Job Description:

We believe in bold ideas, diverse perspectives, and the drive to transform knowledge into impact. Here, your curiosity fuels progress, your voice shapes innovation, and your ambition helps redefine what’s possible within science and learning. We are a culture that obsesses over impact, challenges, and drives what’s next to power infinite possibilities for our customers, colleagues and society at large.

About the Role:

We are seeking a Senior Privacy Engineer to design, build, and implement technical solutions that embed privacy by design into data products, platforms, and analytics capabilities. This role partners closely with engineering, data science, legal, and privacy teams to ensure that data use is compliant, secure, and scalable while still enabling business innovation.

You will play a critical role in translating privacy requirements into practical, engineering‑driven solutions and influencing how privacy is operationalized across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Privacy by Design & Engineering

• Design and implement privacy‑by‑design and privacy‑by‑default solutions across products, platforms, and data pipelines
• Ensure data use aligns with applicable privacy laws, regulations, and internal policies
• Identify, assess, and mitigate privacy risks in new and existing data uses

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Partner with product, engineering, data science, analytics, and architecture teams to enable compliant and responsible data use
• Serve as a technical interface between privacy, legal, and technology teams
• Communicate program progress, risks, and recommendations to key stakeholders

Software Development & Technical Solutions

• Analyze, design, and develop software enhancements to reduce privacy vulnerabilities
• Implement technical controls such as data minimization, anonymization, pseudonymization, and access controls
• Contribute to technical documentation, standards, and procedures for privacy‑related systems

Privacy Operations & Compliance Support

• Support privacy compliance activities, including processing data subject access requests (DSARs), as needed
• Assist privacy program managers and legal teams with technical analysis related to regulatory requirements
• Participate in broader privacy compliance initiatives and audits when required.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Privacy Engineering, or a related field
• 4+ years of experience in privacy engineering, data protection, software engineering, or a related technical role
• Strong software development skills, including system design, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation
• Understanding of data lifecycle management, secure data handling, and privacy engineering concepts
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders
• Proficiency in English

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a relevant technical or privacy‑focused discipline
• Knowledge of global privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR) and their technical implications
• Experience implementing privacy‑enhancing technologies in complex or large‑scale environments
• CIPT (Certified Information Privacy Technologist) or equivalent certification

We power infinite possibilities.

For more than 200 years, we've transformed knowledge into discoveries that shape the world. Today, our global team of innovators, creators, and experts is driving what's next in science, education, and publishing—creating impact that reaches everywhere.

We're not just observers of progress. We're the ones accelerating scientific breakthroughs, advancing learning, and sparking innovation that redefines entire fields and improves lives.

Here, your talent matters. Your ideas have room to grow. And your work creates breakthroughs that can change everything.

Wiley is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We evaluate all qualified applicants and treat all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or based on any individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Wiley is also committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact tasupport@wiley.com for assistance.

We are proud that our workplace promotes continual learning and internal mobility. Our values support courageous teammates, needle movers, and learning champions all while striving to support the health and well-being of all employees. We offer meeting-free Friday afternoons allowing more time for heads down work and professional development, and through a robust body of employee programing we facilitate a wide range of opportunities to foster community, learn, and grow.

We are committed to fair, transparent pay, and we strive to provide competitive compensation in addition to a comprehensive benefits package. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall within the range, however the ultimate salary offered for this role may be higher or lower and will be set based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, skills, and competencies. Wiley proactively displays target base pay range for United Kingdom, Canada and USA based roles.

When applying, please attach your resume/CV to be considered.

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