Data Privacy Compliance Manager

Madhive is the leading independent and fully customizable operating system built to help local media professionals build profitable, differentiated, and efficient businesses. Madhive empowers sales teams to extend their reach into streaming and connects local advertisers with the communities they serve. Madhive's platform provides the unique ability to reach local audiences at national scale, with premium supply partnerships and end-to-end tools for planning, targeting, and measuring full-funnel campaign outcomes. Powering campaigns for over 30,000 small and medium businesses per day, Madhive is driving the evolution of local media.
Are you passionate about data privacy and ready to make an impact at a cutting-edge digital advertising company? We're looking for a detail-oriented, proactive Data Privacy Compliance Manager to join our Legal team. In this role, you'll help us stay ahead of global privacy laws, protect our users, and shape the future of data governance at Madhive. If you thrive in a collaborative environment and love turning complex regulations into actionable strategies, we'd love to meet you!
This is a hybrid role, working 2-3 days a week at Madhive HQ in the Financial District of New York City.
What You'll Do
As our Data Privacy Compliance Manager, you'll lead efforts to keep Madhive compliant with privacy laws worldwide while supporting our innovative tech solutions. Here's a snapshot of your key responsibilities:

• Design and manage a top-notch privacy compliance program that meets laws like GDPR, CCPA, and beyond.
• Stay on top of global privacy trends (think GDPR, CPRA, and more) and guide us with smart, practical advice.
• Lead privacy impact assessments (PIAs) and data protection impact assessments (DPIAs) to keep risks in check.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Security, and Marketing to weave privacy into everything we do from the ground up.
• Manage data subject access requests (DSARs) and ensure we're honoring individual rights smoothly and legally.
• Review and draft data protection agreements (DPAs) and privacy terms for contracts.
• Create and lead training sessions to help our team understand privacy policies and best practices.
• Act as the go-to person for audits, regulatory inquiries, and documentation like records of processing activities (RoPA).
• Partner with our Security team to align privacy and cybersecurity efforts.
• Stay plugged into industry trends and help us evolve our privacy strategies.

Who You Are
We're looking for someone who brings expertise, enthusiasm, and a collaborative spirit. Here's what we'd love to see:

• A bachelor's degree in Law, Business, Information Security, or a related field. Bonus points for a JD or certifications like CIPP/E, CIPP/US, or CIPM!
• 5+ years in data privacy, compliance, or legal roles-ideally in digital advertising or tech.
• Deep understanding of global privacy laws (GDPR, CCPA, CPRA) and emerging regulations.
• Experience with privacy assessments, ad tech standards (like IAB frameworks), and digital tracking tools.
• You can break down tricky privacy topics into clear, actionable insights for all kinds of audiences.
• Strong project management skills to juggle priorities and keep things moving.
• You are a creative thinker who thrives independently and shines in a team setting.

The approximate compensation range for this position is $120,000-$140,000. The actual offer, reflecting the total compensation package and benefits, will be determined by a number of factors including the applicant's experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity among our team.
We are Madhive
Madhive is a dynamic, diverse, innovative, and friendly place to work. We embrace our differences and believe they fuel our creativity. We come from varied backgrounds and think that's important. Whether it's taking ideas from previous lives and applying them in different ways or creating something completely new, we are all trail-blazing team players who think big and want to make an impact.
We are committed to cultivating a culture of inclusion and collaboration. We welcome diversity in education, culture, opinions, race, ethnicity, gender identity, veteran status, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
Please be advised that we will NOT be using third-party recruiting agencies for this search.