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Privacy Engineer Retail, VP

State Street

State Street

USD 115k-190k / year
Posted on Oct 27, 2025

Position Description:
The State Street Global Privacy Office is seeking a Privacy Engineer professional with demonstrated experience implementing Privacy by Design (PbD) practices and assessing Privacy risk in a Global Retail Financial Services organization. As State Street expands its retail wealth services offering, this role will be responsible for ensuring that our retail brokerage operations comply with all applicable data protection and privacy laws, regulations, and internal policies. This role involves monitoring and assessing privacy risks and providing guidance to the business on Privacy-related matters.

The candidate should have experience with:

  • Specialized Privacy knowledge required for retail brokers offering retail services including managing consent processes and mechanisms.
  • Establishing and maintaining compliance policies, procedures, and controls based on regulations and in accordance with requirements and processes.
  • Providing Privacy advisory support to the business as a subject matter expert.


Responsibilities include:

The Privacy Engineer – Retail, Vice President responsibilities include:

  • Working cross-functionally with key stakeholders in product development, information technology, legal, cyber security, and enterprise risk to embed Privacy by Design (PbD).
  • Conducting Privacy Risk Assessments of regulations and laws (GLBA, GDPR, CCPA and other frameworks and regulations) to evaluate risks and propose mitigation controls/strategies.
  • Performing Privacy Impact Assessments on new business initiatives and products to identify potential privacy risks.
  • Providing guidance, oversight, and challenge to business stakeholders on privacy related risks, issues, and concerns.
  • Manage systems for obtaining, recording, and tracking user consent for data collection and processing.
  • Demonstrating excellent communication skills, both oral and written. Should have the ability and experience to draft clear and professional correspondence, policies and procedures and other documents of both legal and business nature.
  • Staying abreast of relevant changes to rules/regulations and other industry news.


What we value

These skills will help you succeed in this role

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to interact effectively and cross-functionally with stakeholders at all levels
  • Ability to manage complexity, to effectively prioritize multiple projects, and work independently in a fast-paced environment
  • Outstanding analytical skills and attention to detail coupled with the ability to think strategically

Education & Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in cyber security, information systems, or computer science
  • 8+ years of privacy, data protection, audit or risk experience in a retail financial services organization.
  • Understanding of global data privacy regulations, including the GDPR, GLBA, etc.
  • Experience working cross-functionally on enterprise-wide programs
  • Experience working with remote / geographically dispersed teams
  • CIPP/US, CIPT, CDPSE, CISA, or other relevant privacy / IT audit certifications preferred

Salary Range:

$115,000 - $190,000 Annual

The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.

Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.

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About State Street

Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.

We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.

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