Privacy Governance Senior Manager
About the job
- A bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 8 years of experience in a related field, or a master's degree and 6 years of experience, a Ph.D. and 3 years of experience, or 12 years of experience in a related field.
- Demonstrated experience operating within or leading a privacy compliance program.
- Working knowledge of U.S. state privacy regulations.
- Demonstrated experience with consent management platforms, cookie governance, and web tracking compliance operations.
- Technical understanding of web tracking technologies, including tag management systems, cookie and pixel operations, and consent signal architecture.
- Strong cross-functional communication and influencing skills, with demonstrated ability to align legal, engineering, product, and executive stakeholders.
- Strong program management skills and a track record of delivering in complex, matrixed organizations.
- Ability to meet a 10% or greater travel requirement.
- Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship. OPT, CPT, STEM/OPT, and visa sponsorship are not available.
- To be employed in this role, candidates must clear a pre-employment drug test.
- Lead and develop a team of privacy engineers, ensuring operational excellence and continuity across cookie categorization, cookie opt-out scanning, consent management platform operations, and privacy library maintenance.
- Serve as the technical subject matter expert for the privacy engineering function, providing ideation, solution feedback, and architectural guidance to direct reports.
- Maintain sufficient technical depth across the team's domains to support continuity and reduce key-person risk.
- Oversee the maintenance and evolution of the privacy technology stack, including consent management platforms, tag management systems, cookie scanning infrastructure, and personal data inventory tooling.
- Evaluate vendor capabilities and contribute technical perspective to privacy technology investment decisions and build-or-buy evaluations.
- Partner with Data Strategy and Engineering teams to integrate privacy-enhancing technologies into enterprise systems and development workflows.
- Execute and monitor privacy compliance activities across the organization, serving as a central subject matter expert partnering with federated teams across the enterprise.
- Support and advance privacy compliance initiatives on the privacy program roadmap, including privacy risk assessments, data flow documentation, third-party privacy reviews, and regulatory compliance operations.
- Monitor organizational privacy risk and ensure corrective actions are identified and tracked to resolution.
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of privacy program standards, processes, and documentation.
- Partner with the broader privacy operations team to lead privacy onboarding for brands and acquired entities, including compliance assessments, gap identification, remediation planning, and integration into centralized privacy infrastructure.
- Evaluate the privacy posture of brands and acquisitions by assessing data practices, consent mechanisms, and regulatory compliance obligations against enterprise standards.
- Drive the technical integration of brands onto centralized consent management, opt-out, and privacy library infrastructure.
- Develop and execute onboarding playbooks that scale across acquisition types and brand structures.
- Interface directly with Privacy Legal, Data Strategy, Engineering, and Product stakeholders to advance enterprise privacy program objectives.
- Serve as a trusted advisor on privacy-by-design principles for new products, features, and third-party integrations.
- Translate technical privacy concepts for non-technical legal, compliance, and executive stakeholders.
- Provide consultation to product and engineering teams on privacy requirements throughout the design and development lifecycle.
- Drive adoption of privacy standards through engagement, communication, and change management.
- Settle disputes between parties effectively and make decisions autonomously in the best interest of the organization without requiring escalation in the normal course of operations.
- IAPP certifications such as CIPP/US or CIPT (Certified Information Privacy Technologist).
- Direct people or program leadership experience.
- Hands-on experience with consent management platforms.
- Familiarity with personal data inventory and discovery tooling.
- Familiarity with JavaScript, HTML, or tag management configuration in the context of consent signal deployment or privacy library implementation.
- Experience with adtech-related privacy operations across publisher, advertiser, and agency roles.
- Background in the automotive industry, marketplace platforms, or large-scale digital consumer properties.
About the company
Cox Automotive provides a full range of digital marketing, retail, financial, and wholesale solutions for the automotive industry. Its offerings span the vehicle lifecycle, from shopping and purchasing to maintenance and resale, delivered through a family of brands that offer tools to build inventories, capture and nurture leads, speed up transactions, and manage financing and wholesale distribution. The company’s platforms work by delivering integrated, end-to-end digital tools that dealerships and other automotive stakeholders can use to attract buyers, close deals, and optimize ROI. Unlike many competitors that focus on a single segment, Cox Automotive combines marketing, retail, financing, and wholesale services under one umbrella, enabling a cohesive ecosystem. The goal is to help clients improve efficiency and profitable growth while transforming how people buy, sell, own, and use cars.
