The TeamThis role is responsible for the User Data & Consent subdomain within Identity Engineering, spanning two teams:
Consent Data & Privacy, which owns user consent management end-to-end from collection, policies and enforcement, storage and access policies.
User Data Management, which owns data collection experiences and practices, lineage, access control, and retention policy for Netflix's first-party user data.
The RoleWe're looking for an experienced engineering leader to run these teams as a manager-of-managers, overseeing an Engineering Manager and partnering closely with 2 senior ICs who drive the architectural agenda across the group, while directly managing the Consent team.
You'll be accountable for near- and medium-term execution — keeping product consent experiences, the consent rules engine, consent/data storage, and data transport pipelines reliable and compliant — while also owning a multi-year technical vision for how Netflix manages first-party user data and consent responsibly at scale. A failure in consent signal propagation or a gap in data stewardship can create compliance exposure and slow roadmaps for partner teams, so this role carries risk and visibility well beyond a single team.
Standard playbooks won't fully apply. You'll need to be a strong partner, evaluate and adapt frameworks as legal requirements evolve, identify gaps in how consent is enforced downstream, and propose new approaches to data minimization — building platforms and systems that are both technically robust and compliant with regulations that weren't written with Netflix's scale in mind.
Desired Background and SkillsProven experience managing, coaching, and developing high-performing managers, leading EM-level and senior IC reports across multiple teams or a full department
Strategic and pragmatic thinker who can successfully drive teams and outcomes in a highly ambiguous and fast-changing regulatory and technical environment, without a fixed playbook to follow
Strong cross-functional partner with technical ownership, with a demonstrated ability to build trust and align priorities across Product, Data Engineering, and Legal/Privacy
Industry experience in building systems for user data collection and engineering from product UIs, platforms, data migration strategies, and data governance, as well as consent data.
System design and full-stack technical credibility, sufficient to earn trust with senior ICs and make sound architectural calls across product, policy, storage, and pipeline concerns
Generally, our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $436,000.00 - $710,000.00. This compensation range will vary based on location.
Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more details about our Benefits here.
Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.
Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.
