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Posted date: Dec 16, 2025
There have been 2 jobs posted with the title of Privacy & Compliance Manager all time at Microsoft.Category: Technical Program Management
Location: Redmond, WA
Estimated salary: $188,900
Range: $119,800 - $258,000
Employment type: Full-Time
Work location type: 3 days / week in-office
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
OverviewMedicine, biology, and technology are rapidly converging. The future of health will be data-driven, predictive, and precise. Microsoft Health Futures is focused on empowering every person on the planet to live a healthier future. To this end, we are responsible for research, incubations, and moonshots that drive cross-company strategy, partnerships, and real-world impact across healthcare and life sciences.
We are a global, inclusive, and diverse crew of researchers, scientists, engineers, biotechnologists, designers, social scientists, strategists, healthcare experts, and medical professionals. The Privacy & Compliance Manager will serve as the compliance lead for health data privacy across Microsoft Research life science, health and Artificial Intelligence (AI) incubation projects. This role is critical to ensuring regulatory alignment and privacy best practices in collaboration with research, security, legal, engineering, and external partners. The position also contributes to Responsible AI risk assessments, particularly in the context of biological and clinical data.
At Microsoft, our mission—to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more—guides how we partner with customers to deliver trusted, impactful solutions. With a growth mindset culture, we innovate responsibly and measure success by shared progress—people, teams, and customers. Join us to do meaningful work that changes the world and helps shape what’s next for everyone.
Responsibilities
Privacy Compliance Leadership: Oversee privacy reviews for onboarding and public release of data, models, audits, and other assets. Ensure compliance with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), UK Data Protection Act, and other relevant regulations and alignment with Microsoft Policies and Standards and the broader Research Privacy Compliance program. Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a privacy subject matter expert to engineering, research, legal, security, and compliance teams. Provide guidance on data handling, use, and retention. Responsible AI Risk Management: Contribute to risk assessments and mitigations related to biosafety, data use, and AI deployment in health contexts. Serve as a proactive problem solver. Collaborator Negotiations: Support external engagements and negotiations, working closely with cross-functional teams. Release Management: Oversee internal release and compliance processes and implement and share best practices across Microsoft Health Futures and in close coordination with Microsoft Research central compliance team. Project and Portfolio Management: Coordinate workstreams across teams ensuring alignment with broader Microsoft regulatory and compliance goals. Track milestones, dependencies, and deliverables across multiple initiatives.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience. 2+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects. Preferred Qualifications
Current certification in 1 or more CIPP/E, CIPP/US, AIGP, or an equivalent credential demonstrating expertise in privacy, data protection, or information governance. Understanding of global health data regulations and familiarity with implementation of privacy compliance approaches (e.g., DPIAs). Bachelor's Degree in Science, Business, Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years experience in business, legal/regulatory, compliance, audit/consulting firm with focus in Life Science or MedTechOR Master's Degree in Science, Business, Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years experience in business, legal/regulatory, compliance, audit/consulting firm with focus in Life Science or MedTechOR equivalent experience.Strategic thinker with a proactive and solutions-oriented approach to privacy risk management. Ability to handle multiple projects and stakeholders with accuracy and expediency. Adept at navigating matrixed organizations and collaborating across cross-functional teams. Familiarity with pharmaceutical or biological AI technologies and their regulatory implications. Understanding of and experience with open data and open-source licensing terms. Effective communication skills. #HealthFutures
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Technical Program Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
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