Manager, Privacy & Data Protection (Manager Level 5)

About This Role

Strava is the app for active people. With over 150 million athletes in more than 185 countries, it’s more than tracking workouts—it’s where connection, motivation, and personal bests thrive. No matter your activity, gear, or goals, Strava’s got you covered. Find your crew, crush your milestones, and keep moving forward. Start your journey with Strava today.

Our mission is simple: to motivate people to live their best active lives. We believe in the power of movement to connect and drive people forward.

At Strava, we’re committed to building products and services that respect the privacy and trust of our global athlete community. As our privacy program continues to mature, we are looking for an experienced and proactive Manager of Data Privacy & Data Protection to join our team, reporting to the Data Protection Officer.

In this role, you will work cross-functionally to ensure privacy is embedded in our processes, technology, and culture. This is a high-impact opportunity to lead critical privacy initiatives in a fast-paced, data-rich environment, ensuring that privacy principles are not only met, but championed across the company.

We follow a flexible hybrid model that generally translates to around half your time on-site in our San Francisco or Denver office—roughly three days per week.

What you’ll do:

• Own and maintain privacy program documentation, metrics, and dashboards to demonstrate compliance with global privacy laws (e.g., Data Mapping, ROPA, Risk Assessments, etc.).
• Partner with our support team to operationalize and improve workflows for handling data subject requests (DSRs), ensuring timely and compliant responses.
• Review and assess third-party vendors and service providers for privacy and data protection risks; manage ongoing vendor risk assessments and documentation.
• Support negotiation and management of Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) and related contractual privacy terms with vendors and partners.
• Advise marketing, communications, and growth teams on global privacy compliance for user communications, ad tech, consent management, and data usage in campaigns.
• Manage Strava’s cookie compliance program, including its cookie banner and categorization of cookies.
• Collaborate with legal, security, product, and engineering teams to ensure privacy-by-design is integrated into product development and business operations.
• Perform gap assessments and translate into technical requirements for existing and upcoming privacy laws and regulations.
• Drive continuous improvement of privacy-related training, awareness programs, and internal communication strategies.

What you’ll bring to the team:

• A strategic and pragmatic approach to privacy that balances regulatory requirements with business needs.
• Passion for building scalable frameworks, processes, documentation, and tools that promote accountability and transparency.
• Collaborative mindset and ability to influence stakeholders at all levels, including legal, engineering, product, and executive leadership.
• Strong project management and organizational skills with a track record of delivering complex initiatives on time.
• Commitment to ethical data stewardship and privacy innovation.

We’re excited about you because you have:

• 5+ years of direct experience leading privacy compliance initiatives at a technology company, and 8+ years of overall experience in the tech sector or a comparable fast-paced, data-driven industry.
• Deep knowledge of global privacy laws and frameworks, including GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and ISO 27701 or NIST Privacy Framework.
• Proven experience designing and implementing privacy accountability or compliance programs at scale.
• Hands-on experience with managing DSR, ROPA, and privacy risk assessment processes using privacy tooling.
• Familiarity with technical concepts including data flows, retention practices, de-identification/pseudonymization, and security controls.
• Strong understanding of privacy compliance requirements for digital marketing, user consent, and customer data usage, with experience advising teams like growth marketing, product, and engineering.
• A relevant certification such as CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, or equivalent is highly preferred.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to make complex concepts easy to understand for diverse audiences.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Compensation Overview:

At Strava, we know our employees are the most important ingredient to our success, and our compensation and total rewards programs reflect that. We take a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on the department and your location. Salary ranges are categorized into one of three tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. We will determine the candidate’s starting pay based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. We may modify these ranges in the future. For more information, please contact your talent partner.

Compensation: $150,000-$176,000 . This range reflects base compensation only and does not include equity or benefits. Your recruiter can share more details about the full compensation package, including the range specific to your location, during the hiring process.

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Why Join Us?

Movement brings us together. At Strava, we’re building the world’s largest community of active people, helping them stay motivated and achieve their goals.

Our global team is passionate about making movement fun, meaningful, and accessible to everyone. Whether you’re shaping the technology, growing our community, or driving innovation, your work at Strava makes an impact.

When you join Strava, you’re not just joining a company—you’re joining a movement. If you’re ready to bring your energy, ideas, and drive, let’s build something incredible together.

Strava builds software that makes the best part of our athletes’ days even better. Just as we’re deeply committed to unlocking their potential, we’re dedicated to providing a world-class, inclusive workplace where our employees can grow and thrive, too. We’re backed by Sequoia Capital, TCV, Madrone Partners and Jackson Square Ventures, and we’re expanding in order to exceed the needs of our growing community of global athletes. Our culture reflects our community. We are continuously striving to hire and engage teammates from all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives because we know we are a stronger team together.

Strava is an equal opportunity employer. In keeping with the values of Strava, we make all employment decisions including hiring, evaluation, termination, promotional and training opportunities, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical handicap, mental disability, medical condition, disability, gender or identity or expression, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, marital status, height and/or weight.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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