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From Fivetran’s founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required. We’re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies. We’re looking for a Privacy Analyst to join our global SaaS company and growing legal team. This non-attorney role will report directly to the Data Protection Officer and will serve in a leading privacy role in the organization. They will be responsible for the company’s global data protection compliance program and there is potential for huge impact across our rapidly-growing global company. The successful candidate will possess strong technical acumen given the strategic nature of the role, have a right-sized risk calculus, and fluid communication skills.
A risk-adjusted privacy analyst with a technical, process, and operations-orientation to help educate and build the business as Fivetran scales. As a member of the Legal team and working with the Legal team to build and scale a world-class legal organization, you will have primary responsibility for building, maintaining and improving the global privacy and data protection compliance programs at Fivetran.
This will include staying informed of peer company best practices and relevant global data protection developments, coordinating with our privacy attorneys to gauge applicability to the company's activities and objectives and advising the business on how to promote the company's goals while complying with applicable regulations. Your expertise will drive creative, customer-focused, practical and proactive guidance.
Fivetran is a start-up company where everyone rolls up their sleeves and digs in to work, and this role is no different. You will be an analyst on privacy and data protection compliance initiatives.
This is a full-time, hybrid position based out of our Oakland or Denver offices. Our hybrid work model offers a blend of remote flexibility and in-person collaboration, including two days in the office each week to connect and build as a team.
TECHNOLOGIES YOU’LL USE
Ironclad, Salesforce, Onetrust, Relyance AI, Trelica, Slab, Jira, Java, Postgres, Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP, CircleCI, Zendesk, Docker, Grafana, DBeaver, Cortex Cloud
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Manage projects related to ongoing compliance with privacy and data protection laws across business areas
- Help develop, maintain, and scale processes, policies, procedures, technical controls, and playbooks that support global privacy and data protection program
- Utilize project management and communication skills to help define scope, requirements, analyze data, and develop technical recommendations for program and operational execution
- Drive greater consistency of process, practices, and execution across company-wide privacy and data protection work-streams
- Work closely with privacy team members to further privacy governance, monitoring, reporting, and auditing on the ongoing initiatives of the privacy and data protection program
- Develop the privacy and data protection program for a global technology company and ability to lead the continued development, maintenance and improvement of Fivetran’s global privacy program including effective policies, procedures, technical safeguards, and documentation
- Contribute to a fast-paced environment and execute change management
- Work cross-functionally throughout the organization including with product, security, engineering teams
- Support the development of the strategy, delivery, and evaluation of the privacy program and data protection compliance
- Embody process and relationship-building skills to accomplish the mission
SKILLS WE’RE LOOKING FOR
- Understanding of technical issues (cookie management, encryption)
- Experience writing business, functional, and technical requirements with specifications, including strong documentation skills
- Strong data analysis and project management skills
- Engineering background preferred, but not required
- You love privacy-related work and view protecting privacy rights not as a compliance obligation, but as the right thing to do
- You love working with product strategy and engineering
- Experience with privacy regulations and industry standards, including GDPR, CCPA, CPRA, ISO27701, PCI-DSS, NIST, EU Data Act, EU NIS2, and UK NIS.
BONUS SKILLS
- CIPP, CIPM, or CIPT preferred, but not required
COMPENSATION
- Denver Pay Range: $124,122—$155,153 USD
The compensation range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire compensation for the target position and level, and may include sales incentives or target bonuses depending on the role. Our compensation ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Our job titles may span more than one career level. Within the range, individual compensation is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, relevant education or training, business need, market demands. The compensation range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your location during the hiring process.
PERKS AND BENEFITS
- 100% employer-paid medical insurance*
- Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, holidays, and volunteer days off
- RSU stock grants*
- Professional development and training opportunities
- Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities
- Monthly cell phone stipend
- Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.
*May vary by country and worker type - please reach out to your recruiter for more information
We’re honored to be valued at over $5.6 billion, but more importantly, we’re proud of our core values of Get Stuck In, Do the Right Thing, and One Team, One Dream.
Fivetran brings together high-quality talent across the globe to make data access as easy and reliable as electricity for our customers. We value and recognize that our customers benefit from having innovative teams made of people from many backgrounds, experiences, and identities. Fivetran promotes diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging through attracting, recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce, not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it helps us build a world-class company to better serve our customers, our people and our communities.
To learn more about our candidate privacy policy, you can read our statement here.
