Title: Director, Data Enablement & Governance
Location: Hybrid in Atlanta or Alpharetta, GA (2 days WFH)
Client Industry: Financial Services
Compensation: $80/hr - $95/hr (Contract-to-hire)
We have partnered with our client in their search for a Director, Data Enablement & Governance. The Director of Data Enablement and Governance will be a key leader in the Global Data Office, driving data governance, compliance, and privacy initiatives across the organization. This role requires a strong technical and strategic orientation to develop frameworks, automate data governance processes, and promote compliance. The director will play a vital role in connecting with global teams, developing enterprise-wide standards, and implementing advanced data governance practices that protect sensitive information and foster data integrity.
Responsibilities
Understand and communicate data management, privacy, contractual (e.g., permitted and prohibited use), and information protection and security needs of the organization, including through the design and documentation of related governance frameworks and controls
Define and design the enterprise and platform wide data management framework, as well as underlying policies, standards, and procedures, that ensures our data is properly collected, stored, maintained, used, retained and disposed in alignment with second line of defense and other requirements
Architect, design, and drive implementation of business capabilities for efficient management and oversight of compliance with data policies and standards, focusing on automation, strong controls, and user enablement
Connect with global teams to continuously improve business capabilities and share best practices
Manage a daily and periodic operation of surveillance on the movement of sensitive data within our platforms
Work with compliance, privacy, information security, data, IT, product, and analytics teams globally to evangelize and guide implementation of and improvements to policy and standard requirements, including regional considerations
Establish plans and routines, and manage data capabilities, that support execution of the enterprise data strategy
Design, develop and execute enterprise training on data risk, data governance and compliance requirements and capabilities
Skills Required
Strong experience managing data across its lifecycle in both on prem / traditional and cloud architectures and technologies
Demonstrated experience with data and risk management process and control design and operation
Demonstrated experience documenting and communicating guidelines, policies, standards, and frameworks across levels and functions in a large enterprise
Experience with data management (Informatica, Collibra etc.) and data privacy / protection tools (Privacera, BigID, Varonis, ForcePoint etc.), and leveraging those tools to control and support data privacy and security capabilities
Experience with SQL and BI tools (Looker, Tableau, BigQuery, etc.)
Strong knowledge of US data sharing and privacy laws and regulations (FCRA, GLBA, CCPA/CPRA, etc.), and data structures and controls (segregation, tokenization, etc.) that maximize integration and compliant use
Familiarity with global and regional data sharing and privacy laws and regulations
Experience with or technical aptitude for designing and evangelizing advanced privacy methods (e.g., synthetic data, differential privacy, etc.)
Experience leveraging design thinking and agile methodologies and tools to drive collaborative execution
Strong analytical orientation, with an ability to identify and define problems, extract key information from data to test and verify the cause of the problem, and develop solutions
Education & Work Experience
Bachelor's degree in related discipline required; Master's degree preferred; equivalent experience will be considered
7-10 years of experience across risk management (operational / technology), data management, privacy, and information security for financial services data
CIPP/CIPM/CIPT/CISM/CISSP or similar certifications
