Senior Privacy & Compliance Program Manager

Why Thunderbird?

Thunderbird is one of the world’s most trusted open-source email applications, empowering more than 20 million people globally. At MZLA, the team behind Thunderbird, we build privacy-respecting communication and productivity tools that help people manage their digital lives while staying in control of their data.

We are open source by design. Our products are developed transparently and in collaboration with a global community of contributors, and that same spirit shapes how we work: collaboratively, inclusively, and with a shared commitment to putting users first.

We are a small but growing company of 60+ people distributed across seven countries. As Thunderbird evolves beyond a single desktop application, we are expanding across desktop, mobile, paid services, and new product experiences that help people and organizations work more effectively without giving up control to big tech ecosystems.

Our revenue model combines user donations, which help keep Thunderbird’s apps freely available, with paid services that cover the costs of hosted offerings while supporting long-term sustainability and continued innovation.

A note about MZLA and Mozilla: MZLA Technologies Corporation is the nonprofit-owned company behind Thunderbird and part of the Mozilla family. MZLA is separate from Mozilla Corporation and has its own compensation programs, benefits, and employment policies.

To learn more, visit www.thunderbird.net

The opportunity

Thunderbird is growing beyond our free desktop and mobile applications, and we’re looking for a Senior Privacy & Compliance Program Manager to help build and strengthen the privacy, compliance, data governance, and vendor review practices that support MZLA’s products and operations.

Privacy and compliance are central to how we build and maintain user trust, particularly for a global user base with a significant presence in Europe. As MZLA expands its products and services, this role will help ensure that data is collected, used, shared, retained, and governed responsibly, in line with Thunderbird’s values and user trust commitments. You will help translate privacy, security, and compliance requirements into practical processes that fit our products and services, infrastructure, support workflows, vendor ecosystem, and operating model.

MZLA is a small, growing organization, and the right person will be a hands-on program manager who can create structure without overcomplicating the work. You will work across legal, engineering, product, support, finance, operations, and other Mozilla-wide partners to clarify ownership, track open items, identify when issues need escalation, and keep cross-functional privacy and compliance work moving.

This role requires strong judgment, excellent follow-through, and the ab