Senior Director, Global Privacy & Data Protection

Trulioo
San Diego
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 255,000 - 290,000 annuallyFunction: Executive & General ManagementExperience: 15+ yearsEducation: professionalSkills: ["Executive presence","Sound judgment","People leadership","Operational discipline","Cross-functional influence"]

Lead the global privacy strategy and data protection program, including serving as the designated Data Protection Officer for Europe. Drive GDPR and North American privacy compliance across products, operations, commercial motions, and agile execution. Mature PIAs/DPIAs, governance policies, cross-border transfers, and incident readiness. Partner with Product, Engineering, Legal, Security, and go-to-market teams while guiding responsible AI governance, customer enablement, and enterprise due diligence.

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Senior Director, Global Privacy & Data Protection

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Job Summary

Lead the global privacy strategy and data protection program, including serving as the designated Data Protection Officer for Europe. Drive GDPR and North American privacy compliance across products, operations, commercial motions, and agile execution. Mature PIAs/DPIAs, governance policies, cross-border transfers, and incident readiness. Partner with Product, Engineering, Legal, Security, and go-to-market teams while guiding responsible AI governance, customer enablement, and enterprise due diligence.
Location: San Diego
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build and lead global privacy and data protection strategy across priority markets, products, customers, and operating environments, including DPO responsibilities for Europe.
  • •Advise executive leadership on privacy risk, regulatory change, customer expectations, and strategic trade-offs tied to product innovation and market expansion.
  • •Mature privacy program operations, including PIAs/DPIAs, records of processing, data subject rights, vendor privacy reviews, and cross-border transfer mechanisms; integrate privacy by design.
  • •Own and evolve privacy and data governance policies (data retention, data classification, information protection, data handling, responsible data use) and lead privacy incident readiness/response.
  • •Partner with Product and Engineering to embed privacy by design into agile development and guide responsible AI governance; support commercial enablement, due diligence, negotiations (DPAs/SCCs), and privacy thought leadership.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 255,000 - 290,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kPaid LeaveParental LeaveLearning Budget

Key Requirements

  • •15+ years of experience in privacy, data protection, technology law, regulatory advisory, or related legal and risk leadership, including significant in-house experience.
  • •Extensive expertise in GDPR and European data protection expectations, U.S. state privacy laws, and Canadian privacy laws.
  • •Demonstrated ability to serve as a senior privacy leader or Data Protection Officer in a complex, global technology environment.
  • •Experience advising Product, Engineering, Security, Legal, and go-to-market teams on privacy by design, data protection risk, launches, and customer-facing commitments.
  • •Practical experience with PIAs, DPIAs, data mapping, DPAs, SCCs, vendor risk, data subject rights, retention, and privacy incident response.
Experience:15+ yearsGDPRData protectionPrivacyEnterprise SaaS
Education:Professional (JD, MD, etc.)
Skills:Executive presenceSound judgmentPeople leadershipOperational disciplineCross-functional influence
Certifications:CIPP/ECIPP/USCIPP/CCIPMCIPT

Company Brief

Trulioo
Provides global identity verification and compliance solutions via a cloud-based platform that helps businesses verify customers, prevent fraud, and meet KYC/AML requirements across jurisdictions and industries.
Industry: RegTech
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Headquarters: Vancouver, Canada
Founded: 2011
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