Vice President, Data Governance (Privacy Operations)

Location: United States; hybrid role requiring residence in or near a collaboration hub including Costa Mesa, San Jose, Allen, Austin, Franklin, New York, Schaumburg, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Boston, or Seattle.

Salary: $225,000–$325,000 base pay, plus variable pay opportunity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global is a global data and technology company operating across financial services, healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and other markets, with 25,200 employees in 32 countries.

What you will do

• Lead the multi-year roadmap for North American data governance maturity and report progress to senior leadership.
• Design, build, and roll out a North America-wide data catalog and data lineage platform with IT and data engineering.
• Establish governance policies and operating procedures covering data quality, metadata, classification, and access approvals.
• Own daily Privacy Framework operations, including consumer rights requests, the privacy portal, and privacy monitoring.
• Lead risk assessments, control testing, issue remediation, and compliance operations under applicable privacy regulations.
• Manage and develop data stewards and privacy professionals while partnering with Legal, Compliance, Security, IT, and business leaders.

Requirements

• 12+ years of progressive experience in data governance, data management, or privacy operations, including 5+ years in people leadership.
• Experience building or scaling enterprise data governance programs involving data catalogs, metadata management, and data lineage.
• Hands-on experience with data catalog and lineage platforms such as Collibra, Alation, or Informatica.
• Deep knowledge of U.S. privacy and data protection regulations, including CCPA/CPRA, state privacy laws, GLBA, and FCRA.
• Experience designing or operating consumer rights request processes and consumer-facing privacy portals at scale.
• Experience running privacy monitoring or compliance testing programs, including risk assessment, control design, and remediation.
• Strong understanding of data access governance, approval workflows, role-based access, and data risk classification.
• Strong program, change management, communication, business intelligence, KPI, financial, market, and performance analysis skills, including executive and board-level presentations.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Management, Computer Science, Law, Business, or a related field required.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree or relevant certification such as CIPP/US, CIPM, or CDMP.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid collaboration model centered on designated U.S. talent hubs and in-person collaboration.
• Executive-level total rewards package with medical, dental, vision, and matching 401(k).
• Flexible time off, including unlimited vacation, volunteer time off, and 12 paid holidays.
• Inclusive, purpose-driven culture recognized among the World’s Best Workplaces 2025 and Great Place To Work organizations.
• Compensation varies by U.S. geographic market, job-related skills, experience, and education.

Hiring process

• Applications and opportunity verification must use hirify.global’s authorized careers channels; recruitment communications come from an @hirify.global.com email address.
• hirify.global does not request payment during application, interview, assessment, onboarding, or recruitment.