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Get Access To All JobsOur Mission:
Our mission is to SAVE AND IMPROVE LIVES BY EMPOWERING HEALTHCARE CONSUMERS. Come be part of remarkable.
Overview:
How you can make a difference
The Sr Program Manager, Data Privacy is responsible for managing the ongoing development and maintenance of HealthEquity’s privacy program, including the development of policies, procedures, privacy controls, training, privacy reviews, and cross-functional business initiatives related to data privacy. This role will work closely with security, legal, compliance, and stakeholders across the company to research, develop, and implement privacy processes, procedures and use cases to ensure compliance with applicable privacy laws, regulations, company policies, and best practices.
What you’ll be doing
- Manage day-to-day operation of assigned privacy program workflows, including intake, triage, documentation, evidence management, issue tracking, and escalation support.
- Lead day-to-day coordination of the privacy workstream for incidents, including fact gathering, privacy impact analysis support, documentation, and remediation tracking.
- Serve as a primary privacy point of contact for assigned business initiatives and operational privacy matters, coordinating with Security, Legal, and Compliance as appropriate.
- Lead and support information-gathering efforts related to HealthEquity’s complex data environment and apply new or changing privacy practices to new and existing processes and controls.
- Develop and maintain expertise in applicable state and federal privacy laws and regulations, including those involving employee and consumer data privacy, information security, and cybersecurity, as relevant to HealthEquity.
- Maintain policies, procedures, standards, templates, playbooks, and review standards to ensure company compliance, as well as manage the implementation of applicable existing and upcoming privacy laws (CPRA, state laws, federal laws).
- Conduct companywide privacy assessments (NIST, HIPAA, GLBA, etc.) and support Privacy Impact Assessment (PIAs) program for personal data processing activities.
- Identify privacy controls and manage privacy risks; assess control effectiveness and manage risks to the confidentiality of sensitive data including personal information (PII/PHI/NPI).
- Develop training and awareness materials educating workforce on key privacy concepts, controls, and standards for ensuring the confidentiality of sensitive data.
- Conduct privacy review of vendor, partner, client, and data-sharing arrangements, documenting risk positions.
- Assess vendor and software technologies and applications for privacy risks and compliance.
- Support implementation of privacy tooling, automation, and workflow improvements that improve consistency, evidence quality, and program scalability.
- Maintain “regulator-ready” toolkits for response to regulator inquiries.
- Work with Product and HR teams to implement compliance (Privacy by Design) across all consumer and worker touchpoints and back-end systems.
- Own or support day-to-day individual rights request operations, including intake, workflow coordination, quality checks, documentation, and SLA tracking.
- Maintain operational dashboards, metrics, and reporting inputs for privacy reviews, requests, incidents, remediation items, and third-party oversight.
- Support audits, regulatory inquiries, client diligence, and internal assurance activities through strong evidence and documentation.
What you will need to be successful
- Bachelor’s Degree, focus on technology or a related field is required.
- Juris Doctorate strongly preferred.
- 8+ years of professional experience in a role involving privacy, legal, or compliance, preferably in a technology setting or highly regulated industry.
- Strong understanding of HIPAA, GLBA, privacy-by-design, data governance, data lifecycle management, and risk-based privacy practices.
- Ability to translate legal, regulatory, and policy requirements into operational processes, controls, templates, and practical guidance.
- Experience conducting privacy assessments and documenting risks, mitigations, exceptions, and remediation actions.
- Working knowledge of data inventories, mapping, classification, minimization, retention, deletion, and secure data handling.
- Experience supporting vendor, partner, and data-sharing reviews, including API-based integrations and third-party privacy diligence.
- Comfort working with automation and AI-assisted tools, including agentic AI capabilities, in a controlled and responsible manner to improve consistency, efficiency, and scalability of privacy operations.
- Familiarity with privacy issues related to AI, machine learning, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled workflow tools, including appropriate governance and human oversight.
- Experience using platforms such as Graphite Connect, OneTrust, AuditBoard, Salesforce, or similar tools to manage assessments, issues, evidence, remediation, and reporting.
- Strong judgment, stakeholder management, and professional presence, with the ability to communicate clearly and credibly on complex or high-visibility matters.
Salary Range:
$115000.00 To $165000.00 / year
Benefits & Perks:
The actual compensation offer is determined based on job-related knowledge, education, skills, experience, and work location. This position will be eligible for performance-based incentives as part of the total compensation package, in addition to a full range of benefits including:
- Medical, dental, and vision
- HSA contribution and match
- Dependent care FSA match
- Uncapped paid time off
- Paid parental leave
- 401(k) match
- Personal and healthcare financial literacy programs
- Ongoing education & tuition assistance
- Gym and fitness reimbursement
- Wellness program incentives
Onboarding & Travel
This is a remote role, with an in-person onboarding training component. New team members must participate in Trailhead, HealthEquity’s immersive onboarding experience. Trailhead is designed to foster meaningful connections, support your integration into the organization, and equip you with a strong understanding of our business. Trailhead participation is a key expectation of this role. Trailhead is held onsite at our headquarters once per quarter. HealthEquity covers all required travel and accommodations.
