Privacy Program Manager: Strategy, Governance & Delivery

Socket.dev; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

HP Products & Services Privacy is seeking a Program Manager to lead privacy initiatives and enable global compliance across products and services. You will drive program execution, portfolio management, stakeholder engagement, and governance, partnering with Legal, Engineering, Product, Security, and Data Governance.

The ideal candidate has broad program management experience, superb coordination skills, and a track record delivering complex initiatives in matrixed organizations.

Qualifications

• Four-year or graduate degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Information Systems, Computer Science, Public Policy, Legal Studies, or related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
• Typically 7–10 years of experience in program management, project management, compliance operations, governance, risk management, privacy, or related disciplines.
• Experience managing large-scale cross-functional programs within global organizations.
• Experience leading initiatives involving technology, software development, compliance, risk, security, or governance functions.
• Proven track record delivering projects in matrixed environments with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Experience developing executive reports, dashboards, and operational metrics.
• Experience leveraging project tracking tools, e.g. Jira/ADO, Smartsheets

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, execution, and governance of privacy and compliance programs across HP Products & Services initiatives.
• Manage a portfolio of privacy initiatives, aligning with priorities, resources, and regulatory commitments.
• Develop and maintain program roadmaps, project plans, milestones, dependencies, and delivery schedules.
• Establish and drive project governance structures, operating rhythms, and reporting mechanisms.
• Coordinate activities across multiple workstreams, teams, and business units to ensure successful execution.
• Monitor project health and drive corrective actions when milestones or objectives are at risk.
• Serve as central coordination point between Privacy, Legal, Product, Engineering, Security, and business stakeholders.
• Prepare executive-level presentations, status reports, dashboards, and briefing materials for leadership reviews.
• Facilitate governance meetings, steering committees, project reviews, and stakeholder discussions.
• Communicate program progress, risks, dependencies, and escalations to leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and drive accountability for commitments and action items.
• Develop and maintain privacy program KPIs, operational metrics, and executive dashboards.
• Track resource utilization, program capacity, project throughput, service levels, and delivery performance.
• Analyze trends and provide leadership with actionable insights regarding risks, priorities, workload, and business impact.

Skills

Program Management

Portfolio Management

Project Planning

Project Governance

Risk Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Executive Communications

Change Management

Cross-Functional Leadership

Budget Tracking

Education

Bachelor's or advanced degree in related field

Tools

JIRA

Smartsheet

Microsoft Project

Power BI

Data Visualization

Workflow Automation

Job description

HP Products & Services Privacy is seeking a Program Manager to lead privacy initiatives and enable global compliance across products and services. You will drive program execution, portfolio management, stakeholder engagement, and governance, partnering with Legal, Engineering, Product, Security, and Data Governance.

The ideal candidate has broad program management experience, superb coordination skills, and a track record delivering complex initiatives in matrixed organizations.