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Senior Privacy Engineer, Google Ads

California, United States (On-site)

Senior Privacy Engineer, Google Ads

2 Days ago • 6-8 Years • Legal

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Job Description

As a Senior Privacy Engineer at Google Ads, you'll guide engineering teams in developing privacy-respecting products. You'll conduct technical and policy reviews to identify and mitigate privacy risks, lead the development of new privacy features and tools, and contribute to product strategy, public policy, and legal initiatives. The role involves working with cross-functional teams, including Legal and Central Privacy teams, to ensure compliance with regulations like GDPR and CCPA. You will also create training materials and guidelines to scale privacy review processes. You'll need strong experience in privacy technologies (differential privacy, access management), regulatory frameworks, and leading teams across multiple workstreams.

Must have:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
4+ years in privacy-related field
2+ years leading privacy tech application
2+ years designing privacy-preserving solutions
Experience with GDPR, CCPA
Excellent communication skills

Good to have:

Experience balancing risks
Managing multiple requests and resource allocation
Supporting product launches
Ads or online commerce domain knowledge

Perks:

Bonus
Equity
Benefits

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
4 years of experience working in a privacy related field (e.g., security engineering, data engineering, compliance engineering etc.).
2 years of experience leading the application of privacy technologies (e.g., differential privacy, automated access management solutions, etc.) to solve technical and data management problems, customizing existing solutions and frameworks to meet user needs.
2 years of experience in designing solutions for technological problems that maintain the privacy posture of the organization, leading teams across multiple workstreams.
Experience with common regulatory frameworks (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) and working with regulators or regulatory authorities.

Preferred qualifications:

Experience balancing risks in ambiguous situations with multiple stakeholders.
Experience managing multiple requests, while determining resource allocation (e.g., time, prioritization) to solve problems in a fast-paced, changing organization.
Experience supporting product launches or familiarity with product launch lifecycle.
Knowledge of the Ads or online commerce domain.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

About the job

Privacy has become an essential ingredient for business success today, it’s a rapidly changing space with new regulations, technologies, and industry changes that are evolving how end users engage with products that they trust and can endorse. This role entails working with cross-functional teams within Google on activities related to compliance and privacy. Our Privacy Engineers review all privacy launches, so we easily make agreements and connections across Ads, Legal, Central Privacy teams, etc. and maintain a high stake in driving the direction of how we treat user privacy. You will also help with authoring and contributing to significant artifacts for training and guideline definition to scale out the review program. The Ads Privacy Team is uniquely positioned in Google to deliver privacy-preserving best practices and technologies that empower Google to deliver a privacy-respecting web economy.

Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $161,000-$239,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about .

Responsibilities

Guide Engineering teams during product development to ensure that their data collection and usage practices are transparent, protect user privacy, and mitigate risk.
Conduct technical and policy reviews to identify and escalate potential privacy concerns.
Lead and manage development of new privacy features and tools.
Contribute to product/business strategy, public policy, and legal initiatives to address and mitigate privacy risks.
Contribute to product/business strategy and public policy and legal initiatives to address and mitigate privacy risks. Conduct outreach to Googlers on Privacy topics.

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$161.0K - $239.0K/yr (Outscal est.)

$200.0K/yr avg.

Mountain View, California, United States

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