Manager, Privacy Compliance

Job description

About the Team:

Affirm's Compliance organization supports the company's risk management framework across all three lines of defense, partnering with teams throughout the business to promote a strong culture of compliance and effective risk management. The Privacy Compliance team sits within the second line of defense and is responsible for the independent oversight and governance of Affirm's privacy compliance program. The team partners closely with Legal, Product, Engineering, Operations, and other business functions to establish policies, standards, and control expectations, monitor compliance with regulatory requirements, and provide independent challenge to help ensure privacy risks are effectively managed while maintaining second-line independence.

About the Role:

The Compliance Manager, Privacy operates within the second line of defense and is responsible for oversight and governance of the Privacy compliance program. This role translates legal and regulatory requirements into policies, standards, and control expectations, and provides independent monitoring and challenge to support effective implementation by first-line teams.

In alignment with the company’s privacy operating model, Legal retains responsibility for regulatory interpretation and legal advisory, while Product, Engineering, and Operations own the implementation and execution of controls. This role partners with those teams to drive compliant outcomes while maintaining second-line independence.

This role does not serve as a designated Data Protection Officer (DPO) and does not hold regulatory accountability for statutory privacy roles.

What You’ll Do:

• Support oversight of the existing Privacy compliance program across jurisdictions, with primary focus on U.S. requirements and alignment to global privacy obligations, where required suggest improvements.
• Translate Legal guidance and regulatory requirements into policies, standards, and control expectations, ensuring clear articulation of compliance requirements for first-line teams.
• Provide oversight and maintain existing governance frameworks and standards for core privacy program areas, including:
  • Data subject rights (DSAR) processes and SLAs
  • Data protection impact assessment (DPIA) governance and documentation standards
  • Consent and preference management expectations
  • Data retention and deletion requirements
• Partner with Product and Engineering to advise on and review the design and implementation of privacy controls, ensuring alignment to regulatory expectations while maintaining second-line independence.
• Provide independent oversight and effective challenge of first-line privacy control environments, including review of control design, identification of gaps, and tracking of remediation actions.
• Oversee privacy incident and breach response processes from a governance perspective, including review of escalation, documentation, and outcomes, in coordination with Legal on notification requirements.
• Maintain privacy risk registers and support risk assessment processes, including DPIA oversight, issue identification, and remediation tracking.
• Monitor adherence to privacy requirements and control expectations, including data subject rights processes, consent management, and regulatory obligations, and escalate issues where gaps are identified.
• Support audits, regulatory examinations, and bank partner reviews by coordinating second-line input, reviewing materials, and tracking remediation actions.
• Produce and contribute to privacy monitoring and governance reporting, including metrics and risk summaries for management and risk committees (e.g., RMC, CRMC).
• Partner with third-party risk functions to provide second-line oversight of privacy considerations in vendor and merchant onboarding and monitoring processes.
• Collaborate with international compliance and DPO functions to support consistent application of privacy governance frameworks, without assuming DPO accountability.
• Support privacy training and awareness by defining requirements and reviewing program effectiveness in coordination with first-line execution teams.

What We Look For:

• 6–10+ years of experience in privacy compliance, regulatory compliance, risk management, or a related control function, preferably within financial services, fintech, or a regulated environment.

• Strong understanding of U.S. privacy laws (e.g., CCPA/CPRA, GLBA) and familiarity with international regimes (e.g., GDPR, UK GDPR).

• Experience operating within a second-line of defense model, including governance, oversight, and independent challenge of first-line control environments.

• Demonstrated ability to translate regulatory requirements into policies, standards, and control expectations (not direct control ownership or legal interpretation).

• Experience reviewing control design and effectiveness, including participation in audits, regulatory exams, or control testing programs.

• Strong cross-functional partnership skills, with the ability to influence Product, Engineering, and Operations without direct ownership.

• Sound judgment and ability to escalate and manage regulatory risk appropriately.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience; relevant certifications (e.g., CIPP, CIPM) are a plus.

Pay Grade - L

Equity Grade - 6

Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills.

Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.)

USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $165,000 - $225,000

USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $146,000 - $206,000

Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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