Governance and Compliance Analyst

Pax8; Manila; Hybrid; PHP 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

20 Annual Leaves + 10 Sick leaves

Bonus leave program

Private health insurance

Learning & Development programs

Donation matching & DEI events

Employee resource groups

Job summary

Pax8 in Manila is seeking a Governance and Compliance Analyst to own the enterprise data inventory, ensuring accurate visibility into data assets and governance controls. You’ll work at the intersection of technology, privacy, and business operations, shaping how data is managed across regions.

You’ll collaborate with IT, security, privacy, and legal teams to document data flows, ownership, retention, and classifications, with a pathway to hybrid work after an initial office-based onboarding

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in data inventory, records management, information lifecycle management, data governance operations, or a related role.
• Familiarity with governance and compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR) and structured documentation practices.
• Ability to reflect specialist input accurately in operational records and manage data ownership, classification, retention, and regional footprint.

Responsibilities

• Own the enterprise data inventory completeness, accuracy, and usability across ownership, classification, sensitivity, retention, system of record, and regional storage.
• Engage application owners, IT teams, regional leads, stakeholders, and governance partners to validate inventory information and translate responses into structured records.
• Maintain data flow, integration, and lineage documentation using governance standards and apply defined classification schemas.
• Onboard new applications as a data inventory checkpoint ensuring ownership, classification, retention, data flows, and regional footprint before production readiness.
• Maintain lifecycle reporting, exception tracking, documentation gaps, and governance partner support while keeping compliance ownership with specialist teams.
• Stay aligned with leadership direction and data lifecycle priorities, build plans, track actions, and support tooling adoption.

Skills

Data inventory

Governance

Compliance

Security

Privacy

Audit

Documentation

Data classification

Data lineage

Data retention

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-team collaboration

Project planning

Written communication

Tools

Spreadsheet software

Documentation platforms

Job description

Governance and Compliance Analyst | Makati City, Philippines

Pax8 is hiring a Governance and Compliance Analyst in the Philippines to help build and maintain trusted enterprise data records that power intelligent decision-making, governance maturity, and our AI-enabled future.

Working pattern

• During your first 6 months, you'll be based in our Manila office to immerse yourself in the team, the culture, and your role.
• After 6 months, you'll be eligible to request a hybrid arrangement of up to 2 days working from home each week, tailored to your role and team rhythm.

We're committed to being an employer of choice, and workplace flexibility is a core part of how we attract, support and retain great people.

Please note that this is on a night shift, 10 pm- 7 am Manila time.

Shape the Future of Data at Pax8

This is an exciting opportunity to become the operational owner of one of Pax8's most important information assets: our enterprise data inventory. You'll sit at the intersection of technology, governance, security, privacy, and business operations, helping ensure that our global organisation understands what data we hold, where it lives, how it should be managed, and how it supports our rapidly evolving cloud and AI journey. As new technologies transform the way businesses operate, you'll play a key role in creating the trusted data foundations that help teams move faster, make better decisions, and manage information responsibly at scale.

What You'll Be Doing

• Data Inventory Management (40%) Own the completeness, accuracy, and usability of the enterprise data inventory, including ownership, classification, sensitivity, retention, system of record, and regional storage location.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Cross-Team Data Intake (20%) Engage application owners, IT teams, regional leads, business stakeholders, and governance partners to validate inventory information and translate responses into structured, usable records.
• Data Flow Documentation & Classification Execution (20%) Maintain data flow, integration, and lineage documentation using governance-provided standards and apply classification schemas defined by the appropriate governance owners.
• New Application Onboarding (5%) Act as the data inventory checkpoint for new applications to ensure ownership, classification, retention, data flows, and regional footprint are documented prior to production readiness review.
• Reporting, Exception Tracking & Governance Support (10%) Maintain lifecycle reporting, exception tracking, documentation gap follow-up, and governance partner support while keeping compliance ownership with specialist teams.
• Planning, Prioritization & Strategy Execution (5%) Stay aligned with leadership direction and data lifecycle priorities, apply judgment where guidance is incomplete, manage priorities and dependencies across concurrent initiatives, raise findings appropriately, and support future governance tooling adoption.

Why This Role Matters

The quality of enterprise decision-making depends on trusted information. By ensuring Pax8 has accurate visibility into its data landscape, you'll enable stronger governance, better business outcomes, improved operational efficiency, and more confident adoption of new technologies. The work you do will influence teams around the world and help build the foundations required for scalable growth in an increasingly data-driven and AI-powered environment.

What We're Looking For

• 3-5 years of experience in data inventory, records management, information lifecycle management, data governance operations, or a related role.
• Experience working in governance, risk, compliance, security, privacy, audit, or technology-led environments is helpful, especially when the work involved structured documentation, records, inventories, or follow-through.
• Familiarity with governance and compliance-driven environments where standards such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, or similar frameworks may influence data handling, documentation, classification, or retention expectations.
• Experience maintaining accurate records, inventories, documentation, and supporting artifacts in a structured environment.
• Hands-on experience maintaining large inventories or tracking registers without dedicated governance tooling, using structured manual records and collaborative documentation platforms.
• Working knowledge of data classification, data lineage, and data retention concepts.
• Strong proficiency in spreadsheet-based inventory work, including data reconciliation and operational reporting.
• Familiarity with collaborative documentation platforms used to maintain shared records.
• Experience working across IT, Legal, Security, Privacy, Compliance, Data Governance, and business teams.
• Demonstrated ability to receive structured information from specialist teams and accurately reflect it in operational records without independently interpreting specialist-owned requirements.
• Experience operationalizing project deliverables into steady-state processes.
• Self-starting, independent approach with the ability to structure work, build project plans, track actions, and maintain momentum across multiple priorities.
• Clear, polished written communication and the judgment to tailor information for different audiences.
• Confidence working across different teams, building relationships, and navigating situations where stakeholders may need support or constructive challenge.
• Comfort using approved tools to improve productivity and quality in documentation, analysis, reporting, and inventory management.
• Comfort working across time zones and with regional stakeholders.
• Comfort operating within strict scope boundaries and routing matters outside scope to the appropriate specialist team.
• Interest in cloud, software, SaaS, or consultancy environments where pace is high and priorities change quickly.
• Familiarity with data governance, data discovery, DSPM, privacy, security, or compliance platforms preferred.
• Background in records or information lifecycle management preferred.
• Exposure to regulated or compliance-driven environments preferred.
• ITIL Foundation or similar service management familiarity preferred.
• Experience supporting tooling adoption from manual records into a dedicated platform preferred.

