AI Privacy & Governance Lead

Clay; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

CIPM certification preferred

Transcend

OneTrust accessibility

Job summary

Clay invites a Privacy Program Manager to build and run privacy programs at scale, integrating AI governance and data privacy across product, engineering, and legal teams. You will own records, PIAs/DPAs, and vendor diligence, ensuring governance is fast and compliant.

You'll collaborate with Legal, Product, Security, and Data Platform to automate processes, track metrics, and maintain up-to-date notices while delivering a differentiating privacy program for Clay.

Qualifications

• 6 to 8+ years building and running privacy programs or privacy operations at a technology company, ideally high-growth B2B SaaS, data, or AI.
• Hands‑on experience with privacy requests, data mapping, PIAs and DPIAs, vendor diligence, and consent management
• Working knowledge of GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and other US state privacy laws, and good judgment about when to bring in Legal
• AI fluency: you understand how LLM features and agents use data, and you can put frameworks like the EU AI Act into practice
• Technical fluency: you can follow data across systems and APIs and ask engineers precise questions
• A track record of building a program from scratch and making it stick with teams that didn't report to you
• Clear, plain writing, and a habit of using AI and automation to remove routine work
• CIPM or equivalent certification
• A law degree is not required

Responsibilities

• Own the privacy program plan with owners, dependencies, and six- and twelve-month outcomes; flag gaps.
• Maintain records of processing for product and operations and set data inventory privacy requirements.
• Run PIAs, DPAs, transfer and legitimate interests assessments, and AI assessments from fact gathering through follow-up.
• Integrate privacy into product development and AI reviews for fast, consistent answers.
• Operate the operational side of AI governance and keep records of AI usage and review conditions.
• Oversee provider and vendor privacy diligence, onboarding, renewal, and exit; maintain subprocessor notices and customer notices.
• Manage privacy rights requests end to end, including DROP requests across systems using Transcend.
• Turn retention rules into system-by-system maps and coordinate fixes with Engineering and Data Platform.
• Keep privacy notices and commitments aligned with actual data processing; support incident response with Legal and Security.
• Automate, train, and measure: build training and report program metrics to Legal and EPD leadership.

Skills

Privacy program mgmt

Privacy operations

PIAs & DP IAs

Vendor diligence

GDPR/CCPA knowledge

AI governance

Technical data lineage

Cross-functional collaboration

Legal coordination

Education

CIPM certification

Tools

Transcend

OneTrust

DataGrail

Job description

Clay invites a Privacy Program Manager to build and run privacy programs at scale, integrating AI governance and data privacy across product, engineering, and legal teams. You will own records, PIAs/DPAs, and vendor diligence, ensuring governance is fast and compliant.

You'll collaborate with Legal, Product, Security, and Data Platform to automate processes, track metrics, and maintain up-to-date notices while delivering a differentiating privacy program for Clay.