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Strategic Risk Program Manager, Privacy

New York, NYOnsiteFull Time$163,000–$227,000 /yrPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • Privacy Risk Governance
  • Program Strategy
  • Risk Identification
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Mitigation
  • Privacy Regulatory Requirements
  • Operational Processes
  • Product Development Lifecycles
  • Launch Processes
  • Privacy Risk Reporting

Nice to have

  • Data Minimization
  • Purpose Limitation
  • Privacy by Design
  • Data Flow Mapping
  • Privacy Accountability
  • Consent Order Compliance

Role summary

Meta is seeking a Strategic Risk Program Manager to lead privacy risk governance and program strategy. This role involves defining and operationalizing frameworks for privacy risk identification, assessment, and mitigation across global products and infrastructure. The manager will partner with legal, policy, engineering, and product teams to embed risk management practices, drive cross-functional alignment, influence executive decisions, and shape the long-term direction of privacy risk programs in a complex regulatory landscape. Key responsibilities include developing reporting mechanisms, identifying systemic gaps, and establishing metrics for program effectiveness. Minimum qualifications include 8+ years of experience in privacy or risk program management within a technology or regulated industry, with experience in designing risk governance frameworks and driving cross-functional programs.

Meta is seeking a Strategic Risk Program Manager to lead privacy risk governance and program strategy across the company's global product and infrastructure portfolio. In this role, you will define and operationalize frameworks for identifying, assessing, and mitigating privacy risks at scale, partnering with legal, policy, engineering, and product teams to embed risk management practices into how Meta builds and ships products. You will drive cross-functional alignment on privacy risk posture, influence executive decision-making, and shape the long-term direction of Meta's privacy risk programs in a complex and rapidly evolving regulatory environment.

Responsibilities
  • Define and own the strategic framework for privacy risk identification, assessment, prioritization, and mitigation across Meta's product and infrastructure landscape
  • Lead cross-functional programs that translate privacy regulatory requirements and internal policy commitments into scalable operational processes
  • Partner with legal, policy, engineering, and product teams to embed privacy risk controls into product development lifecycles and launch processes
  • Develop and maintain privacy risk reporting mechanisms, including executive-level dashboards and governance committee materials that communicate risk posture and program health
  • Drive alignment across organizational boundaries on privacy risk decisions, escalation paths, and accountability structures
  • Identify systemic gaps in privacy risk coverage and design programs to close them, including tooling, process, and policy improvements
  • Represent privacy risk program strategy in cross-functional forums, regulatory engagement preparation, and senior leadership reviews
  • Establish metrics and key performance indicators to measure the effectiveness of privacy risk programs and drive continuous improvement
  • Mentor other program managers on privacy risk methodology, governance best practices, and cross-functional program execution
  • Anticipate emerging privacy risks from new product areas, technologies, and regulatory developments and proactively shape program responses


Minimum Qualifications
  • 8+ years of experience in privacy program management, risk management, or compliance program management within a technology company or regulated industry
  • Experience designing and operationalizing risk governance frameworks, including risk assessment methodologies, control libraries, and escalation structures
  • Experience driving cross-functional programs with full accountability across legal, policy, engineering, and product stakeholders in ambiguous and complex environments
  • Experience communicating privacy risk strategy and program status to executive audiences through written materials, briefings, and governance forums
  • Experience translating privacy regulatory requirements (such as GDPR, CCPA, or equivalent frameworks) into operational program requirements and controls


Preferred Qualifications
  • Familiarity with privacy engineering concepts such as data minimization, purpose limitation, privacy by design, and data flow mapping
  • Experience working within a privacy accountability or consent order compliance program at a large-scale technology company
  • Recognized privacy certification such as CIPP, CIPM, or CIPT
  • Experience building or scaling privacy risk tooling, intake processes, or risk register systems across a large organization
  • Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
  • Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
  • Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)


$163,000/year to $227,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
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