Data Protection Manager

September 6

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B2C • eCommerce • Media

Netflix is a global streaming service that offers a wide variety of award-winning television shows, movies, anime, documentaries, and more on thousands of internet-connected devices. It allows users to watch instantly and provides original content produced by Netflix itself, catering to diverse tastes. As a pioneer in original programming since its first series in 2013, Netflix aims to entertain audiences worldwide through immersive storytelling and innovative technology.

- employees

Founded 1997

👥 B2C

🛍️ eCommerce

📱 Media

💰 $20M Post-IPO Equity on 2022-01

📋 Description

• Lead the Data Protection Team: Oversee the planning, execution, and continuous improvement of data classification, retention, and access management strategies for all Netflix data, with a focus on consumer data. • Drive program strategy and execution: Set clear objectives and key results, prioritize initiatives based on risk and business impact, and deliver measurable outcomes that reduce risk and support compliance. • Build and empower a high-performing team: Hire, coach, and develop engineers and program managers; foster an inclusive, psychologically safe, and growth-oriented team culture. • Collaborate cross-functionally: Partner with Product, Data Platform, Security, and Legal teams to align on data protection goals, drive adoption of data protection controls, and ensure seamless integration into business processes. • Promote data protection best practices: Develop and deliver training, documentation, and guidance to empower Netflix data owners and users to understand and fulfill their data protection responsibilities. • Advance technical solutions: Guide the development and rollout of scalable automation, dashboards, and user experiences for data classification, retention, and access control (e.g., Data Snitch, automated TTL enforcement). • Measure and communicate impact: Define and track program metrics, report progress to leadership and stakeholders, and continuously seek feedback to improve program effectiveness. • Champion a responsible data culture: Advocate for privacy and data protection as a business enabler, balancing risk reduction with innovation and user value.

🎯 Requirements

• Proven leadership experience in data protection, privacy engineering, or a related field, ideally in a large-scale, data-driven environment. • Strong technical and program management skills: Experience designing, implementing, and scaling data classification, retention, and access management solutions. • Demonstrated ability to build strong partnerships with engineering, product, legal, and security teams, and to influence without authority. • Track record of hiring, developing, and retaining diverse talent; skilled at fostering psychological safety, delivering feedback, and supporting career growth. • Strategic and pragmatic thinker: Able to prioritize and execute in a dynamic environment, balancing regulatory, business, and technical considerations. • Excellent communicator: Comfortable conveying complex technical and policy concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. • Experience with metrics-driven programs: Skilled at defining, tracking, and reporting on program success and areas for improvement. • Deep understanding of data protection frameworks and regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) and industry best practices.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, Life and Serious Injury Benefits, paid leave of absence programs, Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off, Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off.