Remitly · 3 weeks ago
Privacy Senior Program Manager - Technical
Seattle, Washington United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$144K/yr - $170K/yr
5+ years expRemitly is a company dedicated to providing secure and reliable money management solutions globally. They are seeking a Senior Privacy Program Manager-Technical to lead privacy and regulatory programs, ensuring compliance with global privacy regulations while enhancing the organization's culture of privacy.
Financial ServicesFinTechPayments
Responsibilities
Stay up to date with global privacy regulations and help create thoughtful privacy strategies that consider risks to customers, the business, and employees
At the direction of the Director of Global Privacy, conduct regular assessments to identify and address privacy risks and vulnerabilities
Lead efforts to implement and maintain privacy policies, procedures, and documentation
Oversee and independently conduct privacy impact assessments for projects
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate privacy-by-design principles
Manage an incident response plan for internal data spills and other privacy incidents
Lead investigations and coordinate responses to privacy-related incidents
Collaborate with the vendor evaluation team to provide advocacy on privacy-focused vendor evaluations and risks identified with prospective vendors
Manage privacy risks associated with third-party vendors
Provide strategic guidance on privacy compliance and best practices to internal partners
Collaborate with senior leadership to integrate privacy considerations into business processes
Present regular reports to senior leadership on the status of the privacy program
Build/Manage communication and reporting mechanisms to enhance the reach and awareness of the Global Privacy Program
Monitor industry trends and the latest privacy issues to enhance the privacy program
Conduct periodic assessments to measure the effectiveness of the privacy program
Develop and deliver privacy training programs for employees and contractors
Promote privacy awareness and champion a culture of privacy across the organization
Partner with Global Privacy Product and internal/external Engineering partners to launch new products
Brainstorm and build program strategies to address the latest privacy opportunities/trends/issues
Hold partners accountable and ensure zero-defect launches
Engage with partners to build trust while delivering high quality solutions
Qualification
Required
A Bachelor or Masters degree in Computer Science or a related engineering field
5+ years of program management in tech; Experience in FinTech/payments or similarly regulated, global environments preferable
5+ years working directly with software engineering teams
A high level understanding of technical architecture and common architectural patterns (e.g. monolith, data warehouse, service oriented architecture). Strong grasp on the high-level building blocks (web and mobile apps, APIs, service architecture, databases, blob stores, data warehouses)
An understanding of software development processes and how code is shipped to customers (version control, CI/CD, feature flags, monitoring, & alerting). You are familiar with some tooling here (e.g. Github, Jenkins)
Experience managing and delivering complex, cross-functional regulatory projects, managed dependencies and risks, and influencing teams you don't manage
The ability to apply structured analytical methods to break down complex technical problems, assess options, and recommend decisions that balance scope, resources, and timelines
Experience operationalizing and managing global privacy requirements
Data fluency. You define the right metrics, build/read dashboards, and use analysis to guide decisions and improvements
Preferred
Knowledge of global privacy regulations, such as GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and other global and domestic data protection laws is preferable
Bonus for having familiarity with specific AWS offerings (EC2, Dynamo, RDS, S3, or SNS)
MySQL experience is a bonus
Benefits
Flexible paid time off
Health, dental, and vision + 401k plan with company matching
Paid parental, medical, military and family care leave
Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
Continuing education and travel benefits
Company
Remitly
Remitly is a mobile payments service that enables users to make person-to-person international money transfers.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.08BKey Investors
JP MorganVisaPayU GPO
2025-06-24Post Ipo Debt· $550M
2023-01-20Post Ipo Equity· $6.74M
2021-09-23IPO
Leadership Team
Matthew Oppenheimer
Chief Executive Officer
Vikas Mehta
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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