This week, my guest is George Ratcliffe, Head of the Privacy GRC & Cryptography Executive Search Practice at recruitment firm, Stott & May.
In this conversation, we discuss the current market climate & hiring trends for technical privacy roles; the need for higher technical capabilities across the industry; pay ranges within different technical privacy roles; and George’s tips and tools for applicants interested in, entering, and/or transitioning into the privacy industry.
Topics Covered:
- Whether the hiring trends are picking back up for technical privacy roles
- The three 'Privacy Engineering' roles that companies seek to hire for and core competencies: Privacy Engineer, Privacy Software Engineer, & Privacy Research Engineer
- The demand for 'Privacy Architects'
- IAPP's new Privacy Engineering infographic & if it maps with how companies approach hiring
- Overall hiring trends for privacy engineers & technical privacy roles
- Advice technologists who want to grow into Privacy Engineer, Researcher, or Architect roles
- Capabilities that companies need or want in candidates that they can't seem to find; & whether there are roles that are harder to fill because of a lack of candidates & skill sets
- Whether a PhD is necessary to become a 'Privacy Research Engineer'
- Typical pay ranges across technical privacy roles: Privacy Engineer, Privacy Software Engineer, Privacy Researcher, Privacy Architect
- Differences in pay for a Privacy Engineering Manager vs an Independent Contributor (IC) and the web apps for crowd-sourced info about roles & salary ranges
- Whether companies seek to fill entry level positions for technical privacy roles
- How privacy technologists can stay up-to-date on hiring trends
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