Head of Privacy

ClassDojo's goal is to give every child on Earth an education they love.

We started by building a powerful network for communication. ClassDojo’s flagship app is the #1 communication app connecting K-8 teachers, children, and families globally. Teachers use it to share what’s happening throughout the day through photos, videos, and messages that make parents feel like they’re there. It’s actively used in over 95% of US schools, reaching over 50 million children in 180 countries, with a team of just around 200 people [1]. We are now beginning to use this network to give kids the best learning experiences in the world, far beyond those a standard school can provide.

We hire for talent density. Our team comprises the most talented, entrepreneurial, and innovative teammates from around the world, with experience in education and large scale consumer internet companies, including Instagram, Netflix, Dropbox, Stripe, Uber, Y Combinator, and more. We’re building a company where the most talented people want to work. We believe you’ll do the best work of your life here—and you’ll pioneer the future of education, too.

What you’ll do:

You will own ClassDojo’s privacy program. You will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of privacy and data protection across our global operations. The scope of this ranges from our data deletion experiences to retention policies to how we communicate to what we do with our customer’s data.

This will involve:

• Creating and conducting scalable privacy assessments
• Partnering with Product and Engineering to release improvements and audit new features
• Enhancing our data retention policies
• Making sure our data usage is compliant with emerging law in each region that we operate in
• Ensuring our different types of users (parent, teacher, school leaders, children) are aware of how ClassDojo protects their data, what data Dojo has, and where they can learn more
• Updating and drafting multiple privacy related documents (e.g. privacy policies, privacy FAQs, DSR form responses, privacy decks for compliance (e.g. iKeepSafe certification), Schedule of Data for school use)

You will be a match if:

• You are passionate about data privacy
• You are IAPP Certified
• You have had 5+ years of experience leading, coordinating, and delivering interdisciplinary privacy projects.  Especially in partnership with legal counsel.
• You have 2+ years working in-house in a growing privacy function
• You have Implemented OneTrust and other automated privacy practices before, in partnership with counsel and engineering
• You have a strong understanding of COPPA, GDPR, CCPA (and other state privacy laws), as well as other relevant privacy laws, with the ability to navigate their intersections.
• You’ve worked with legal teams implementing privacy regulations and practices such as privacy by design
• You have excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex privacy risks to diverse audiences.
• You have exceptional project management skills.

You might be a good match if:

• You have experience working on consumer-grade digital products
• You have experience in high-growth, tech start-up environments.
• You have management experience
• You have had experience responding to a regulatory inquiry
• You have managed the relationship with certifying bodies
• You have experience with  the privacy evaluation process of new vendors
• You have experience with student data privacy, including the 130 plus state student privacy laws and FERPA
• You have experience with UK Children’s Code or other Age Appropriate Design Codes (AADC)
• You have experience in addressing the privacy challenges posed by artificial intelligence.
• You have relevant certifications such as CIPP, CIPM, or CIPT.

[1] Some more context:

(If you are on LinkedIn, you will not be able to access the hyperlinks below. Once you click apply, you will be directed to our career website (if you are not on there already) and will be able to access the hyperlinks)

- ClassDojo's $125m Series D (Forbes) and Sam’s note about it.

- ClassDojo is one of Y Combinator’s Top 100 companies

- ClassDojo's Second Act Comes with First Profits (TechCrunch) and Sam's note about it.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. In accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We are happy to accommodate any disabilities or special needs. We are a distributed company, so we hire regardless of location, as long as you are willing to have significant hours overlap with one of the Americas time zones.

ClassDojo takes a number of factors into consideration when determining compensation, including geographic location, experience, and skillset. Salary ranges (United States):

CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT states: $205,000 - $270,000 (USD)
All other states in the US: $174,300 - $229,500 (USD)

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