Data Privacy Manager

FICO (NYSE: FICO)is a leading global analytics software company, helping businesses in 100+ countries make better decisions. Join our world-class team today and fulfill your career potential!

The Opportunity

"We are seeking a Privacy Risk Management Lead to drive the review of privacy principles into FICO’s business operations. This position ensures organizational compliance with all relevant privacy laws and regulations. It involves collaborating with stakeholders across the enterprise to guarantee that personal data is collected, processed, and stored in alignment with legal requirements, company policies, and industry best practices. Ideal for a technically adept professional committed to embedding privacy into the core of modern systems. In this role, you will act as a strategic driver of FICO’s global privacy program, converting legal and ethical requirements into scalable, privacy-focused design patterns."− Hiring Manager.

What You’ll Contribute

• Privacy Risk Manager: Conduct privacy impact assessments and risk assessments to identify and mitigate privacy risks. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure privacy considerations are incorporated into product design and development.

• Translate Law into Advice: Partner with Legal team and operationalize global privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, LGPD, etc.) into technical requirements. Develop, implement, and manage privacy standards and procedures in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

• Conduct Technical Privacy Reviews: Lead or support Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) and Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) for new technologies, features, process and third-party integrations.

• Consultancy: Respond to privacy-related inquiries from internal and external stakeholders, including data subjects, regulators, and other interested parties.

• Monitoring and Testing: Continuously assess and validate the effectiveness of the organization’s privacy program and controls, ensuring compliance with evolving laws and regulations, based on standard frameworks and best practices.

• Third Party Management: Work with procurement and compliance teams to ensure privacy requirements are reviewed and contracts with vendors are in compliance with privacy provisions.

• Foster a Privacy-First Culture: Provide training and education on privacy best practices to employees and stakeholders.

• Stay Ahead of the Curve: Stay current on privacy laws and regulations, industry trends, and emerging technologies to ensure the organization remains compliant.

What We’re Seeking

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Security, Privacy Engineering or a related technical field.

• 5+ years of experience in privacy or compliance, conducting privacy impact and risk assessments, working with project teams, stakeholders, vendors and management to ensure compliance throughout the vendor assessments.

• Demonstrated experience designing or implementing privacy-preserving systems or features. Ability to identify privacy and security risks directly from system diagrams and data-flow visuals, including detection of unnecessary data exposure points and segregation or minimization gaps.

• A proven track record of aligning project outcomes with privacy regulations while mitigating risks and ensuring data protection, including the ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage timelines.

• Strong understanding of global privacy laws and their technical implications.

• Experience designing mitigation strategies tied to PIA/DPIA findings such as architectural refactoring, data flow minimization, isolation zones, immutability safeguards, and enforceable configuration controls.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex privacy topics to technical and non‑technical audiences.

• Project Management skills and demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Certifications such as CIPP/US, CIPP/E, or Lead Implementer are a plus. If you do not currently hold one of these certifications, it is expected that you will obtain certification within the short term (3-6 months). Additional Audit or Risk Management certifications are considered advantageous.

Why Make a Move to FICO?

At FICO, you can develop your career with a leading organization in one of the fastest-growing fields in technology today – Big Data analytics. You’ll play a part in our commitment to help businesses use data to improve every choice they make, using advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning, optimization, and much more.

FICO makes a real difference in the way businesses operate worldwide:

• Credit Scoring — FICO® Scores are used by 90 of the top 100 US lenders.

• Fraud Detection and Security — 4 billion payment cards globally are protected by FICO fraud systems.

• Lending — 3/4 of US mortgages are approved using the FICO Score.

Global trends toward digital transformation have created tremendous demand for FICO’s solutions, placing us among the world’s top 100 software companies by revenue. We help many of the world’s largest banks, insurers, retailers, telecommunications providers and other firms reach a new level of success. Our success is dependent on really talented people – just like you – who thrive on the collaboration and innovation that’s nurtured by a diverse and inclusive environment. We’ll provide the support you need, while ensuring you have the freedom to develop your skills and grow your career. Join FICO and help change the way business thinks!

Learn more about how you can fulfil your potential at www.fico.com/Careers

FICO promotes a culture of inclusion and seeks to attract a diverse set of candidates for each job opportunity. We are an equal employment opportunity employer and we’re proud to offer employment and advancement opportunities to all candidates without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Research has shown that women and candidates from underrepresented communities may not apply for an opportunity if they don’t meet all stated qualifications. While our qualifications are clearly related to role success, each candidate’s profile is unique and strengths in certain skill and/or experience areas can be equally effective. If you believe you have many, but not necessarily all, of the stated qualifications we encourage you to apply.

Information submitted with your application is subject to the FICO Privacy policy athttps://www.fico.com/en/privacy-policy