Product Director, Data Privacy (coppa, GDPR)

Product Director, Data Privacy (COPPA, GDPR)

Employment Type: Full Time Location: Washington DC

Our team of lawyers, data scientists, engineers, economists, and researchers spans globally with presence in California, New York, Washington, DC, London, and Singapore.

About the Role:

Pixalate is growing our data privacy and children's online safety team and looking for a senior privacy expert to engage with product, engineering, policy makers and stakeholders to champion children's safety and consumer privacy online. You will be the subject matter expert of relevant children online privacy laws, including COPPA/GDPR-K, ongoing relevant regulatory changes at the US state and federal levels for children online safety, and pertinent EU regulations like GDPR and UK Age Appropriate Design Code.

Responsibilities

In-house expert in global privacy regulations, with a special focus on COPPA/GDPR-K, and other relevant children data protection and online safety laws

Advocate children's online privacy internally and externally

Drive the vision, strategy, direction and roadmap of the Children's Online Safety Product

Co-own the product roadmap with the Product, Engineering and Data Science teams

Work cross-functionally across different teams to maintain, develop and expand relevant privacy compliance tools

Understand the data governance and public policy implications of data privacy in online advertising

Regularly engage with legislators and regulators to identify key policy changes

Work with the global team to develop briefing papers, blog posts, presentations, consultation responses and conduct webinars, brown bags and client presentations

Qualifications

JD is preferred

Experience in a trade association, think-tank, university, consulting, law firm, compliance, and in-house

Experience and interest in Children online privacy and COPPA and GDPR compliance

Knowledge of California online privacy laws/Age appropriate design code

3+ years of experience with data privacy regulatory requirements and compliance issues

Excellent writing and proofreading skills

Degree in Law/Technology related subject

Prior experience working in data privacy, AI or data security

CIPP (or equivalent) certification

Major law firm, inhouse or government experience

About Pixalate

We're the leader in fraud detection and privacy compliance for digital advertising, protecting billions in ad spend for Fortune 500 brands and major ad platforms. As fraudsters increasingly use AI to create sophisticated attacks, we're building the next generation of AI-powered detection systems to stay ahead. Our platform has been used to unearth multiple high-profile criminal and illegal surveillance cases, including: