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Privacy Program Manager jobs are open across technology, financial services, healthcare, and retail, from associate to director level, with specializations in data governance, regulatory compliance, and privacy engineering. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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- Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
- Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
- Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
- Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
- Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Seattle, WA, USA.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience as a technical program manager managing technical projects.
- Experience presenting to, or influencing technical stakeholders or executive leaders.
Preferred qualifications:
- 8 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
- Ability to deal with ambiguity and work independently across multiple functions and product areas to drive alignment and deliverables.
- Ability to communicate investigative findings and strategies to technical staff, executive leadership, legal counsel, and internal and external clients.
About the job
A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. That’s why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you’ll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You’ll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.
Google Research addresses challenges that define the technology of today and tomorrow. From conducting fundamental research to influencing product development, our research teams have the opportunity to impact technology used by billions of people every day.
Our teams aspire to make discoveries that impact everyone, and core to our approach is sharing our research and tools to fuel progress in the field - we publish regularly in academic journals, release projects as open source, and apply research to Google products.
US: $192000 - $278000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Drive engineering convergence across technical decision spaces, including data preparation, fine-tuning, sampling, and evaluation pipelines for differentially private synthetic data and privacy-preserving ML.
- Own customer engagement strategy including customer intake, office hours, bi-weekly engagement reviews, and strategic cross-product area integrations. Identify systemic gaps between research platforms and product use cases to scale bespoke engagements into repeatable, self-serve workflows across Google.
- Identify technical and operational barriers to adopting privacy tooling (data preparation bottlenecks) and build or coordinate AI-enabled prototypes and workflows to narrow the decision space and guide engineering investments.
- Lead disciplined portfolio rhythms including weekly infrastructure syncs, bi-weekly customer engagement forums, monthly technical domain reviews, and 6-week planning cycles.
- Author clear, outcome-focused upward leadership communications, quarterly OKR plans and scoring rationales, customer impact stories, and executive review materials for Research VPs, Directors, and partner product area leaders.
- Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
- Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
- Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
- Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
- Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Seattle, WA, USA.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience as a technical program manager managing technical projects.
- Experience presenting to, or influencing technical stakeholders or executive leaders.
Preferred qualifications:
- 8 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
- Ability to deal with ambiguity and work independently across multiple functions and product areas to drive alignment and deliverables.
- Ability to communicate investigative findings and strategies to technical staff, executive leadership, legal counsel, and internal and external clients.
About the job
A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. That’s why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you’ll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You’ll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.
Google Research addresses challenges that define the technology of today and tomorrow. From conducting fundamental research to influencing product development, our research teams have the opportunity to impact technology used by billions of people every day.
Our teams aspire to make discoveries that impact everyone, and core to our approach is sharing our research and tools to fuel progress in the field - we publish regularly in academic journals, release projects as open source, and apply research to Google products.
US: $192000 - $278000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Drive engineering convergence across technical decision spaces, including data preparation, fine-tuning, sampling, and evaluation pipelines for differentially private synthetic data and privacy-preserving ML.
- Own customer engagement strategy including customer intake, office hours, bi-weekly engagement reviews, and strategic cross-product area integrations. Identify systemic gaps between research platforms and product use cases to scale bespoke engagements into repeatable, self-serve workflows across Google.
- Identify technical and operational barriers to adopting privacy tooling (data preparation bottlenecks) and build or coordinate AI-enabled prototypes and workflows to narrow the decision space and guide engineering investments.
- Lead disciplined portfolio rhythms including weekly infrastructure syncs, bi-weekly customer engagement forums, monthly technical domain reviews, and 6-week planning cycles.
- Author clear, outcome-focused upward leadership communications, quarterly OKR plans and scoring rationales, customer impact stories, and executive review materials for Research VPs, Directors, and partner product area leaders.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Retail
- Technology & Software
- E-Commerce & Online Marketplaces
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in privacy program manager jobs.
- Three or more years of experience managing a privacy or data protection program
- Deep knowledge of GDPR, CCPA, and other applicable data privacy regulations
- CIPP, CIPM, or equivalent IAPP certification preferred or required
- Experience conducting privacy impact assessments and data mapping exercises
- Ability to collaborate across legal, engineering, and product teams on privacy by design
- Bachelor's degree in law, information security, computer science, or a related field
Tips for Your Privacy Program Manager Job Search
Align your resume to privacy frameworks
Lead your resume with the specific frameworks you've implemented, whether GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, or ISO 27701. Hiring managers scan for these before reading anything else, so name them in your summary and in each relevant role description.
Pursue a recognized privacy certification now
A CIPP, CIPM, or CIPT credential from IAPP signals fluency in both legal and operational privacy. Many job listings list at least one of these as preferred, and candidates who hold one move faster through screening than those who don't.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists privacy program manager 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 openings by the regulations they mention. A role at a fintech will emphasize GLBA and state-level requirements, while a healthcare employer focuses on HIPAA. Matching your experience to the regulatory environment in the posting strengthens every application.
Prepare a data incident response case study
Interviewers for privacy program manager roles routinely ask how you handled a breach or near-miss. Prepare a concise account of one real incident: what triggered it, how your team responded, what you documented, and what changed afterward.
Negotiate scope alongside compensation
When you receive an offer, ask which privacy regulations the program currently covers and which are planned. That scope determines your workload and visibility. Clarifying it before you accept prevents the common situation of inheriting a program larger than the role description suggested.
Privacy Program Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most privacy program managers?
Apple, Amazon, and Meta are hiring the most privacy program managers right now, with openings concentrated in California, Virginia, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Technology companies and financial institutions consistently post the highest volume of privacy program manager roles.
How many privacy program manager jobs are remote?
About 88% of privacy program manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the policy-heavy nature of the work. Sub-areas like privacy policy development, vendor assessment, and program governance tend to be the most remote, while roles requiring close coordination with engineering or legal teams more often require in-office presence.
How do you become a privacy program manager?
Start by building foundational knowledge in data privacy law, either through a law degree, an information security background, or dedicated coursework. Earn a CIPP or CIPM certification from IAPP to establish credibility. Take on privacy-adjacent responsibilities in a current role, such as owning a data inventory or leading a compliance workstream, then apply to coordinator or analyst positions that lead directly to program management.
Can you get a privacy program manager job without direct experience?
Yes, though you'll need to demonstrate adjacent competencies clearly. Candidates who transition from legal, compliance, information security, or data analytics roles can compete effectively by earning an IAPP certification, completing a privacy impact assessment as a side project or through volunteer work, and framing past experience around data handling, risk documentation, or regulatory response rather than general project management.
What does the privacy program manager interview process look like?
Most employers run three to four rounds. The first is a recruiter screen covering background and regulatory familiarity. A hiring manager then digs into how you built or improved a privacy program, often asking for a specific example involving cross-functional stakeholders. A technical or scenario round follows, where you walk through a data incident or a privacy impact assessment. Final rounds typically include a panel with legal, security, or product leadership.
Where can I find and apply to privacy program manager jobs?
You can find and apply to privacy program manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your experience level and regulatory specialization, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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