Microsoft

Lead Privacy Program Manager

Microsoft • $116K — $203K *
Redmond, WA 98052In-Person
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field with 6+ years of experience in risk management or equivalent experience.
  • Master's Degree preferred with 8+ years of applicable experience or Bachelor's Degree with 12+ years of relevant experience.
  • Membership in relevant professional associations is preferred.
  • Experience with AI governance and AI-based analytical tools.
  • Solid understanding of privacy program architecture and control design.

Responsibilities

  • Set the strategy and architecture for privacy and data protection.
  • Establish governance and metrics to assess program effectiveness.
  • Identify and prioritize privacy risks, recommending solutions.
  • Translate privacy obligations into actionable business guidance.
  • Utilize AI and automation to modernize the privacy program.
  • Align various teams on common privacy standards and priorities.
  • Provide insights to senior leaders on privacy risk and compliance issues.
  • Act as a trusted privacy authority for stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Health and wellness programs
  • Continuous learning opportunities
  • Flexible work environment
  • Employee discounts
  • Retirement savings plans
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

  • Set the program strategy and architecture. Define the vision, priorities, operating model, and multiyear roadmap for privacy and data protection across sales, consulting, and technical support.


  • Own program effectiveness. Establish governance, controls, accountability, metrics, and assurance mechanisms that demonstrate compliance with the Microsoft Privacy Standard and applicable legal, regulatory, contractual, and industry requirements.


  • Lead privacy risk management. Identify, aggregate, assess, and prioritize systemic, emerging, and business-specific privacy risks; recommend pragmatic treatments; and drive mitigation through accountable business and technical owners.


  • Translate obligations into scalable solutions. Convert complex privacy requirements into actionable business guidance, technical patterns, control designs, and privacy-by-design practices that teams can implement consistently.


  • Modernize and simplify the program. Use AI, automation, telemetry, and Microsoft technologies to reduce manual effort, strengthen evidence, accelerate risk reduction, and improve the stakeholder experience.


  • Orchestrate a federated privacy model. Align distributed privacy, legal, engineering, risk, compliance, and business teams around common standards, priorities, and outcomes without relying on direct authority.


  • Advise senior leaders. Provide clear, decision-ready insights on risk posture, control effectiveness, regulatory change, investment priorities, and opportunities to enable responsible business growth.


  • Represent the program with credibility. Serve as a trusted privacy authority with customers, auditors, regulators, legal partners, and Microsoft leaders when addressing complex data protection matters.


Qualifications

Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Risk Management, Engineering, Government Intelligence, Security, or Information Technology, or related field AND 6+ years experience in risk management, privacy, security, compliance, government intelligence, operations, auditing, and/or finance OR equivalent experience.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Master's Degree in Risk Management, Engineering, Government Intelligence, Security, or Information Technology, or related field AND 8+ years experience in risk management in the context of operations, engineering, information technology, business analyst, consulting, auditing, privacy, security, compliance, government intelligence, and/or finance OR Bachelor's Degree in Risk Management, Engineering, Government Intelligence, Security, Cybersecurity, or Information Technology, or related field AND 12+ years experience in risk management in the context of operations, engineering, information technology, business analyst, consulting, auditing, privacy, security, compliance, government intelligence, and/or finance OR equivalent experience.
  • Membership with a relevant risk domain area association including: International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2, and Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE), Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI), Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCB), Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA).
  • Experience with AI, AI-based analytical tools, AI governance, and AI governance frameworks.
  • Experience with privacy program architecture, control design, testing, metrics, dashboards, audit readiness, and regulatory documentation such as DPIAs and records of processing activities, particularly in relation to Data Processor activities
  • Experience in dealing with complex third-party privacy sub processor scenarios
  • Understanding of cloud services, enterprise data ecosystems, and the privacy considerations associated with AI and emerging technologies.
  • Excellent judgment and communication skills, with the ability to make complex privacy risks clear and actionable for technical, legal, and executive audiences.
  • 6+ years of experience in privacy, data protection, risk management, security, compliance, audit, operations, or a related field; OR a bachelor's degree and 4+ years of relevant experience; OR equivalent experience.
  • Demonstrated experience designing, leading, or materially transforming a privacy or data protection program in a large, complex, matrixed organization.
  • Knowledge of global privacy and data protection obligations, privacy-by-design principles, data governance, privacy risk assessment, and accountability frameworks.
  • Experience translating legal, regulatory, contractual, or policy requirements into practical business processes, technical requirements, and scalable controls.
  • Proven ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional teams, create structure in ambiguity, and drive outcomes without direct authority.


Risk Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $116,900 - $203,600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $148,400 - $222,600 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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Size
181,000 employees
Market Cap
$1,762.4 billion
Industry
Enterprise Technology
Net Income
$51.3 billion
Founded
1975
5 Year Trend
+15.5%
Revenue
$153.2 billion
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