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Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?
Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.
Senior Director, Legal - Global Privacy & Data Counsel
San Mateo, CA or London, England | Hybrid - 2+ days per week in your designated office
Full relocation assistance available for qualified candidates
Role Summary:
Leading SIE’s Global Legal Privacy program, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and advancing this function, which is central to our mission as a data-driven technology and entertainment company. You will develop, implement, and maintain comprehensive privacy policies, procedures, and practices that reflect industry best practices, comply with applicable data protection laws and regulations, and support SIE’s business objectives. Working collaboratively with teams around the world, you will help embed strong data privacy stewardship across the organization through your leadership, passion, and expertise.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Lead the Privacy Team: Lead a team of professionals spanning legal, operations and compliance, and data governance. Provide strong leadership to build a well-functioning team.
- Privacy Program Development: Design, implement, and evolve a robust and forward-thinking privacy program tailored to the specific needs of SIE’s multi-faceted, data-driven business. Provide senior leadership in communicating company's vision, strategy, and objectives for data privacy and data husbandry to stakeholders across SIE.
- Regulatory Compliance: Stay up to date with evolving global privacy laws and regulations, including GDPR, CCPA, and other regional data protection requirements. Ensure the company's policies and practices remain compliant with the changing legal landscape.
- Privacy by Design: Advocate privacy-by-design principles and ensure that privacy considerations are integrated into the development of new products, services, and technologies, working closely with product counselors, product managers, business function leaders and SIE’s ESG team.
- Privacy Policies and Procedures: Create and review privacy policies, notices, consent forms, and related documentation to ensure transparency and compliance with relevant data protection laws. Collaborate with Legal, Compliance, and other teams to disseminate these policies throughout the organization and to customers.
- Employee Training and Awareness: Conduct privacy training programs for employees and management to promote a privacy-aware culture. Foster awareness of privacy responsibilities and best practices throughout the organization.
- Vendor Management: Develop and evolve SIE’s processes to assess the privacy practices of vendors and third-party partners to ensure that data processing agreements and contracts comply with privacy and SIE’s Information Security requirements.
- Privacy Impact Assessments: Oversee the conduct of privacy impact assessments (PIAs) to identify and mitigate privacy risks associated with the company's data processing activities.
- Incident Response: Develop and maintain an effective incident response plan for privacy breaches. Coordinate with the Incident Response team to manage and mitigate privacy incidents and associated risks.
- Reporting and Accountability: Provide regular reports on the status of the privacy program to executive leadership and the board of directors. Be a focal point of contact for privacy-related inquiries from regulators and customers.
What We’re Looking For:
- Juris doctor degree; bachelor or advanced degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field. An advanced degree is a plus.
- 20+ years of legal experience and 10+ years proven experience in a senior privacy leadership role, preferably as a Chief Privacy Officer or Privacy Officer, within a data-driven technology company or relevant industry.
- In-depth knowledge of global privacy laws and regulations, such as GDPR, CCPA, and other regional frameworks. Broad knowledge of emerging requires in the APAC region a strong plus.
- Demonstrated ability to design and implement comprehensive privacy programs that align with industry best practices, laws and regulations and data use requirements typical of a company like SIE.
- Experience in building an incident response process with partnership with the CISO or similar function; experience managing privacy incidents.
- Experience conducting privacy impact assessments and building processes for such assessments that will easily scale.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
- Strong leadership qualities, with the ability to influence and drive change in a collaborative environment. Privacy-related certifications such as CIPP, CIPM, CIPT, or other relevant certifications are highly desirable.
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At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.
Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.
In addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package.
Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks.
Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights.
Equal Opportunity Statement:
Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.
We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.
Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.
Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?
Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.
Senior Director, Legal - Global Privacy & Data Counsel
San Mateo, CA or London, England | Hybrid - 2+ days per week in your designated office
Full relocation assistance available for qualified candidates
Role Summary:
Leading SIE’s Global Legal Privacy program, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and advancing this function, which is central to our mission as a data-driven technology and entertainment company. You will develop, implement, and maintain comprehensive privacy policies, procedures, and practices that reflect industry best practices, comply with applicable data protection laws and regulations, and support SIE’s business objectives. Working collaboratively with teams around the world, you will help embed strong data privacy stewardship across the organization through your leadership, passion, and expertise.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Lead the Privacy Team: Lead a team of professionals spanning legal, operations and compliance, and data governance. Provide strong leadership to build a well-functioning team.
- Privacy Program Development: Design, implement, and evolve a robust and forward-thinking privacy program tailored to the specific needs of SIE’s multi-faceted, data-driven business. Provide senior leadership in communicating company's vision, strategy, and objectives for data privacy and data husbandry to stakeholders across SIE.
- Regulatory Compliance: Stay up to date with evolving global privacy laws and regulations, including GDPR, CCPA, and other regional data protection requirements. Ensure the company's policies and practices remain compliant with the changing legal landscape.
- Privacy by Design: Advocate privacy-by-design principles and ensure that privacy considerations are integrated into the development of new products, services, and technologies, working closely with product counselors, product managers, business function leaders and SIE’s ESG team.
- Privacy Policies and Procedures: Create and review privacy policies, notices, consent forms, and related documentation to ensure transparency and compliance with relevant data protection laws. Collaborate with Legal, Compliance, and other teams to disseminate these policies throughout the organization and to customers.
