Senior Director, Chief Privacy Officer

The Company

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. 

We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.

We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards.  Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade. 

Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day.  We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.

Job Description Summary:

The Chief Privacy Officer reports directly to the Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”). This position will be responsible for setting the strategy for and leading the day-to-day management and oversight of the privacy compliance and data management oversight programs. The Chief Privacy Officer will work directly with the CCO and other executive staff and senior leadership to define the company’s vision for privacy and data management, and help the company deliver that vision. The position is responsible for understanding the company’s risk profile and enhancing privacy and data management policies, training & awareness, and monitoring and testing to mitigate these risks.

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• Designing, implementing, and overseeing key privacy oversight processes.
• Ensuring that appropriate policies and procedures are in place that set minimum standard for managing privacy-related risks.
• Support ongoing alignment and integration of PayPal’s Global Privacy and Data Management Oversight Programs into the broader compliance function.
• Leading a Privacy and Data Program Management team comprised of international privacy and data management experts.
• Implementing and maintaining an appropriate framework to oversee and monitor the management of privacy-related risks.
• Ensuring appropriate controls are in place to meet regulatory requirements and expectations.
• Tracking and accounting for emerging privacy risks in partnership with key stakeholders
• Leading regulatory relationships with data and privacy regulators
• Participate as PayPal’s CPO in various management boards, forums, and committees, including developing and ensuring timely production of reporting on all key privacy processes.
• Interfacing with business, risk, operations, and audit leaders at various levels of the company.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in relevant areas.
• J.D. or equivalent preferred.
• Proven track record as an accomplished people leader.
• Senior management experience is a must.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Results oriented, proactive, responsible, and pragmatic with a passion to solve complex problems in creative, efficient and cost-effective way and to translate global compliance environments into actionable policies, processes and programs that enable business objectives.
• Builds good rapport and engages stakeholders effectively.
• Proven track record of getting t