Privacy Program Senior Manager - Norwalk - Booking Holdings

Description

Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) is the world's leading provider of online travel and related services, provided to consumers and local partners in more than 220 countries and territories through five primary consumer-facing brands: , Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK and OpenTable. The mission of Booking Holdings is to make it easier for everyone to experience the world. For more information, visit and follow us on X (formerly known as Twitter) @BookingHoldings.

This role is eligible for our hybrid work model: Two days in-office.

As a Privacy Program Senior Manager, you'll support BHI's Enterprise Privacy Program by working with brand teams to strengthen risk management and explore new opportunities. You'll help design consistent reporting for leadership review, set up risk escalation processes, and collaborate across departments to keep privacy efforts aligned and efficient. This role also involves supporting privacy awareness activities, managing vendors and budgets, and ensuring the privacy team is well-prepared to meet BHI's goals.

In this role you will get to:

• Enterprise Privacy Program: Lead and manage BHI's Enterprise Privacy Program, partnering with brand functions to develop centralized risk management and identify new growth opportunities.
• Program Oversight: Design and implement an independent reporting framework to standardize outcomes for Audit Committee review.
• Risk Management: Establish and operationalize a risk escalation governance mechanism, anticipating and communicating potential risks effectively.
• Privacy Standards & Innovation: Develop and refine standards, frameworks, and processes to support ongoing privacy risk management and drive program efficiency.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration and Privacy Awareness: Partner closely with Security and Data Governance teams to align program priorities and improve reporting capabilities, while also leading privacy-focused training and awareness initiatives, such as Data Protection Week and Privacy offsites.
• Leadership Reporting: Oversee reporting operations for senior BHI leadership, Risk Committee, Board of Directors, and Audit Committee, ensuring continuous improvement.
• Vendor Management & Budgeting: Manage external service providers and department budget, including cross-brand charges.
• Team Development: Oversee and guide direct reports, ensuring team growth and performance alignment.
• Internal Audit Partnership: Collaborate with Internal Audit to support enterprise-wide objectives.

What you have:

• Bachelor's Degree in related fields required, as well as a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.
• Privacy and Risk Management Expertise: Deep understanding of privacy frameworks, programmatic risk management, and relevant legal and regulatory requirements.
• Strategic Program Development: Proven experience in designing and executing privacy and data protection programs that align with enterprise risk appetite and business goals.
• Communication and Stakeholder Management: Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate complex privacy concepts to stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership.
• Policy and Framework Development: Skilled in creating and implementing privacy policies, standards, and frameworks that support a proactive risk management approach.
• Collaboration and Multi-Tasking: Proven ability to work collaboratively across departments, particularly with Security, Data Governance, and Internal Audit teams, to align priorities and optimize program outcomes. Highly organized, with a talent for managing multiple priorities and projects while meeting deadlines in a dynamic environment.
• Certifications: CIPP, CIPT, CIPM, CISSP, or similar professional certification preferred.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

Through the Booking Holdings brands, we help our customers reach all corners of the earth. Our ability to provide great service rests on how well we understand our diverse customer base, which is why having a diverse team is so important to us. We bring together employees from all walks of life and we are proud to provide the kind of inclusive environment that stimulates innovation, creativity and collaboration.

There are a variety of job related factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. In addition to a competitive base salary, roles are eligible to be considered for an annual bonus and equity grant.

The base salary range for Connecticut and the NYC-metro area is $153,000-$187,000.

We are proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program designed to keep you and your family healthy, plan for the future and make the most out of life. For a glimpse of our benefits offerings, please see here. In addition to competitive health and wellness benefits, we currently offer other perks to eligible employees, such as tuition reimbursement, fitness reimbursement, discounts, and more

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EEO Statement

Booking Holdings is an equal opportunity employer in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws. We ensure equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without discrimination or harassment based on race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.

Booking Holdings also extends this policy to every phase of the employment process including, but not limited to, recruitment, selection, placement, transfer, training and development, position elimination, restructure, promotion, compensation, benefits, layoffs, termination and all other conditions or privileges of employment. Booking Holdings and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or apply for a position, please email with your request. M/F/V/D/S

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