This role may begin with a virtual, self-paced onboarding experience, followed by a mandatory onsite Trailhead session at a later date.
HealthEquity is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to team members with qualifying disabilities. Should you be selected for this role and require an accommodation, we will put you in touch with our Benefits Team so you can begin the accommodation request process.
Why work with HealthEquity:
HealthEquity has a vision that by 2030 we will make HSAs as widespread and popular as retirement accounts. We are passionate about providing a solution that allows American families to connect health and wealth. Join us and discover a work experience where the person is valued more than the position. You belong at HealthEquity!
HealthEquity, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to being an employer where no matter your background or identity – you feel welcome and included. We ensure equal opportunity for all applicants and employees without regard to race, age, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a qualified individual with a disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. HealthEquity is a drug-free workplace. For more information about our EEO policy, or about HealthEquity’s applicant disability accommodation, drug-free workplace, background check, and E-Verify policies, please visit our Careers page.
HealthEquity uses Microsoft Copilot to transcribe screening interviews between candidates and their direct Talent Partner for note taking and interview summaries. By scheduling a screening interview with us, you consent to Microsoft Copilot’s AI technology recording and transcribing your interview with your Talent Partner. This information will be reviewed for accuracy and then used by HealthEquity to summarize the interview, ensure accuracy, and facilitate our hiring process. We take privacy seriously. You have the option to opt out. If you wish to opt out of this Microsoft Copilot transcription, please notify your Talent Partner in advance of the interview. If we do not receive an opt-out request from you, we will assume that you consent to the use of Microsoft Copilot.
At HealthEquity, our goal is to save and improve lives by empowering healthcare consumers. This shared purpose inspires everything we do, including how we approach hiring. Our process is designed to get to know the real you: your skills, experiences, and potential to make a difference. We value honesty, originality, and the courage to do the right thing, even when it is not the easiest path. Showing up as your authentic self reflects these values and helps us build something truly remarkable together.
As AI is becoming a common tool throughout the application process, we want to be clear about its appropriate use at HealthEquity. Using AI to support resume writing, research, or interview preparation is perfectly acceptable, provided the content is accurate and genuinely represents your qualifications and skills. For other key parts of our interview process, however, it is important that the ideas, communication, and work you share reflect your own voice, experiences, and thinking. We ask that you participate in our live interviews and complete any assessments without AI assistance unless instructions explicitly indicate otherwise or a specific exception is discussed and approved in advance. This approach ensures fairness, celebrates your individuality, and allows your authentic perspective to shine. Behaviors that do not align with these guidelines may result in disqualification from the hiring process or termination of employment if later discovered. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to learning about the unique contributions only you can bring to HealthEquity.
HealthEquity is committed to your privacy as an applicant for employment. For information on our privacy policies and practices, please visit HealthEquity Privacy.
Our Mission:
Our mission is to SAVE AND IMPROVE LIVES BY EMPOWERING HEALTHCARE CONSUMERS. Come be part of remarkable.
Overview:
How you can make a difference
The Sr Program Manager, Data Privacy is responsible for managing the ongoing development and maintenance of HealthEquity’s privacy program, including the development of policies, procedures, privacy controls, training, privacy reviews, and cross-functional business initiatives related to data privacy. This role will work closely with security, legal, compliance, and stakeholders across the company to research, develop, and implement privacy processes, procedures and use cases to ensure compliance with applicable privacy laws, regulations, company policies, and best practices.
What you’ll be doing
- Manage day-to-day operation of assigned privacy program workflows, including intake, triage, documentation, evidence management, issue tracking, and escalation support.
- Lead day-to-day coordination of the privacy workstream for incidents, including fact gathering, privacy impact analysis support, documentation, and remediation tracking.
- Serve as a primary privacy point of contact for assigned business initiatives and operational privacy matters, coordinating with Security, Legal, and Compliance as appropriate.
- Lead and support information-gathering efforts related to HealthEquity’s complex data environment and apply new or changing privacy practices to new and existing processes and controls.
- Develop and maintain expertise in applicable state and federal privacy laws and regulations, including those involving employee and consumer data privacy, information security, and cybersecurity, as relevant to HealthEquity.
- Maintain policies, procedures, standards, templates, playbooks, and review standards to ensure company compliance, as well as manage the implementation of applicable existing and upcoming privacy laws (CPRA, state laws, federal laws).
- Conduct companywide privacy assessments (NIST, HIPAA, GLBA, etc.) and support Privacy Impact Assessment (PIAs) program for personal data processing activities.
