Senior Director, Global Data Retention Program - Enterprise Data Governance

Recruit Action inc.; Southwestern Ontario; Hybrid; CAD 138.000 - 179.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Hybrid work model

13-month contract

Competitive hourly rates

Zusammenfassung

Recruit Action inc. is seeking an experienced Program Management leader to drive a global transformation initiative in insurance. The role offers exposure to senior leaders, collaboration across regions, and a long-term strategic impact.

Hybrid work in Waterloo or Toronto with some travel. Key focus areas include establishing a PMO, governance forums, and an integrated roadmap. You will coordinate regional teams, manage vendors, and deliver executive-ready reporting for audit and regulatory

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
• 10+ years of progressive experience leading large, complex enterprise programs.
• Demonstrated success building and operating large PMOs.
• Experience building PMOs and governance structures from the ground up.

Aufgaben

• Lead integrated delivery across discovery, planning, execution, and transition to sustainable business-as-usual controls.
• Establish and operate the program management office, including the integrated roadmap and master schedule.
• Coordinate regional delivery teams on work breakdown structures, resource plans, financial controls, and delivery standards.
• Design and operate governance forums, including steering committees, governance committees, and working-team forums.
• Lead project managers, workstream leads, internal teams, and external delivery partners.
• Set expectations, remove barriers, and drive timely decisions.
• Develop executive communications and reporting models.
• Create and maintain stakeholder, governance, communication, change, and adoption plans.
• Partner with business groups to sequence work based on risk, readiness, dependencies, and capacity.
• Drive execution across data inventory, risk tiering, security controls, classification, retention, disposition, and sustainment workstreams.
• Ensure delivery evidence, controls, and reporting are suitable for senior management, audit, and regulatory review.
• Manage vendors and systems integrators, including scope, deliverables, commercial performance, quality, and knowledge transfer.

Kenntnisse

PMO leadership

Governance

Executive reporting

Stakeholder management

Strategic planning

Risk management

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Program management certification

Jobbeschreibung

Be part of a global transformation initiative in the insurance sector for our client. This opportunity offers exposure to senior leaders, enterprise-wide collaboration, and the chance to contribute to a strategic program with long-term impact across multiple regions and business areas.

What is in it for you:

• Salaried: $100-115 per hour.
• Incorporated Business Rate: $115-130 per hour.
• 13-month contract.
• Potential extension and/or conversion to full-time employment.
• Full-time position: 37.50 hours per week.
• Hours from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm or 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
• Hybrid work model based in Waterloo, ON, or Toronto, ON.
• On-site presence required 1 to 2 days per month.
• Occasional flexibility required for meetings with global stakeholders.
• Travel requirement of less than 25%.

Responsibilities:

• Lead integrated delivery across discovery, planning, execution, and transition to sustainable business-as-usual controls.
• Establish and operate the program management office, including the integrated roadmap and master schedule.
• Coordinate regional delivery teams on work breakdown structures, resource plans, financial controls, and delivery standards.
• Design and operate governance forums, including steering committees, governance committees, and working-team forums.
• Lead project managers, workstream leads, internal teams, and external delivery partners.
• Set expectations, remove barriers, and drive timely decisions.
• Develop executive communications and reporting models.
• Create and maintain stakeholder, governance, communication, change, and adoption plans.
• Partner with business groups to sequence work based on risk, readiness, dependencies, and capacity.
• Drive execution across data inventory, risk tiering, security controls, classification, retention, disposition, and sustainment workstreams.
• Ensure delivery evidence, controls, and reporting are suitable for senior management, audit, and regulatory review.
• Manage vendors and systems integrators, including scope, deliverables, commercial performance, quality, and knowledge transfer.

What you will need to succeed:

Required qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of progressive experience leading large, complex enterprise programs, including global or multi-business transformations.
• Demonstrated success building and operating large PMOs.
• Experience building PMOs and governance structures from the ground up.

Industry & Domain Expertise

• Experience within financial services, insurance, or another highly regulated industry.
• Experience delivering programs in data governance, cybersecurity, privacy, technology risk, regulatory remediation, or related domains.
• Working knowledge of data lifecycle management, data classification, retention, and disposition concepts.

Program Delivery & Governance

• Strong command of program governance, integrated planning, dependency management, RAID management, financial oversight, resource planning, and executive reporting.
• Experience leading federated programs and managing external delivery partners.
• Ability to translate strategic and risk objectives into executable plans and measurable outcomes.

Executive Stakeholder Management

• Experience working with CIO, AVP, VP, and SVP stakeholders.
• Ability to influence across organizational boundaries and drive accountability without direct authority.
• Ability to build alignment across Technology, Data, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Architecture, Risk, Privacy, Compliance, Legal, Records Management, Audit, and business teams.

Preferred qualifications

Education & Certifications

• Program management certification.

Data Governance & Information Management

• Direct experience with enterprise data governance, information management, records management, data retention, or data remediation initiatives.

Risk, Compliance & Regulatory Transformation

• Experience in cyber risk reduction, audit, privacy, or control transformation.
• Exposure to OSFI-driven initiatives, including E-21 or E-23 programs.

Transformation & Organizational Change

• Experience in operating-model design, organizational change, and business adoption.
• Experience using Agile and traditional delivery methodologies with sound judgment regarding their application.
• Ownership and drive.
• Self-directed execution.
• Executive communication.
• Pragmatic judgment.
• Executive presence.
• Relationship-building.
• Accountability.