Company Size
5,001-10,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Atlanta, Georgia
Founded
1898
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What believers are saying
- September 24, 2026 raised 2026 new-vehicle forecast to 16.1 million units.
- September 3, 2026 Nova Credit integration speeds Dealertrack funding and reduces fraud.
- August 5, 2026 Secure Vehicle Transfer adds geofenced credentialing, strengthening Central Dispatch adoption.
What critics are saying
- March 19, 2026 injunction against Super Dispatch proves Central Dispatch faces fierce, expensive competition.
- WARN notices cite 4,193 layoffs since 2020, including Bel Air cuts in June 2026.
- A fraud or credential breach inside Central Dispatch would erode trust and poison volumes.
What makes Cox Automotive unique
- June 2026 Fullpath adds AI-native CDP to Cox’s dealer ecosystem and first-party data.
- Central Dispatch listed over 20 million vehicles in 2025, dominating U.S. auto transport.
- Navigator unifies vAuto, Xtime, VinSolutions, Dealertrack, Manheim, and Ready Logistics workflows.
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Cox Automotive's VinSolutions is embedding Fullpath's AI-powered Customer Data Platform directly into its CRM for mutual clients. The integration eliminates the need for a separate login, placing customer intelligence and AI insights within the existing VinSolutions interface that sales representatives use daily. The embedded CDP surfaces AI-generated customer summaries and website activity data directly in customer profiles. Marketing directors can identify in-market shoppers, while sales teams access AI-powered insights without switching tools. The upgrade is being rolled out to all customers with both VinSolutions CRM and Fullpath through the end of the year. "What's unique about Fullpath and VinSolutions is that the embedded CDP can also be upgraded seamlessly with Agentic AI capabilities," said Paulo da Silva, VP of Digital Commerce at Cox Automotive. Cox Automotive acquired Fullpath earlier this year.
The Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index fell to 205.9 in September, down 0.6% year over year and 1.1% from August. Cox Automotive now expects the index to finish 2026 up approximately 0.2% year over year, down from a 2% increase forecast in July. Depreciation accelerated in the third quarter amid higher fuel costs, rising interest rates and broader economic pressure. Diesel prices hit record highs whilst EV values increased as sustained high petrol prices supported demand for fuel-efficient vehicles. Wholesale EV sales at Manheim increased 45% from a year ago, reaching a record 4.9% of all transactions in Q3. Used retail EV sales totalled approximately 124,000 units in the third quarter.
Auto Finance News announces 2026 Auto Finance Excellence award recipients. Kyle Birch of GM Financial to Receive Leadership Award; Cox Automotive, AmeriTrust Financial Technologies and Sixth Street Receive Awards. Strong people, strong partnerships, and a shared commitment to customers have always been at the heart of what Today in Business do in auto finance." - Kyle Birch, President, North America Operations, GM Financial LAS VEGAS, NV, UNITED STATES, October 6, 2026 / EINPresswire.com / - Auto Finance News will present the 2026 Auto Finance Excellence Awards today at the Auto Finance Summit 2026, recognizing executives and organizations for leadership, community service and significant achievements across the auto finance industry. The awards will be presented on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 12:30 p.m. PT at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas as part of Auto Finance Summit 2026, which runs Oct. 5-7. This year's honorees include Kyle Birch, president of North America Operations at GM Financial, who will receive the 2026 Leadership Award; Cox Automotive and Sixth Street, recipients of Deal Execution Awards; and AmeriTrust Financial Technologies, recipient of the Community Service Award. Leadership Award: Kyle Birch, GM Financial Birch is being recognized for his longstanding contributions to GM Financial and the broader auto finance industry. After more than 28 years with GM Financial and its predecessor company, AmeriCredit Financial Services, Birch is preparing to retire at the end of 2026. Throughout his career, Birch has played an important role in shaping GM Financial's teams, capabilities, and relationships with dealers and customers. The Leadership Award recognizes industry leaders who have demonstrated outstanding performance, innovation, and lasting impact within auto finance. "Strong