Engineering Manager, Privacy & Governance Services

Thenewyorktimes; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The New York Times seeks an Engineering Manager to lead the Privacy & Governance Services within the Data Platform mission. You will guide the team to build and maintain solutions ensuring compliance with privacy laws while enabling data producers and consumers to work with high-quality data.

This hybrid role is based in New York City headquarters, 3 days per week. You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager of Data Platform and lead a team focused on automation, architectural decisions,

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience as an engineering manager with 4+ years in a technical leadership role
• 5+ years of experience in full-stack software engineering designing scalable systems
• Strong technical fluency and experience guiding architecture discussions
• Experience building a high-performing team and fostering trust and productivity

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers, promoting collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement
• Coach engineers to grow and increase impact in their careers
• Develop automation for operations including SLAs and escalation paths
• Oversee roadmap execution to boost productivity and delivery
• Collaborate with product managers to define requirements and roadmaps
• Guide technical decisions and architectural design for projects
• Monitor progress, risks, and budgets for cloud solutions
• Support our mission of journalistic independence and high-quality data platform tooling

Skills

Engineering leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

System architecture

Full-stack development

Team growth

Job description

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.

About the Role

The New York Times is looking for an Engineering Manager to join the Data Platform mission to lead the Privacy & Governance Services team. The team builds and maintains technical solutions that enable the NYT to stay in compliance with complex and rapidly changing domestic and international privacy laws. The team also enables data producers to own the quality of their data and data consumers to discover available high-quality data for their needs. You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager of Data Platform.

This is a hybrid role based in our New York City headquarters 3 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers, promoting a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Coach engineers, helping them make an impact while growing in their careers.
• Experience building a practice of automation for operational needs including running processes, SLAs, and escalation paths.
• Oversee the execution of roadmap items and increase productivity and delivery.
• Collaborate with product managers and partners to define product requirements and roadmaps.
• Guide technical decisions and architectural design for the team's projects.
• Monitor and report on initiative progress and risks.
• Develop and maintain budgets, forecasts, and a cost attribution model for your team's cloud solutions
• Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.

Basic Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience as an engineering manager and 4+ years of experience in a technical leadership role working with cross-functional partners
• 5+ years of experience in full-stack software engineering designing and developing scalable, high-performance systems that handle large volumes of traffic
• Strong technical fluency and experience guiding architecture discussions
• Experience developing a high-performing team and growing engineering competencies over time
• Experience fostering a culture of high trust and productivity within the immediate team and cross-functionally

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience running engineering operations and technical projects that spans multiple teams.
• Understanding of Privacy regulations and solutions for managing and respecting user consent and DSRs
• Experience working with legal, compliance, and security teams to align privacy needs for product delivery
• Understanding of modern data platforms, including data management principles and governance solutions such as data cataloging, lineage tracking and data contracts.

Compensation and Benefits For This Role

In addition to base salary, this role is also eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock.

• Benefits include medical, dental and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s), a company-matching 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.

The annual base pay range for this role is between:

$160,000—$190,000 USD

Candidate Use of GenAI Tools

We’re excited to learn more about you and your experience. To keep our hiring process as fair and authentic as possible, we ask that you submit your own work and not use GenAI tools to generate substantive content during the application and interview process.

If you’re an engineering candidate, we’ll let you know what specific GenAI tools you are permitted to use for your technical assessment.

The New York Times Company is committed to being the world’s best source of independent, reliable and quality journalism. To do so, we embrace a diverse workforce that has a broad range of backgrounds and experiences across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)’s Know Your Rights Poster is available here.

The New York Times Company will provide reasonable accommodations as required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws. Individuals seeking an accommodation for the application or interview process should email [e-mail]. Emails sent for unrelated issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

For information about The New York Times' privacy practices for job applicants, here.