- Identify privacy controls and manage privacy risks; assess control effectiveness and manage risks to the confidentiality of sensitive data including personal information (PII/PHI/NPI).
- Develop training and awareness materials educating workforce on key privacy concepts, controls, and standards for ensuring the confidentiality of sensitive data.
- Conduct privacy review of vendor, partner, client, and data-sharing arrangements, documenting risk positions.
- Assess vendor and software technologies and applications for privacy risks and compliance.
- Support implementation of privacy tooling, automation, and workflow improvements that improve consistency, evidence quality, and program scalability.
- Maintain “regulator-ready” toolkits for response to regulator inquiries.
- Work with Product and HR teams to implement compliance (Privacy by Design) across all consumer and worker touchpoints and back-end systems.
- Own or support day-to-day individual rights request operations, including intake, workflow coordination, quality checks, documentation, and SLA tracking.
- Maintain operational dashboards, metrics, and reporting inputs for privacy reviews, requests, incidents, remediation items, and third-party oversight.
- Support audits, regulatory inquiries, client diligence, and internal assurance activities through strong evidence and documentation.
What you will need to be successful
- Bachelor’s Degree, focus on technology or a related field is required.
- Juris Doctorate strongly preferred.
- 8+ years of professional experience in a role involving privacy, legal, or compliance, preferably in a technology setting or highly regulated industry.
- Strong understanding of HIPAA, GLBA, privacy-by-design, data governance, data lifecycle management, and risk-based privacy practices.
- Ability to translate legal, regulatory, and policy requirements into operational processes, controls, templates, and practical guidance.
- Experience conducting privacy assessments and documenting risks, mitigations, exceptions, and remediation actions.
- Working knowledge of data inventories, mapping, classification, minimization, retention, deletion, and secure data handling.
- Experience supporting vendor, partner, and data-sharing reviews, including API-based integrations and third-party privacy diligence.
- Comfort working with automation and AI-assisted tools, including agentic AI capabilities, in a controlled and responsible manner to improve consistency, efficiency, and scalability of privacy operations.
- Familiarity with privacy issues related to AI, machine learning, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled workflow tools, including appropriate governance and human oversight.
- Experience using platforms such as Graphite Connect, OneTrust, AuditBoard, Salesforce, or similar tools to manage assessments, issues, evidence, remediation, and reporting.
- Strong judgment, stakeholder management, and professional presence, with the ability to communicate clearly and credibly on complex or high-visibility matters.
Salary Range:
$115000.00 To $165000.00 / year
Benefits & Perks:
The actual compensation offer is determined based on job-related knowledge, education, skills, experience, and work location. This position will be eligible for performance-based incentives as part of the total compensation package, in addition to a full range of benefits including:
- Medical, dental, and vision
- HSA contribution and match
- Dependent care FSA match
- Uncapped paid time off
- Paid parental leave
- 401(k) match
- Personal and healthcare financial literacy programs
- Ongoing education & tuition assistance
- Gym and fitness reimbursement
- Wellness program incentives
Onboarding & Travel
This is a remote role, with an in-person onboarding training component. New team members must participate in Trailhead, HealthEquity’s immersive onboarding experience. Trailhead is designed to foster meaningful connections, support your integration into the organization, and equip you with a strong understanding of our business. Trailhead participation is a key expectation of this role. Trailhead is held onsite at our headquarters once per quarter. HealthEquity covers all required travel and accommodations.
This role may begin with a virtual, self-paced onboarding experience, followed by a mandatory onsite Trailhead session at a later date.
HealthEquity is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to team members with qualifying disabilities. Should you be selected for this role and require an accommodation, we will put you in touch with our Benefits Team so you can begin the accommodation request process.
Why work with HealthEquity:
HealthEquity has a vision that by 2030 we will make HSAs as widespread and popular as retirement accounts. We are passionate about providing a solution that allows American families to connect health and wealth. Join us and discover a work experience where the person is valued more than the position. You belong at HealthEquity!
HealthEquity, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to being an employer where no matter your background or identity – you feel welcome and included. We ensure equal opportunity for all applicants and employees without regard to race, age, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a qualified individual with a disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. HealthEquity is a drug-free workplace. For more information about our EEO policy, or about HealthEquity’s applicant disability accommodation, drug-free workplace, background check, and E-Verify policies, please visit our Careers page.
HealthEquity uses Microsoft Copilot to transcribe screening interviews between candidates and their direct Talent Partner for note taking and interview summaries. By scheduling a screening interview with us, you consent to Microsoft Copilot’s AI technology recording and transcribing your interview with your Talent Partner. This information will be reviewed for accuracy and then used by HealthEquity to summarize the interview, ensure accuracy, and facilitate our hiring process. We take privacy seriously. You have the option to opt out. If you wish to opt out of this Microsoft Copilot transcription, please notify your Talent Partner in advance of the interview. If we do not receive an opt-out request from you, we will assume that you consent to the use of Microsoft Copilot.
