Senior Privacy Program Management

Overview

Microsoft is committed to protecting individuals' privacy and building trust with employees, customers, and partners.

The Finance Privacy Program is a global function responsible for delivering high-quality privacy, risk management, compliance monitoring, and advisory services for all Finance teams. The program supports the Global Finance organization, including corporate finance, product and sales finance, and global workplace services and physical security teams. Finance operates at scale across complex regulatory and business requirements, and this role will help evolve the program by strengthening governance processes, driving simplification and automation, and creating scalable ways of working. The Senior Privacy Manager is an integral member of the Finance Privacy Program team and will partner with other team members to enable privacy governance activities across Global Finance and ensure compliance with Microsoft Privacy Standards and global privacy regulations.

An ideal candidate would be proficient with Microsoft Privacy policy, other privacy standards and regulations such as the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), advanced privacy concepts, and the Microsoft Finance organization. Candidates should be highly motivated and passionate about privacy and able to translate complex privacy requirements into practical, repeatable, scalable processes. In addition to privacy or security expertise, the candidate should possess strong presentation and cross-collaboration skills, the ability to establish and improve processes, and the ability to positively influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as trusted advisor to a subset of Finance stakeholders by responding to questions, assessing privacy risks and providing privacy advice
• Develop and maintain strategies and processes to comply with the Microsoft privacy policies and standards
• Drive continuous improvement of privacy program processes through simplification, standardization, automation, and scalable documentation.
• Partner with key Finance stakeholders to drive privacy documentation and compliance for personal data handling across Global Finance, including Privacy Reviews, Data Protection Impact Assessments, and Records of Processing Activities.
• Collaborate with other privacy teams to plug into efforts to further develop cross-company privacy processes and documentation.
• Collaborate with Incident Management Lead and Legal to ensure the Finance Incident Management process covers all requirements of the Microsoft Privacy Standard and to help drive decisions or resolve complex incidents.
• Support the privacy incident program by appropriately reporting, escalating and managing privacy issues/incidents.
• Work on global privacy and security projects related to emerging technologies and emerging regulations, including artificial intelligence, executive orders, and local privacy regulations.
• Develop and track metrics to measure the effectiveness of the work handled by this position, and prepare monthly/quarterly reports and summaries

Qualifications

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors Degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field AND 4+ years experience in program management, process management, or process improvement OR equivalent experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years professional experience in privacy consulting or in a dedicated privacy function
• 5+ years professional experience in a Finance, governance, risk, or compliance role
• 4-year degree in risk, finance, accounting, engineering, or closely related discipline
• 5+ years of experience with a combination of the following: risk management, privacy, project management, program management, and controls design and execution
• Privacy Certification - CIPM or CIPP
• Experience improving operational efficiency through process optimization, automation, and use of scalable tooling.
• Understanding of privacy policy, regulatory landscape, and privacy risk and demonstrated experience applying those to applications and processes
• Experience working with geographically diverse groups
• Proven ability to collaborate across a complex matrix and functional boundaries within Microsoft
• Proven program management experience working with multiple projects and diverse goals

Business Program Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $97,600 - $188,400 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 $125,000 - $206,400 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.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.