Trust and Hiring

At Pax8, we care deeply about building genuine, trust based relationships — starting with how we hire. To protect our business, our teams, and our customers, we use a range of measures throughout the recruitment process to help confirm authenticity and prevent fraud. These safeguards are designed to be fair, respectful, and proportionate, and may evolve as risks change. By applying, you acknowledge that we take steps to verify identity and representation during hiring. If you're applying as your authentic self, you have nothing to worry about — we're excited to meet you. We also use thoughtfully applied AI-enabled tools to support our hiring process. These tools may assist with tasks such as reviewing or prioritising applications, but hiring decisions are made by our people. More information is available in our Recruitment Privacy Notice. If you have questions about how we hire or would prefer not to have your application supported by these tools, you can opt out at any part of our process.

Everyone Is Welcome Here

We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet 100% of the criteria. We're committed to diverse perspectives, inclusive hiring and sharing your transferrable skills. To fulfil this role, you must hold valid right to work in Philippines.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• 20 Annual Leaves and 10 Sick leaves (accruing monthly)
• Pax8 offers an additional 10 days of bonus leave every year! AND YES, the 10 days are available from your first day!
• In addition to the above, we offer all our employees Private Health Insurance. Beneficial for when life happens!
• Unlimited growth through our learning & development (L&D) programs in an environment that fosters internal promotions, helping you gain the necessary skills to reach the next step in your professional journey!
• Connecting with our community is important – which is why we have our donation matching program, DEI-B events, and our employee resource groups to ensure everyone feels at home at Pax8.

Our Manila Office

• Energetic office located at KMC Solutions, One Ayala Mall, Makati City
• Dedicated Pax8 Lounge Area overlooking Makati Avenue
• Relaxation area with massage chairs
• Fully stocked pantry cabinet
• Weekly treats including Monday waffles and Thursday soft serve ice cream
• Regular team events including Pax8 Thursday Karaoke
• Coffee machines
• Modern workstations equipped with monitors and essential tools for productivity
• Great office culture

Grow Faster Than You Thought Possible

There's extensive room for a talented individual to grow at pace — whether that's advancing quickly in this role or exploring one of the many opportunities across our global organisation. You'll have access to our internal development hub designed to accelerate your skills and stretch your potential. Alongside specialist Learning & Development trainers, you'll also tap into AI powered tools, "born in the cloud" mentors, and cross continent collaboration that broaden your perspective and sharpen your expertise. We'll give you the space, trust, and the right projects to help you thrive — and full visibility of what it takes to reach your next level.

About Pax8

Our mission is to build the managed intelligence marketplace and empower small businesses to do more with smarter technology. We are a fast-growing, dynamic, and high-energy organisation with a start-up feel, allowing you to make a meaningful impact on the business. Culture is also important to us, and at Pax8, it's business, and it IS personal. We are passionate, creative, and unconventional. We work hard, keep it fun, and expect the best! We Elev8 each other. We Advoc8 for our partners. We Innov8 continuously. We Celebr8 life.

Background Checks

As part of our hiring process, we are required to undertake pre-employment checks on all candidates that are successful in their application with Pax8. As part of these checks Pax8 will request ID verification, reference requests and qualification checks (additional checks may be completed for certain countries, such as criminal and financial). All checks are completed by our third-party provider, First Advantage. Once checks have been completed all candidates will receive a copy for their records.

Equal Opportunities

Pax8 are an equal opportunities employer and welcome individuals who are in possession of the appropriate requirements to work within the country you have applied for. Offered individuals will be asked to undertake identity, security compliance and reference checks. Your privacy is important to us. Your data will be held in accordance with local best practices and processed only in accordance with our recruiting processes. Privacy notice: https://www.pax8.com/en-us/terms/job-applicant-privacy-notice/ Pax8 is the global AI and cloud Marketplace for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Pax8 connects service providers and technology companies on a unified platform to discover, buy, sell, deploy and manage technology solutions for SMBs. More than 47,000 IT partners and 800,000 SMBs rely on Pax8 for expertise, automation and real-time insights to stay productive, protected and prepared for the AI economy. Learn more at pax8.com. Our purpose is to help every small business turn their dreams into reality through the power of technology. Culture is important to us, and at Pax8, its business, and it IS personal. We embody Compassionate Candour by aiming to assist others with candid, actionable feedback. We Seek to Understand by being open, curious, and committed to learning. We believe in We Before Me, actively collaborating and seeking out diverse perspectives to ensure a win for Team Pax8. Our team takes pride in Do What You Say, taking ownership, honoring commitments, prioritizing, and delivering on promises. We encourage everyone to Light Up Learning by being brave and trying new ideas, embracing vulnerability, and sharing failures so everyone can learn. Finally, we are Driven by Passion, connecting personal passion to Pax8's mission, and remaining resilient in the face of adversity and uncertainty in pursuit of our goals. At Pax8, we are passionate, creative, and humorously offbeat. We work hard, keep it fun, and expect the best!