Privacy Program Manager, Third Party Risk Measurement - PDPO

San Jose, California, US Until 8/21/2026 5+ years exp H-1B sponsor history First posted March 29, 2026 Last posted March 29, 2026
Job description

Description

About the team
PDPO (Privacy and Data Protection Office) is the organization to lead, supervise, and empower all TikTok's privacy work in an accountable and industry leading way. You will join a global team driving privacy best practices across TikTok. Our focus involves ensuring compliance with global laws, regulations and the adoption of privacy best practices.

About the role
In this role, you will drive multiple programs, in collaboration with colleagues around the world. You will partner with legal and technical teams to drive change across the organization.

Responsibilities
Support the program to identify, manage, and mitigate risks associated with TikTok's third parties.

This includes:
- Support improvements to our monitoring program, managing the development of tooling and processes to assess third parties on an ongoing basis.
- Working with industry leading tools to dynamically measure third party risks and report to various stakeholders
- Conducting data validation and cleanliness activities to ensure accurate reporting and integration with other teams and tools
- Partnering with cross-functional teams to further privacy leading practices in the offboarding of third parties
- Assist in developing innovative solutions to help evaluate complex business, technology, and risk issues in a fast paced environment

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, management information systems, or like discipline from an accredited college or university or measurable knowledge/experience from proven industry, military, defense, or government operations
- 5+ years of governance risk and compliance (GRC) or related privacy, compliance, and security experience
- Experience identifying, classifying, assessing, and mitigating privacy and security risks
- Knowledge of controls frameworks and industry standard frameworks (ISO, NIST, etc.)
- Knowledge of data privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications:
- A highly motivated individual, with strong communication and relationship-building skills, and demonstrate a record of ongoing accomplishment and commitment to excellence
- Accustomed to working in a fast-paced, startup-like environment. Adaptable to changing or emerging priorities
- Experience working hands-on with cross-functional teams including legal, procurement, information security, business continuity, privacy, and IT engineering

About this role

Summary

Manage privacy and risk programs, evaluate third-party risks, develop monitoring tools, ensure regulatory compliance.

Job title

Privacy Program Manager, Third Party Risk Measurement - PDPO

Experience level

5+ years

Minimum experience

5+ years exp

Industry

software

Location requirements

San Jose, California; remote work not specified.

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

governancerisk assessmentprivacy regulationscontrols frameworksdata management

Preferred skills

communicationrelationship-buildingadaptabilitycross-functional teamwork

Specializations

privacyrisk managementdata securitygovernancecompliance
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

San Jose, CA, USA

Work arrangement unknown City