Senior Product Manager, Privacy & Trust

People Inc.

New York (NY)

Hybrid

USD 130,000 - 144,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Medical

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401K with company match

Paid time off

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Commuter benefits

Job summary

People Inc. seeks a Senior Product Manager to lead our data privacy and platform strategy in a hybrid New York role. You will balance business growth, audience personalization, and global privacy compliance, owning the DSR platform roadmap from conception to delivery.

You will collaborate with Legal, AdTech, and Engineering, guiding data architecture decisions, improving identity and data flows, and building user‑friendly privacy experiences that reinforce reader trust.

Qualifications

5+ years in product management owning backend platforms.
Experience with data-heavy environments or compliance-related products.
Ability to lead technical discussions with engineers and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Own the DSR Platform roadmap and evolution across data silos.
Balance privacy with product goals, ensuring GDPR/CCPA compliance.
Guide data architecture decisions and collaborate with Legal, AdTech, and Eng.
Design user-friendly privacy flows to build reader trust.

Skills

DSR Platform Expertise

Technical Authority

Articulate Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

BigQuery

Snowflake

Job description

Job Title

Senior Product Manager, Privacy & Trust

Job Description

Major goals and objectives and location requirements

About The Position

We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to take charge of our data privacy and platform strategy. You will be the point person for balancing our business needs, like audience growth and personalization, with the reality of global privacy regulations. This role is a mix of high-level roadmap planning and deep-in-the-weeds technical problem solving, specifically regarding our Data Subject Request (DSR) platform.

Hybrid 3x a week- (New York, NY)

In-office Expectations: This position is hybrid in-office, with the ability to work remotely for up to 2 days per week.

About The Team

At People Inc., we treat reader trust as our most valuable asset. This role is not just building a platform; this role is building the infrastructure that allows our readers to trust us with their data. This team solves hard, "real-world" technical problems that have a tangible impact.

About The Positions Contributions

Weight % | Accountabilities, Actions and Expected Measurable Results

Weight % | Own the DSR Platform

Our current DSR process needs work. You will lead the roadmap to evolve this from a compliance checkbox into a scalable, automated system that handles access, deletion, and portability requests across all our data silos.

Weight % | Balance Privacy & Product

You’ll define how we manage data and identity. The goal is to stay fully compliant (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA) without sacrificing the user experience or our ability to deliver relevant content.

Weight % | Build the Foundation

Partner with engineering to modernize our data architecture. You need to understand our data lineage, governance, and security well enough to guide architectural decisions across different business units.

Weight % | Make Privacy User-Friendly

Stop treating privacy as a legal chore. You will design transparent, user‑centric flows that actually help our readers understand their data, which in turn builds long‑term brand trust.

Weight % | Cross‑Functional Strategy

You’ll be the bridge between Legal, AdTech, and Engineering. You need to be able to explain the technical risk to legal, and the regulatory requirements to our engineering leads.

The Role’s Minimum Qualifications And Job Requirements

Education

Bachelor’s degree is preferred and/or equivalent experience.

Experience

5+ years in product management owning backend platforms. A candidate who has worked in data‑heavy environments or managed compliance‑related products or identity systems is required.

Specific Knowledge, Skills, Certifications And Abilities

DSR Platform Expertise: Experience developing or expanding DSR systems. You understand the friction involved in verifying identities and synchronizing data across disconnected stacks and have a vision for automation.
Technical Authority: Ability to lead technical discussions with engineers. You possess a strong grasp of APIs, data flow, and warehouse environments like BigQuery or Snowflake to guide fundamental architectural choices.
Articulate Communication: Skill in distilling complex legal mandates or technical constraints into clear, actionable insights for leadership across Legal, Editorial, and Revenue teams.

It is the policy of People Inc. to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, the Company will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Accommodation requests can be made by emailing hr@people.inc.

The Company participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here: https://www.e-verify.gov/employees

Pay Range

Salary: New York: $130,000 - $144,000 Remote US: $125,000 - $140,000