Notion helps you build beautiful tools for your life’s work. In today's world of endless apps and tabs, Notion provides one place for teams to get everything done, seamlessly connecting docs, notes, projects, calendar, and email—with AI built in to find answers and automate work. Millions of users, from individuals to large organizations like Toyota, Figma, and OpenAI, love Notion for its flexibility and choose it because it helps them save time and money.
In-person collaboration is essential to Notion's culture. We require all team members to work from our offices on Mondays and Thursdays, our designated Anchor Days. Certain teams or positions may require additional in-office workdays. This internship will take place from May – September 2026 (based on your summer schedule) and you will need to be able to work out of our NYC office during this time.
About The Role:Millions of people use Notion — and this number is increasing every day. Our users depend on us to deliver a secure and trustworthy experience, and we value this more than anything. We want to keep building on that trust, while also continuing to amaze our users with the tools they can build in Notion. This is where you come in — You will be one of the first privacy and risk interns and will help us forge a strong, reliable path forward to Notion’s future.
During your 12-week internship, you will be paired with a mentor that will help guide you as you work closely with our team to build and ship impactful risk-focused projects. These projects will drive valuable impact to our customers.
What You'll Achieve:Build your privacy and risk knowledge by supporting our privacy operations team in responding to regulatory and customer requests.
Coordinate and build risk reporting materials that are communicated to company leadership.
Maintain configurations and workflows in our operational tools, monitor SLAs, and use your own insights to surface opportunities to automate or simplify team procedures.
Work with cross-functional partners throughout the business to learn about their functions and how privacy and risk impact and advance their respective areas.
Communicate your insights with actionable recommendations to cross-functional teams (insights are useful; impact is even better!)
Pursuing a bachelor's or master’s degree in Management Information Systems, Business & Operations Management, Cybersecurity & Law, or another related field. Must graduate before July 2027.
Previous internship experience.
Have an interest in working towards a proficiency in one or more certifications in privacy or security, such as CIPP, CIPT, or CISSP.
You find large, collaborative challenges exciting and enjoy discovering problems as much as solving them.
You are able to problem-solve and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
This internship will take place from May – September 2026 (based on your summer schedule) and you will need to be able to work out of our NY office during this time.
Thoughtful problem-solving: For you, problem-solving starts with a clear and accurate understanding of the context. You can deconstruct tricky problems and work towards a clean solution, either independently or in collaboration with others. You're comfortable asking for help when you get stuck.
Put users first: You think critically about the implications of your role at Notion, and how it shapes real people's lives. You understand that reach comes with responsibility for our impact—good and bad.
Growth Mindset: You put education at the forefront of your goals, driving your tasks and responsibilities at school, work, or home with a relentless curiosity and drive to learn more.
Empathetic communication: You communicate nuanced ideas clearly, whether you're explaining complex decisions in writing or brainstorming in real time. In disagreements, you engage thoughtfully with other perspectives and compromise when needed.
Team player: For you, work isn't a solo endeavor. You enjoy collaborating cross-functionally to accomplish shared goals, and you care about learning, growing, and helping others to do the same.
You have experience or interest in specific privacy regulations, such as the GDPR or CCPA.
Familiarity with security compliance standards (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001).
We hire talented and passionate people from a variety of backgrounds because we want our global employee base to represent the wide diversity of our customers. If you’re excited about a role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every bullet point listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. If you’re a builder at heart, share our company values, and enthusiastic about making software toolmaking ubiquitous, we want to hear from you.
Notion is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Notion considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Notion is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.
Notion is committed to providing highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits. The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role’s scope and complexity, and the candidate’s experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided below. For roles based in New York City, the estimated base hourly rate for this role is $50 - $54 based on qualifications.
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Notion blends your everyday work tools into one. Product roadmap? Company wiki? Meeting notes? With Notion, they're all in one place, and totally customizable to meet the needs of any workflow. It's the all-in-one workspace for you, your team, and your whole company.
Mission: We humans are toolmakers by nature, but most of us can't build or modify the software we use every day — arguably our most powerful tool. Here at Notion, we're on a mission to make it possible for everyone to shape the tools that shape their lives.
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