Principal Staff Technical Program Manager, R&D Regulatory Compliance

Job description

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce.

Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day.

We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth.

We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

The location may be Mountain View, CA; San Francisco, CA; Bellevue, WA; or New York, NY.

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business.

This role may be remote or hybrid.

At LinkedIn, hybrid roles are performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

Remote roles are performed from the designated home work location upon time of hire, and any changes to this home work location requires a review of remote status and approval.



LinkedIn is seeking a Principal Program Manager to join our R&D Regulatory Compliance team.

In this high-impact role, you’ll lead cross-functional programs that ensure our product development aligns with global regulations and our values of responsible innovation.

You’ll drive strategy and execution across areas like AI, privacy, and data strategy—partnering with Engineering, Product, Legal, and Trust teams to build scalable compliance frameworks and governance models.

We’re looking for a strategic thinker with strong operational skills, deep experience in regulatory environments, and a passion for enabling responsible innovation through compliance by design.

If you thrive in complex, fast-paced settings and enjoy solving hard problems with smart people, we’d love to hear from you.

**Responsibilities:**

Lead Strategic Compliance Programs

+ Drive end-to-end execution of complex, cross-functional companywide compliance programs.
+ Define deliverables, timelines, and owners; track progress through dashboards and KPIs.
+ Lead and facilitate business and operating reviews with senior leaders.
+ Frame up and lead complex decisions and trade-offs.

Enable Regulatory Strategy

+ Translate global regulatory developments into actionable strategies for product and engineering teams.
+ Align compliance strategy with LinkedIn’s innovation roadmap (AI, Trust, Security, Privacy).
+ Develop governance frameworks including risk assessments, controls, and reporting mechanisms across different functional teams.
+ Analytical and truth seeking.

Ability to understand sophisticated concepts and make reasoned decisions objectively.

Drive Operational Excellence

+ Design and scale operating models to improve decision-making and transparency.
+ Lead cross-functional working groups; remove blockers and accelerate execution.
+ Establish coordination and accountability mechanisms across teams.
+ Mentor peers and promote a culture of operational excellence and risk-awareness.
+ Influence senior leaders, empower, build strategic relationships and align people across a broad variety of job functions through relationships.


+ Lead efforts to identify risks, resolve key project conflicts, and establish appropriate resolution paths.

**Basic Qualifications:**

+ 10+ years of experience in program management
+ Experience in regulatory compliance, risk management, privacy or risk functions
+ Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

**Preferred Qualifications:**

+ Experience working in the technology industry.
+ Familiarity with global regulations (e.g., GDPR, DSA, AI Act).
+ Experience leading cross-functional programs involving Legal, R&D, Policy, and Operations.
+ Experience in budget planning, headcount resourcing, or business operations.
+ Background in strategic consulting, product operations, or business management.
+ Advanced degree (MBA, JD) or certifications (CIPP, CIPM, CRCM).
+ Proven success leading cross-functional programs involving Legal, R&D, Policy, and Operations.
+ Strong operational skills: roadmap management, goal tracking, stakeholder reporting.
+ Ability to turn complex regulatory guidance into actionable initiatives.
+ Excellent communication skills; confident engaging executive and technical audiences.

**Suggested Skills:**

+ Program Management
+ Regulatory & Compliance
+ Software Engineering
+ Strategic consulting

**You will Benefit from our Culture**

We strongly believe in the well-being of our employees and their families.

That is why we offer generous health and wellness programs and time away for employees of all levels.



LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

The pay range for this role is $194,000 - $318,000.

Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications and specific office location.

This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations.

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans.

For additional information, visit: https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.

**Equal Opportunity Statement**

We seek candidates with a wide range of perspectives and backgrounds and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

LinkedIn considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.

LinkedIn is committed to offering an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities.

Our goal is to foster an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone has the opportunity to be successful.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening, apply for a position, or participate in the interview process, connect with us at accommodations@linkedin.com and describe the specific accommodation requested for a disability-related limitation.

Reasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the application or hiring process that would enable you to fully participate in that process.

Examples of reasonable accommodations include but are not limited to:

+ Documents in alternate formats or read aloud to you
+ Having interviews in an accessible location
+ Being accompanied by a service dog
+ Having a sign language interpreter present for the interview

A request for an accommodation will be responded to within three business days.

However, non-disability related requests, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

LinkedIn will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by LinkedIn, or (c) consistent with LinkedIn's legal duty to furnish information.

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Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, LinkedIn will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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