We are committed to ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to participate in our interview process. If you require accommodations at any stage of the process due to a disability, medical condition, or any other circumstance, please don’t hesitate to submit your request by filling out this form. We will work with you to provide reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation and ensure a fair and accessible interview experience. Your request and any information provided will be kept confidential and will not impact your candidacy. We look forward to hearing from you and accommodating your needs to the best of our ability.
INTRODUCTION
From Fivetran’s founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required. We’re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies. We’re looking for a Privacy Analyst to join our global SaaS company and growing legal team. This non-attorney role will report directly to the Data Protection Officer and will serve in a leading privacy role in the organization. They will be responsible for the company’s global data protection compliance program and there is potential for huge impact across our rapidly-growing global company. The successful candidate will possess strong technical acumen given the strategic nature of the role, have a right-sized risk calculus, and fluid communication skills.
A risk-adjusted privacy analyst with a technical, process, and operations-orientation to help educate and build the business as Fivetran scales. As a member of the Legal team and working with the Legal team to build and scale a world-class legal organization, you will have primary responsibility for building, maintaining and improving the global privacy and data protection compliance programs at Fivetran.
This will include staying informed of peer company best practices and relevant global data protection developments, coordinating with our privacy attorneys to gauge applicability to the company's activities and objectives and advising the business on how to promote the company's goals while complying with applicable regulations. Your expertise will drive creative, customer-focused, practical and proactive guidance.
Fivetran is a start-up company where everyone rolls up their sleeves and digs in to work, and this role is no different. You will be an analyst on privacy and data protection compliance initiatives.
This is a full-time, hybrid position based out of our Oakland or Denver offices. Our hybrid work model offers a blend of remote flexibility and in-person collaboration, including two days in the office each week to connect and build as a team.
TECHNOLOGIES YOU’LL USE
Ironclad, Salesforce, Onetrust, Relyance AI, Trelica, Slab, Jira, Java, Postgres, Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP, CircleCI, Zendesk, Docker, Grafana, DBeaver, Cortex Cloud
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Manage projects related to ongoing compliance with privacy and data protection laws across business areas
- Help develop, maintain, and scale processes, policies, procedures, technical controls, and playbooks that support global privacy and data protection program
- Utilize project management and communication skills to help define scope, requirements, analyze data, and develop technical recommendations for program and operational execution
- Drive greater consistency of process, practices, and execution across company-wide privacy and data protection work-streams
- Work closely with privacy team members to further privacy governance, monitoring, reporting, and auditing on the ongoing initiatives of the privacy and data protection program
- Develop the privacy and data protection program for a global technology company and ability to lead the continued development, maintenance and improvement of Fivetran’s global privacy program including effective policies, procedures, technical safeguards, and documentation
- Contribute to a fast-paced environment and execute change management
- Work cross-functionally throughout the organization including with product, security, engineering teams
- Support the development of the strategy, delivery, and evaluation of the privacy program and data protection compliance
- Embody process and relationship-building skills to accomplish the mission
SKILLS WE’RE LOOKING FOR
- Understanding of technical issues (cookie management, encryption)
- Experience writing business, functional, and technical requirements with specifications, including strong documentation skills
- Strong data analysis and project management skills
- Engineering background preferred, but not required
- You love privacy-related work and view protecting privacy rights not as a compliance obligation, but as the right thing to do
- You love working with product strategy and engineering
- Experience with privacy regulations and industry standards, including GDPR, CCPA, CPRA, ISO27701, PCI-DSS, NIST, EU Data Act, EU NIS2, and UK NIS.
BONUS SKILLS
- CIPP, CIPM, or CIPT preferred, but not required
COMPENSATION
- Denver Pay Range: $124,122—$155,153 USD
The compensation range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire compensation for the target position and level, and may include sales incentives or target bonuses depending on the role. Our compensation ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Our job titles may span more than one career level. Within the range, individual compensation is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, relevant education or training, business need, market demands. The compensation range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your location during the hiring process.
PERKS AND BENEFITS
- 100% employer-paid medical insurance*
- Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, holidays, and volunteer days off
- RSU stock grants*
- Professional development and training opportunities
- Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities
- Monthly cell phone stipend
- Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.
*May vary by country and worker type - please reach out to your recruiter for more information
We’re honored to be valued at over $5.6 billion, but more importantly, we’re proud of our core values of Get Stuck In, Do the Right Thing, and One Team, One Dream.
