Privacy Engineer

GM Financial•Fort Worth, TX

4d•$61,000 - $116,000•Remote

About The Position

The Privacy Engineer will serve as a subject matter expert supporting the GM Financial Privacy Office and helping maintain and mature the organization's privacy program. The role contributes to the program framework, policies, and standards, with a focus on advertising technology (ad tech). Success requires prioritization, attention to detail, and consistently driving assignments to completion. The Privacy Engineer partners with stakeholders across operations, marketing, legal, cybersecurity, data governance, digital, and privacy teams to implement privacy best practices and ensure projects and decisions include appropriate privacy components. The role develops privacy controls and features, advises on marketing and ad tech strategy, and conducts operational reviews of privacy-related processes and systems to engineer scalable solutions. This position is 100% remote. The base salary range is $61,000–$116,000, and the role is eligible for a performance-based incentive plan.

Requirements

Familiarity with global privacy laws and regulations, such as CCPA/CPRA, Law 25, LGPD, and app accountability laws, and how technical implementations map to them.
Familiarity with data governance principles.
Strong technical background, including the ability to read code and write Python scripts to monitor implementation of privacy controls and automate routine audits.
Experience applying data engineering techniques to anonymize and pseudonymize data, such as hashing, tokenization, suppression, and generalization.
Demonstrated experience with privacy-related technology solutions in a security or technically relevant role, including marketing and ad tech.
Experience developing or advising on implementation of consent management workflows.
Strong understanding of mobile and web tracking technologies.
Ability to translate technical, legal, and regulatory privacy requirements into clear technical and operational solutions.
Strong collaboration, communication, and relationship-building skills.
Ownership mentality and ability to manage competing priorities, anticipate issues, and proactively drive resolution.
Ability to work effectively within an AI-enabled environment.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Information Systems, or a related field, and/or equivalent work experience.
At least 2 years handling a combination of privacy and technology matters, such as privacy engineering or digital marketing compliance.

Nice To Haves

Experience with OneTrust, Syrennis, or Adobe.
CIPT privacy certification.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with stakeholders across operations, marketing, legal, cybersecurity, data governance, digital, and privacy teams to implement privacy best practices and ensure solutions include necessary privacy components.
Serve as a subject matter expert in privacy engineering and communicate privacy solutions to non-technical stakeholders.
Develop privacy controls and features, including policies, procedures, and standards required by privacy laws and regulations.
Influence strategy for marketing and ad tech solutions, including privacy-enhancing technologies, cookie management, and compliance.
Manage multiple privacy projects simultaneously with urgency.
Conduct operational deep dives on privacy-related processes and systems independently and engineer scalable solutions.