- Employee Training and Awareness: Conduct privacy training programs for employees and management to promote a privacy-aware culture. Foster awareness of privacy responsibilities and best practices throughout the organization.
- Vendor Management: Develop and evolve SIE’s processes to assess the privacy practices of vendors and third-party partners to ensure that data processing agreements and contracts comply with privacy and SIE’s Information Security requirements.
- Privacy Impact Assessments: Oversee the conduct of privacy impact assessments (PIAs) to identify and mitigate privacy risks associated with the company's data processing activities.
- Incident Response: Develop and maintain an effective incident response plan for privacy breaches. Coordinate with the Incident Response team to manage and mitigate privacy incidents and associated risks.
- Reporting and Accountability: Provide regular reports on the status of the privacy program to executive leadership and the board of directors. Be a focal point of contact for privacy-related inquiries from regulators and customers.
What We’re Looking For:
- Juris doctor degree; bachelor or advanced degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field. An advanced degree is a plus.
- 20+ years of legal experience and 10+ years proven experience in a senior privacy leadership role, preferably as a Chief Privacy Officer or Privacy Officer, within a data-driven technology company or relevant industry.
- In-depth knowledge of global privacy laws and regulations, such as GDPR, CCPA, and other regional frameworks. Broad knowledge of emerging requires in the APAC region a strong plus.
- Demonstrated ability to design and implement comprehensive privacy programs that align with industry best practices, laws and regulations and data use requirements typical of a company like SIE.
- Experience in building an incident response process with partnership with the CISO or similar function; experience managing privacy incidents.
- Experience conducting privacy impact assessments and building processes for such assessments that will easily scale.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
- Strong leadership qualities, with the ability to influence and drive change in a collaborative environment. Privacy-related certifications such as CIPP, CIPM, CIPT, or other relevant certifications are highly desirable.
-
#LI-SF1
At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.
Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.
In addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package.
Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks.
Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your data protection rights.
Equal Opportunity Statement:
Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.
We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.
Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in data privacy specialist jobs.
- Knowledge of GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA regulatory requirements and compliance obligations
- Experience conducting privacy impact assessments and data mapping exercises
- CIPP, CIPM, or equivalent IAPP certification preferred or required
- Ability to develop and maintain privacy policies, notices, and internal procedures
- Familiarity with OneTrust, TrustArc, or similar privacy management platforms
- Bachelor's degree in law, information systems, cybersecurity, or a related field
Tips for Your Data Privacy Specialist Job Search
Tailor your resume to privacy frameworks
Employers scan for specific frameworks like GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA before reading anything else. Name the regulation, your exact role in implementing or auditing it, and the outcome, rather than listing 'privacy compliance' as a single bullet.
Certify before competing for senior roles
CIPP, CIPM, or CIPT credentials from the IAPP signal to hiring managers that your privacy knowledge is current and tested. Many mid-level and senior postings treat at least one of these as a screening requirement, not a nice-to-have.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists data privacy specialist openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings by regulatory scope
Filter job descriptions by the specific laws they mention. A role focused on California consumer rights requires different expertise than one built around federal healthcare data rules, so matching your background to the regulation saves time and sharpens your application.
Prepare a privacy incident case study
Interviewers at the final round routinely ask how you handled a breach, a regulator inquiry, or a failed data mapping exercise. Have a concrete, structured example ready that covers what happened, what you did, and what changed afterward.
Negotiate using scope, not just title
Privacy roles vary widely in whether you own policy, advise on it, or enforce it. Before accepting an offer, confirm whether you have authority to reject vendor contracts, escalate to the board, and set data retention schedules, because scope determines your career trajectory.
Data Privacy Specialist Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most data privacy specialists?
The most active employers for data privacy specialists right now are Intuit, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, and Meta, and the most openings are in California, New York, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Hiring activity tends to concentrate in financial services, healthcare systems, and large technology companies with complex data handling obligations.
How many data privacy specialist jobs are remote?
About 78% of data privacy specialist openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the advisory and policy-focused nature of much of the work. Roles centered on privacy program management and regulatory compliance tend to offer the most location flexibility, while positions that require hands-on coordination with IT security or legal teams are more often based on-site.
How do you become a data privacy specialist?
Start with a degree in law, information systems, cybersecurity, or a related field, then build exposure to data handling through roles in compliance, IT, or legal operations. Pursue an IAPP certification such as the CIPP to formalize your regulatory knowledge. From there, seek positions that give you direct responsibility for privacy impact assessments, policy drafting, or vendor data reviews, because hands-on program ownership is what hiring managers look for most.
Can I get hired as a data privacy specialist with little experience?
Entry-level positions do exist, particularly at organizations building out their privacy programs for the first time. Employers at this level typically value a relevant certification, demonstrated knowledge of GDPR or CCPA mechanics, and any prior work touching data governance, records management, or legal compliance. Framing internships, coursework projects, or volunteer work that involved handling personal data can help bridge the experience gap on your resume.
What does the data privacy specialist interview process look like?
Most hiring processes include an initial recruiter screen focused on regulatory knowledge and certification status, followed by a technical or case-based interview where you walk through how you would approach a data mapping exercise, a breach response, or a vendor assessment. A final panel interview with legal, security, or compliance stakeholders is common at mid-size and larger organizations, and written assessments or take-home policy drafting exercises appear at some companies.
Where can I find and apply to data privacy specialist jobs?
You can find and apply to data privacy specialist jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your background and apply directly to each listing.
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