Privacy · Regulatory · Platform Governance

Philipp
Hultsch

Senior regulatory and compliance leader with deep experience owning enforcement-facing programs across privacy, online safety, and platform risk.

Los Angeles, CA AI-enabled compliance FTC · ICO · Ofcom · DPC Audit Readiness
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Core Expertise

Regulatory Strategy

Translating complex obligations into scalable, defensible operating models that hold up under regulator scrutiny.

FTC / ICO / DPC Engagement

Primary regulator-facing lead for audits, consent orders, inquiries, and documentation submissions.

Online Safety & Platform Governance

UK Online Safety Act gap assessments, remediation planning, and regulatory interpretation advisory.

Audit Readiness

End-to-end audit program ownership, cross-functional coordination, and zero-finding track record.

Risk Assessments & DPIAs

Authoring and owning DPIAs/DDIAs across Trust & Safety, Ads, and Core Product with Legal sign-off.

AI-Assisted Compliance

Scaling AI-enabled workflows and GPT tooling to improve consistency and reduce review time across Privacy and Product Legal.

Incident Response

Privacy and data protection incident lead — containment, remediation, and regulator notification.

Executive Reporting

Synthesizing compliance updates across Engineering, Security, and Legal for quarterly FTC submissions.

Experience

Snap Inc.

Feb 2025 – Present

Privacy Program Manager

Los Angeles, CA

  • Led 2025 FTC Consent Order audit end-to-end as primary program owner and regulator-facing lead — achieving zero audit findings.
  • Drove UK Online Safety Act gap assessment and remediation planning, interpreting code requirements and mapping existing safeguards.
  • Scaled AI-enabled compliance workflows across Privacy and Product Legal using GPT-based tooling and standardized risk assessment templates.

Twitter / X / xAI

Mar 2024 – Feb 2025

Sr. Program Manager, Product Privacy & FTC Compliance

Los Angeles, CA & New York, NY

  • Directed privacy and regulatory compliance reviews for all major product launches, acting as final reviewer for high-risk assessments.
  • Authored DPIAs across Trust & Safety, Ads, and Core Product with submissions to FTC, ICO, and DPC.
  • Owned quarterly FTC reporting and served as primary incident response lead for privacy and data protection issues.

Twitter / X

Apr 2022 – Mar 2024

Privacy Program Manager

Los Angeles, CA

  • Built company-wide review process for public privacy commitments, aligning external statements with operational reality.
  • Stabilized compliance operations following a ~60% reduction in force, preserving all regulator-facing deliverables.
  • Designed and scaled global privacy onboarding program ("Doves"), educating 500+ employees across Engineering, Product, and Legal.

Accenture

Mar 2021 – Apr 2022

Technology Strategy & Advisory Consultant

Los Angeles, CA

  • Led post-merger integration planning for 32 initiatives totaling $130M in planned spend at a large financial services client.
  • Designed executive reporting systems, cutting leadership reporting preparation time by ~50%.

Deloitte / Meta

Jul 2019 – Mar 2021

Business Technology Analyst

Los Angeles, CA & San Francisco, CA

  • Designed strategic response and enforcement frameworks for cross-border scraping and unauthorized data use at Meta.
  • Standardized investigative workflows across international teams, reducing average case handling time from days to hours.

Let's connect.

Open to conversations about regulatory strategy, privacy programs, and platform governance challenges.