people, strong partnerships, and a shared commitment to customers have always been at the heart of what we do in auto finance." - Kyle Birch, President, North America Operations, GM Financial Birch will accept the award during the Auto Finance Excellence Awards Luncheon. Deal Execution Award: Cox Automotive Cox Automotive will receive a Deal Execution Award for its acquisition of AI-powered customer data platform Fullpath, a transaction valued at approximately $500 million. The deal allows Cox Automotive to integrate Fullpath's marketing automation technology and customer data for dealers. Deal Execution Award: Sixth Street Sixth Street will receive a Deal Execution Award for its acquisition of Global Lending Services (GLS). The acquisition gives Sixth Street ownership of an established auto lending platform capable of generating billions of dollars in loans annually, rather than relying solely on purchasing auto receivables from third parties. GLS represented a sizable lending platform at the time the acquisition was announced in October 2025. As of Dec. 31, 2025, GLS had a $10.5 billion managed portfolio and approximately $9.8 billion in assets, according to KBRA. The platform provides additional potential for origination growth as Sixth Street deploys capital into the business. Community Service Award: AmeriTrust Financial Technologies AmeriTrust Financial Technologies will receive the Community Service Award for launching used vehicle leasing for military members through Military AutoSource, expanding vehicle financing and leasing access for members of the military community. For the first time in the 21-year history of the Auto Finance Excellence Awards, nine emerging industry executives will receive Rising Star awards to recognize next-generation auto finance leaders. Celebrating Excellence Across Auto Finance The Auto Finance Excellence Awards recognize the companies and executives making meaningful contributions to the auto finance industry. The 2026 awards will be presented during a plated luncheon attended by executives and industry professionals participating in Auto Finance Summit 2026. The luncheon will be hosted by JJ Hornblass, CEO of Auto Finance News, with sponsorship from Onbe. "We remain committed to recognizing the hard work put in by so many in auto finance with these awards," Hornblass said. "And now with the Rising Star awards, we are recognizing the emerging leaders, too. We heartily congratulate each well-deserved winner." About Auto Finance News Founded in 1996, Auto Finance News is a source for news, data and analysis in the auto finance industry. Through its events, research and daily coverage, Auto Finance News connects and informs the executives shaping the future of auto lending and leasing. Legal Disclaimer: EIN Presswire provides this news content "as is" without warranty of any kind. Today in Business do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.
Cox Automotive has raised its full-year 2026 new-vehicle sales forecast to 16.1 million units from 15.8 million, citing resilient demand despite economic headwinds. September sales are expected to increase 6.5% year over year, though the seasonally adjusted annual rate is forecast at 16.3 million, down from August's 16.8 million pace. Asian brands continue gaining market share, expected to account for over half of US new-vehicle sales for a second consecutive quarter. Meanwhile, the Detroit 3 automakers are forecast to fall to just over 36% market share, the lowest level on record. Strong fleet sales, wealthier buyers, and improved credit access are supporting the market. General Motors is expected to remain the top-selling automaker, though Toyota continues closing the gap.
Cox Automotive has partnered with Nova Credit to integrate cash flow intelligence into Dealertrack, its credit application and digital contracting network. The integration features Nova Credit's Income Navigator, which automates income verification at the point of sale using bank, payroll, and document data. The tool aims to reduce manual reviews, prevent fraud, and accelerate funding decisions. Westlake Financial is among the first lenders adopting the system. With US new-vehicle sales projected to reach 15.7 million in 2026, down from the previous year, lenders and dealers face increased competition for qualified buyers. The partnership responds to this pressure by streamlining verification processes. Cox Automotive and Nova Credit are exploring further applications, including Cash Atlas, a cash flow underwriting solution designed to help lenders assess borrowers' ability to pay more accurately.