scaling cross-functional organization-wide programs from the ground up in the privacy domain (GDPR, CCPA, LGPD and other privacy regulations).
  • Has excellent collaboration, communication, and relationship building skills and the ability to convey complex ideas succinctly to all audiences.
  • Has an analytical approach to decision-making. You are meticulous, objective and skilled at using metrics to drive decisions.
  • Has strong research skills; able to analyze complex problems in order to identify root cause and trends; able to document complex narratives in a simplified way which are easy for others to use.
  • Is confident making decisive judgement calls in the absence of fully complete information.
  • Is comfortable working independently and collaborating with a distributed team.
  • Is passionate about safeguarding student data while supporting seamless user experiences across our platform.
  • Experience in a regulated industry or high-growth technology company.
  • Familiarity with AI governance and emerging privacy standards related to machine learning and data ethics.
Benefits
  • 🎯 Ownership: Equity in a fast-growing company
  • 💰 Financial Wellness: 401(k) match, competitive compensation, financial coaching
  • 🍼 Family Support: Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, parental coaching
  • 💝 Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision, mental health support, $500 wellness stipend
  • 📚 Growth: $2,000 learning stipend, ongoing development
  • 💻 Remote & Office: Stipends for home office setup, internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF office
  • 🏝 Time Off: Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex days, winter #ShakeBreak where our whole office closes for a week!
  • 🤝 Connection: Team outings & referral bonuses

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
project managementprivacy impact assessmentsdata protection impact assessmentsregulatory complianceGDPRCCPALGPDdata subject rights requestscookie compliancethird-party risk management
Soft skills
collaborationcommunicationrelationship buildinganalytical thinkingdecision-makingresearch skillsproblem-solvingindependent workadvocacyuser experience focus
Certifications
Bachelor's degree
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