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Senior Staff Technical Program Manager (Data Governance & Privacy)

SoFi

RemoteFull timeMid level$157k – $270kPosted today
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About the role

  • As a Technical Program Manager within the Enterprise Data Governance team, you will drive strategic execution across our core data governance processes
  • Your primary focus is to protect member privacy safeguarding personal information through secure handling, processing, and storage to ensure trust, enforce compliance, and mitigate data exposure risks
  • You will bridge the gap between corporate data governance policy and operational engineering, leading high-visibility technical programs that secure, classify, and institutionalize data controls across key data platforms
  • As a leader, you will partner with engineering, the CIO organization, Legal, Privacy Compliance, and broader stakeholders to shield enterprise data frameworks while accelerating feature delivery
  • Own the end-to-end strategy, roadmap, and execution of complex, multi-platform data privacy and data protection initiatives, driving the Privacy Rights Management (PRM) program as a primary priority
  • Partner with engineering and platform teams to translate abstract data governance and privacy policies into actionable technical execution. Own the requirements lifecycle by authoring comprehensive PRDs, defining functional data controls, and ensuring engineering teams have the clear technical specifications needed for deployment
  • Operationalize privacy lifecycles from intake through fulfillment, including the development of automated tools, management of Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs), and establishing governance SOPs for regulatory change management, data onboarding/offboarding, operational metrics, and control validation
  • Operationalize the First Line of Defense (1LOD) ownership model to ensure compliance with evolving U.S. state, international, and SMB privacy obligations, ensuring governance frameworks are scalable and robust
  • Manage the governance standards for both affiliate and non-affiliate data sharing, ensuring full alignment with privacy standards and internal policies. Act as a strategic contributor to core governance pillars, shaping frameworks for Metadata, Data Lineage, Data Retention, and Data Quality
  • Own key metrics and controls to track and provide actionable insights to drive continuous improvement. Propose scalable, incremental counter-proposals to keep the business agile while overseeing asset-level metadata, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) blueprints, and operational egress/ingress integration for data platforms and enterprise SaaS applications
  • Collaborate with federated teams to institutionalize ownership matrices, translate complex regulatory mandates into actionable product requirements. Maintain focus on strategic priorities and outcome-driven execution when navigating ambiguous problems, ensuring clear communication of program status, risks, and mitigation plans to executive leadership

Benefits

  • Generous vacation and holidays
  • Paid parental leave for eligible employees
  • 401(k) and education on retirement planning
  • Monthly contribution up to $200 to help you pay off your student loans
  • Great health & well-being benefits including: telehealth parental support, subsidized gym program
  • Comprehensive health, vision, dental, life insurance, and disability benefits
  • Fertility and family planning options
  • Flexible time off
  • Free financial classes
  • Tuition reimbursement on approved programs, up to $5,250 per year- Experience designing AI-driven workflows, LLM applications, or intelligent agents to automate manual governance controls and compliance verification
  • Proven track record of driving results across large-scale, enterprise-level programs through cross-functional collaboration
  • Architectural understanding of data classification standards, API egress patterns, and core data technologies (Python, SQL, Airflow)
  • Deep expertise in scaling data governance, data privacy, or security risk programs within highly regulated environments (FinTech, Banking, or Enterprise SaaS)
  • Comfort leading through influence in a highly matrixed, federated model
  • Experience influencing stakeholders and executive leadership through strong analytical skills and clear written and verbal communication
  • Strong sense of ownership and bias for action
  • 9+ years of experience in technical (software, data, engineering) program or Product management
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher with practical experience in a technical field
  • Strong hands-on experience with cloud data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Postgres, CockroachDB)
  • Experience in data governance; handling compliance, and/or technology risk management
  • A solid understanding of regulations like CCPA, GDPR, and emerging privacy regulations

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