Privacy and Data Policy Manager

Meta; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta seeks a motivated and organized Privacy & Data Policy Manager to join our European team. You will lead external engagement with regulators, policymakers, academics and civil society across the EU on privacy and AI policy issues.

The role requires senior-level coordination across policy, legal, communications, product and engineering, delivering timely analyses, strategy and advocacy in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional experience in privacy, data or technology policy, regulatory affairs, or closely related field
• Fluency in English and French for EU regulatory engagement
• Demonstrated expertise in AI policy and EU privacy framework (GDPR, AI Act, DSA/DMA, Data Act)
• Established familiarity with data and privacy community in at least one possible base country (Spain, France, Italy)
• Proven experience leading complex cross-functional programmes with PM, workflow and lifecycle management
• Strong presentation, writing, and stakeholder-management skills for senior external audiences

Responsibilities

• Policy leadership and external engagement
• Identify and monitor data policy issues affecting Meta in the EU
• Monitor, analyse EU and national privacy, data governance and AI regulation; assess implications for Meta
• Develop proactive strategies to address policy challenges
• Engage with regulators, policymakers, academia, civil society, industry bodies
• Represent Meta at meetings and conferences
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on policy submissions and engagement plans
• Own project plans and strategic frameworks for privacy and AI external engagement initiatives
• Provide centralized view across privacy team on external engagement activity
• Drive escalation on priorities, resourcing and initiatives
• Partner with events and policy programmes to develop and execute events

Skills

Policy leadership

English & French fluency

Programme leadership

Stakeholder management

Regulatory engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

Summary:

Meta's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Meta are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities — we're just getting started.Meta seeks a motivated and organized team player to join our European Privacy and Data Policy team. You will work on strategic engagement and outreach with privacy and data policy stakeholders in the EU. This will involve working on cutting‑edge data policy issues and building relationships with key stakeholders. The role will involve proactive policy development, project management, and the creation of networks across different sectors. You will work in a fast‑paced, cross‑functional environment and present to both internal and external audiences. This role involves working on novel public policy issues. In this role you will combine substantive policy expertise with programme leadership: shaping and executing our external engagement strategy with regulators, policymakers, academics and civil society across the EU privacy and AI community, and translating the fast‑moving EU digital rulebook — GDPR, the AI Act, DSA, DMA, Data Act and the EU data strategy more broadly — into clear guidance and priorities for internal partners.The ideal candidate has a track record of public engagement (e.g., published thought leadership, conference speaking, or advisory roles) in the EU data and privacy community and is comfortable operating independently at senior levels both externally and internally. They will be detail‑oriented and strategic, able to adapt quickly, build credibility and trust across all levels of the organisation, and coordinate with cross‑functional leads on time‑and‑mission‑critical issues spanning policy, legal, communications, product, and engineering. This person will be highly organised, resilient and effective at prioritising competing demands and delivering results in time‑sensitive scenarios and reports to the Director of Data and Privacy Policy, EMEA.

Required Skills:

Privacy and Data Policy Manager Responsibilities:

1. Policy leadership and external engagement

2. Identify and monitor data policy issues affecting Meta in the EU

3. Monitor, analyse and advise on EU and national developments in privacy, data governance and AI regulation, and assess implications for Meta's products and policy positions

4. Develop proactive strategies and initiatives to address policy challenges

5. Engage and build relationships with relevant stakeholders, with regulators, policymakers, academia, civil society and industry bodies in the country of hire and across the EU

6. Represent Meta at meetings and conferences

7. Work closely with cross‑functional teams on a range of policy issues, including strategically drafting submissions and engagement plans for local policy audiences

8. Programme and process management

9. Own project plans and strategic planning frameworks for privacy and AI external engagement initiatives

10. Provide a centralised view across the privacy team of global external engagement activity

11. Drive escalated issues on priorities, goals, strategies, resourcing and key initiatives to resolution

12. Partner with events and policy programmes teams to develop and execute event strategy

13. Communications and knowledge management

14. Shape internal communication strategies and channels on privacy and AI external engagement, in coordination with global counterparts

15. Prepare briefing materials and presentations for senior audiences, including leadership policy and business updates on engagement and sentiment

16. Build and run knowledge‑sharing processes for the engagement team, acting as subject matter expert for content and knowledge management best practices

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

1. 6+ years of professional experience in privacy, data or technology policy, regulatory affairs, or a closely related field

2. Fluency in English and French, as the role requires direct engagement with French‑speaking regulators and policymakers in the EU

3. Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant fields

4. Demonstrated expertise in AI policy and in the privacy and data protection framework of the EU digital landscape (GDPR, AI Act, DSA/DMA, Data Act)

5. Established familiarity with and a network in the data and privacy community in at least one of the countries where the position may be based (Spain, France, Italy)

6. Proven experience leading complex, cross‑functional programmes, including business process management, workflow and lifecycle management

7. Strong presentation, writing, and stakeholder‑management skills, including those with senior external audiences

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Experience advising product or engineering teams on regulatory requirements

2. Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

3. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimise/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)

4. Track record of published thought leadership or public speaking on privacy or AI policy

5. Additional official EU languages to support stakeholder engagement across EU member states

6. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

7. Experience working with or within an EU data protection authority, the EDPB, a national digital regulator, or an EU institution

8. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimise/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)

Industry: Internet