Privacy Manager

About Sezzle:

With a mission to financially empower the next generation, Sezzle is revolutionizing the shopping experience beyond payments, blending cutting-edge tech with seamless, interest-free installment plans that make shopping smarter and more accessible. We’re not just transforming payments; we’re redefining how people discover, interact with, and purchase the things they love while driving real impact on merchant sales through increased conversions and higher order values. As we continue to shape the future of fintech and retail, we’re building an innovative, dynamic team passionate about creating more than just a transaction but a truly unique shopping journey. If you’re excited about pushing boundaries in tech and delivering a game-changing experience for consumers and merchants alike, come join us at Sezzle and help create the future of shopping!

About the Role:

We are seeking a talented and motivated Privacy Manager who is best in class, with a high IQ plus a high EQ. This role presents an exciting opportunity to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment within a rapidly growing team, with abundant prospects for career advancement.

As our Privacy Manager, you will own the strategy, execution, and continuous improvement of Sezzle’s North American data privacy program. Operating at the intersection of fintech innovation and consumer compliance, you will ensure our data practices protect our users across the US and Canada while enabling our product and engineering teams to build game-changing financial tools at speed.

What You'll Do:

• Lead Program Governance: Design, maintain, and scale Sezzle’s data privacy compliance framework, ensuring strict alignment with US state/federal regulations (such as CCPA/CPRA) and Canadian privacy laws (PIPEDA and Quebec's Law 25).
• Embed Privacy-by-Design: Partner directly with Engineering, Product and Marketing teams during early-stage development to conduct Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) and ensure North American user data protection is hardcoded into our software and workflows.
• Manage Data Mapping & Rights: Oversee data inventory and mapping initiatives to track the lifecycle of consumer information, while managing the automation and fulfillment of consumer data access, deletion, and opt-out requests.
• Mitigate & Respond to Risk: Conduct comprehensive privacy risk assessments for third-party vendors and collaborate closely with the Information Security team to manage, investigate, and mitigate any potential data privacy incidents or cross-border data transfer risks.

What We Look For:

• Proven Experience: 4+ years of dedicated experience managing data privacy programs, ideally within a high-growth fintech, e-commerce, or SaaS environment operating in both the US and Canada.
• Deep Regulatory Knowledge: Strong working knowledge of major North American privacy frameworks (CCPA/CPRA, TCPA, GLBA, PIPEDA, Quebec Law 25) and a sharp knack for translating complex legal mandates into clear, actionable business processes.
• Cross-Functional Communication: High emotional intelligence (EQ) with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders alike, bridging the gap between engineering requirements and compliance guardrails.
• Problem-Solving Ownership: A self-starter mindset with the ability to manage multiple high-stakes projects simultaneously in an environment where speed and agility matter.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant industry certifications focused on North American privacy, such as CIPP/US, CIPP/C, or CIPM.
• Technical familiarity with modern