Vice President II, Enterprise Data Governance Risk & Controls

Location: Fort Mill/Charlotte, United States; Austin, TX is also listed as another location.

Base salary: $156,354–$260,590 annually.

Company

hirify.global is a U.S. wealth management firm providing advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools, and practice management services to financial advisors and financial institutions.

What you will do

• Establish and lead the Enterprise Data Governance Risk & Controls function, including its strategy, operating model, governance framework, accountability model, and maturity roadmap.
• Design and oversee controls spanning data quality, lineage, classification, retention, critical data, privacy, cybersecurity, AI, and third-party data risk.
• Define standards for control inventories, documentation, evidence, testing, monitoring, issue management, remediation, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Product, Technology, Business, Data Governance, Responsible AI, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Operations, and Audit stakeholders.
• Create risk metrics, KRIs, continuous monitoring, dashboards, and executive reporting while owning control-gap remediation and validated closure through RCSA and GRC processes.
• Lead data governance audits, regulatory examinations, and risk assessments; build and develop a high-performing team and advise senior leaders on risk strategy, investments, and operational resilience.

Requirements

• 10 or more years of experience in data governance, data management, data risk, controls, or a related discipline within a regulated financial services environment.
• Experience designing, implementing, or materially advancing enterprise data governance and control frameworks, operating models, and control inventories.
• Experience with data quality, lineage, classification, retention, critical data management, and controls across the data lifecycle.
• Experience establishing processes for control design, evidence, testing, monitoring, issue management, remediation, and risk reporting.
• Experience partnering across Product, Technology, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Operations, and Audit to deliver enterprise-scale outcomes.
• Competence in enterprise data governance, data management, data risk leadership, first-line risk ownership, control design, testing, and monitoring.
• Knowledge of RCSA, GRC, issue management, audit and regulatory examination readiness, executive communication, organizational influence, AI governance, privacy, information protection, cybersecurity, and third-party risk integration.
• Strategic planning, change leadership, talent development, and continuous improvement capabilities.

Nice to have

• Experience building a new team, function, or enterprise capability from the ground up.
• Experience supporting audits, regulatory examinations, or governance programs and owning remediation through validated closure.
• Knowledge of enterprise risk management, operational risk, control management, and GRC technologies.
• Experience establishing KRIs, executive dashboards, continuous controls monitoring, or risk visualization.
• Experience with responsible AI, AI governance, or controls supporting the responsible use of data and artificial intelligence.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, fast-paced, team-oriented environment focused on exceptional client experiences.
• Culture emphasizing integrity, creativity, continuous improvement, shared success, and client outcomes.
• 401(k) matching, health benefits, employee stock options, paid time off, and volunteer time off.
• Competitive total rewards package supporting work, home, and personal well-being.

Hiring process

• LPL communicates with applicants directly from an @lplfinancial.com email address.
• Interviews are not conducted online or in chatroom forums, and applicants are not asked for payment or bank and credit card information.