Fivetran brings together high-quality talent across the globe to make data access as easy and reliable as electricity for our customers. We value and recognize that our customers benefit from having innovative teams made of people from many backgrounds, experiences, and identities. Fivetran promotes diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging through attracting, recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce, not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it helps us build a world-class company to better serve our customers, our people and our communities.
To learn more about our candidate privacy policy, you can read our statement here.
We are committed to ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to participate in our interview process. If you require accommodations at any stage of the process due to a disability, medical condition, or any other circumstance, please don’t hesitate to submit your request by filling out this form. We will work with you to provide reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation and ensure a fair and accessible interview experience. Your request and any information provided will be kept confidential and will not impact your candidacy. We look forward to hearing from you and accommodating your needs to the best of our ability.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Privacy Analyst
Align your degree to privacy law requirements
USCIS scrutinizes whether your degree directly relates to privacy analysis. A computer science or information systems degree strengthens your case, but a law or public policy degree paired with CIPP certification can also satisfy the specialty occupation standard.
Check prevailing wage levels before applying
Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up Level I through Level IV wages for SOC code 13-1141 in your target metro. Knowing the wage tier helps you evaluate whether an offer meets DOL requirements before you accept.
Target employers with active LCA filing history
Search Migrate Mate to filter Privacy Analyst roles by employers who have filed LCAs for this occupation. Employers with recent filings already understand the H-1B process and are less likely to withdraw sponsorship mid-hire.
Flag GDPR and CCPA experience in your resume
Healthcare and fintech employers filing H-1B petitions for privacy roles often list GDPR or CCPA compliance as a core duty in their LCA job descriptions. Matching that language in your credentials reduces the risk of a specialty occupation RFE.
Confirm cap-subject status before your start date
Most private-sector Privacy Analyst roles are cap-subject, meaning your employer must register you in the H-1B lottery in March for an October 1 start. Ask your employer whether they plan to file premium processing so you have an adjudication decision before you resign your current position.
Document data governance projects for your I-129 petition
Your employer's attorney will need evidence that your role requires theoretical and practical application of specialized knowledge. Gather project briefs, audit reports, and privacy impact assessments you authored so the petition clearly connects your duties to your degree.
H-1B Visa Privacy Analyst: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Privacy Analyst role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, privacy analysis qualifies as a specialty occupation when the employer's job description requires at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field such as information systems, cybersecurity, law, or data management. USCIS has approved H-1B petitions for privacy roles across tech, healthcare, and financial services. The key is that the employer's LCA and I-129 must consistently describe duties that require that specific degree, not just any bachelor's degree.
Which industries sponsor H-1B visas most frequently for Privacy Analyst positions?
Technology companies, health systems, financial institutions, and consulting firms file the highest volume of LCAs for privacy-related roles. Healthcare organizations have expanded privacy hiring significantly following stricter enforcement of data protection requirements, and many require HIPAA compliance expertise. You can search Migrate Mate to browse Privacy Analyst openings filtered by employers with verified H-1B filing history in your preferred industry and location.
How does the DOL prevailing wage requirement affect Privacy Analyst H-1B sponsorship?
Before filing your H-1B petition, your employer must submit an LCA to DOL certifying that your offered wage meets the prevailing wage for your job title, experience level, and work location. Privacy Analyst wages vary significantly by metro area and seniority tier. You can verify the applicable wage using the OFLC Wage Search by searching SOC code 13-1141 for your specific city or county before evaluating any offer.
Can a Privacy Analyst on OPT or STEM OPT transfer to H-1B without leaving the U.S.?
Yes. If your employer registers you in the H-1B lottery and your petition is approved, you change status from F-1 to H-1B effective October 1 without leaving the country. If you're on STEM OPT, your authorization extends through October 1 via the cap-gap rule as long as your employer filed before your OPT expired. USCIS processes the change of status as part of the I-129 adjudication.
What certifications strengthen an H-1B petition for a Privacy Analyst role?
CIPP, CIPM, or CIPT certifications from the International Association of Privacy Professionals are commonly listed in LCA job postings for privacy roles and signal specialized knowledge to USCIS adjudicators. While certifications alone don't satisfy the degree requirement, they corroborate that the position demands more than general business knowledge. Include them in your resume and ask your employer's attorney to reference them in the petition support letter.