At HealthEquity, our goal is to save and improve lives by empowering healthcare consumers. This shared purpose inspires everything we do, including how we approach hiring. Our process is designed to get to know the real you: your skills, experiences, and potential to make a difference. We value honesty, originality, and the courage to do the right thing, even when it is not the easiest path. Showing up as your authentic self reflects these values and helps us build something truly remarkable together.
As AI is becoming a common tool throughout the application process, we want to be clear about its appropriate use at HealthEquity. Using AI to support resume writing, research, or interview preparation is perfectly acceptable, provided the content is accurate and genuinely represents your qualifications and skills. For other key parts of our interview process, however, it is important that the ideas, communication, and work you share reflect your own voice, experiences, and thinking. We ask that you participate in our live interviews and complete any assessments without AI assistance unless instructions explicitly indicate otherwise or a specific exception is discussed and approved in advance. This approach ensures fairness, celebrates your individuality, and allows your authentic perspective to shine. Behaviors that do not align with these guidelines may result in disqualification from the hiring process or termination of employment if later discovered. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to learning about the unique contributions only you can bring to HealthEquity.
HealthEquity is committed to your privacy as an applicant for employment. For information on our privacy policies and practices, please visit HealthEquity Privacy.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding TN Visa Sponsorship as a Data Privacy Specialist
Align your credentials to the right USMCA category
Data Privacy Specialist isn't a named TN category, so your offer letter and credentials must map to Computer Systems Analyst. Your degree in information systems, computer science, or a related field does the heavy lifting here.
Build a privacy-specific credential portfolio now
CIPP/US or CIPM certification from the IAPP strengthens your TN application by signaling domain expertise CBP officers can verify. A Canadian or Mexican privacy credential alone won't satisfy the specialty occupation threshold.
Target employers with active data governance programs
Companies subject to CCPA, HIPAA, or GDPR enforcement are actively hiring privacy specialists and understand TN sponsorship. Focus your search on healthcare networks, fintech firms, and multinationals with U.S. compliance obligations.
Verify your offer letter covers CBP's technical requirements
The offer letter must state your title, duties, degree requirement, and that the position qualifies as Computer Systems Analyst. Missing any of these details is the most common reason CBP officers request additional documentation at the port of entry.
Use Migrate Mate to find employers already sponsoring TN roles
Search Migrate Mate's database to identify companies with recent visa filings in data and compliance roles. Reaching out to employers experienced with visa sponsorship cuts the negotiation cycle significantly.
Prepare for Mexican-national TN caps before accepting an offer
Mexican nationals are subject to an annual TN allocation, so confirm your employer is ready to file promptly after offer acceptance. Delays between offer and filing can affect your position in the annual queue.
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Find Data Privacy Specialist JobsData Privacy Specialist TN Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does Data Privacy Specialist qualify as a TN visa occupation?
There's no TN category called 'Data Privacy Specialist,' but most roles in this field qualify under Computer Systems Analyst, one of the named USMCA professions. Your job duties must center on analyzing information systems, data flows, or compliance architecture, and your offer letter must frame the role in those terms for CBP to approve the TN at the port of entry.
How does the TN visa compare to H-1B for data privacy roles?
For Canadian professionals, TN is almost always faster and more predictable than H-1B. There's no lottery, no annual cap, and Canadians can get TN status approved at the border the same day. H-1B requires an April lottery with roughly one-in-three odds, then months of USCIS processing. Mexican nationals face a TN annual allocation, but even then the timeline typically beats H-1B by several months.
What documents does my employer need to prepare for TN sponsorship?
Your employer needs to provide a signed offer letter detailing your job title, a description of duties that maps to Computer Systems Analyst, the minimum degree requirement for the position, and your expected start date. Some CBP officers also ask for supporting documentation like a company overview or an organizational chart showing where the privacy function sits.
How can I find employers that sponsor TN visas for data privacy jobs?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for this search. You can filter by TN-sponsored roles in data privacy and compliance, which surfaces employers who have already navigated the sponsorship process. This is more reliable than applying broadly and then raising sponsorship in negotiations, where employers unfamiliar with TN may decline without understanding how straightforward Canadian sponsorship actually is.
Can I work for multiple clients or as a contractor on a TN visa in a data privacy role?
TN status requires a specific employer-employee relationship, so pure independent contracting doesn't qualify. If you're placed by a staffing firm at a client site, the staffing firm must be your TN sponsor, and your duties at the client must still satisfy the Computer Systems Analyst definition. Shifting between clients mid-status without an amended TN can create compliance problems that put your authorization at risk.
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