Remote Privacy Implementation Lead

StackAdapt Inc.; New York (NY); Remote; USD 126,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly competitive salary

401K / Pension Savings

Paid time off including birthday off

Mental health program

Health benefits from day one

Work from home reimbursements

Optional global WeWork membership

Training and certifications

Parental leave program

Inclusive culture

Job summary

StackAdapt is seeking a Privacy Implementation Lead to operationalize privacy requirements across products, systems, and data flows. This IC role sits in the Legal Privacy team and acts as a day-to-day liaison to Product, Engineering, Data Science, and Security, translating privacy and legal requirements into practical controls and tracking workstreams.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, technically curious, and collaborates cross-functionally.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in privacy operations, privacy implementation, technical program management, product operations, compliance operations, legal operations, data governance, or a related field.
• Experience working directly with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Security, or other technical teams.
• Strong project management skills and the ability to drive multiple workstreams to completion.
• Ability to understand technical concepts such as data flows, APIs, pixels, tags, consent signals, databases, deletion workflows, retention, and system integrations.
• Familiarity with privacy concepts, including GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, U.S. state privacy laws, consent, opt-outs, data deletion, retention, and privacy by design.
• Experience implementing or managing privacy, compliance, tracking, governance, or technical workflow tools.
• Practical experience using AI tools or automation to improve operational efficiency.
• Strong communication, documentation, attention to detail, and judgment.

Responsibilities

• Translate privacy obligations and legal guidance into clear business and technical requirements, including owners, dependencies, deadlines, and implementation steps.
• Own the operational implementation of key privacy initiatives, partnering with Product, Engineering, Data Science, and Security to coordinate deliverables, resolve blockers, and drive workstreams through completion.
• Support the implementation and ongoing monitoring of privacy controls across StackAdapt’s digital properties, advertising technologies, and data collection practices.
• Partner with technical teams to understand and document data flows, system dependencies, and data storage practices to support privacy requirements related to deletion, suppression, retention, and data use.
• Help develop reporting and analytics guidelines and determine data retention requirements based on business and client needs.
• Implement and manage privacy, tracking, compliance, or governance tools, including a third-party tracking technology testing tool.
• Test and document privacy controls, including pixel and tag behavior, consent signals, opt-outs, deletion workflows, and retention controls.
• Establish repeatable privacy intake, backlog-management, testing, and reporting processes.
• Use AI tools and automation to support quality assurance and improve the Privacy team’s efficiency.

Skills

Privacy operations

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Data flows

GDPR/CCPA knowledge

Tools

Privacy tools

Job description

StackAdapt is seeking a Privacy Implementation Lead to operationalize privacy requirements across products, systems, and data flows. This IC role sits in the Legal Privacy team and acts as a day-to-day liaison to Product, Engineering, Data Science, and Security, translating privacy and legal requirements into practical controls and tracking workstreams.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, technically curious, and collaborates cross-functionally.