Data Privacy Officer

vnbcareers; Totowa (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

vnbcareers seeks an Enterprise Privacy Leader to own and enhance the organization’s privacy program, including policies, controls, and governance across the enterprise and subsidiaries.

The role monitors global privacy laws, directs required changes, and leads risk management, data inventories, and consumer rights operations. Collaboration with Legal, IT, and business leaders ensures effective privacy controls and AI governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with eight years of progressive experience in Privacy, Compliance, Legal, Information Security, Technology, or Operational Risk.
• Experience leading an enterprise privacy program and familiarity with NIST Privacy Framework, GLBA, CCPA/CPRA, and state privacy laws.

Responsibilities

• Own and continuously enhance the enterprise privacy program, including policies, standards, procedures, controls, governance, tools, documentation, and reporting.
• Monitor privacy laws and regulations, assess impacts, and direct implementation of changes.
• Lead privacy risk management, including PIAs, privacy-by-design reviews, and risk mitigation planning.
• Manage data inventories, maps, and processing activity records for personal information.
• Oversee privacy operations: consumer rights, consent, notices, and evidence retention.
• Review third-party contracts and data-sharing agreements for appropriate controls.
• Partner with Legal, Compliance, IT, and business units to operationalize privacy requirements.
• Govern privacy aspects of AI platforms, risk tiers, assessments, and incident management.
• Identify and remediate privacy risks; represent the program in audits and breach response.
• Define privacy metrics and executive reporting; support governance committees.

Skills

Executive communication

Privacy framework knowledge

Regulatory risk management

Policy governance

Stakeholder management

Independent risk assessment

Leadership communication

Cross-functional collaboration

AI privacy risk management

Regulatory interpretation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Law, Business, or related field

Job description

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Own and continuously enhance the enterprise privacy program, including policies, standards, procedures, controls, governance, tools, documentation, and reporting across the organization and subsidiaries.
• Monitor and interpret applicable privacy laws and regulations (e.g., GLBA, Regulations P and S-P, CCPA/CPRA, and state privacy laws), assess enterprise impacts, and direct implementation of required changes.
• Lead privacy risk management, including privacy impact assessments, privacy-by-design reviews, independent challenge, risk acceptance recommendations, and mitigation planning for products, services, systems, vendors, and technologies.
• Establish requirements and oversee the accuracy of data inventories, data maps, and records of processing activities covering personal information collection, use, sharing, retention, notices, and disclosures.
• Govern privacy operations, including consumer rights requests, consent and preference management, privacy notices, escalations, service levels, controls, and evidence retention.
• Oversee privacy reviews of third parties, contracts, and data-sharing arrangements, ensuring appropriate obligations, controls, remediation, monitoring, and control testing are in place.
• Partner with Legal, Compliance, Risk, Information Security, Technology, Marketing, Procurement, and business leaders to operationalize privacy requirements and resolve material issues.
• Govern privacy aspects of AI platforms and use cases, including intake, risk tiering, assessments, incident management, data subject rights, and alignment with applicable AI risk management frameworks.
• Identify, elevate, and oversee remediation of privacy risks, compliance gaps, incidents, complaints, and control weaknesses; represent the program in audits, examinations, breach response, and risk acceptance processes.
• Define privacy metrics, KRIs, KPIs, training, and executive reporting; support governance committees and foster enterprise-wide privacy accountability and awareness.

Required Skills:

• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills with experience communicating at the Executive level successfully.
• Strong knowledge of privacy, compliance, risk management, and control frameworks.
• Ability to translate legal and regulatory obligations into practical business and technology requirements.
• Ability to establish policy, governance, accountability, monitoring, and reporting frameworks.
• Ability to provide independent review, credible challenge, and clear risk-based recommendations.
• Ability to communicate effectively with senior management, governance committees, auditors, and regulators.
• Strategic thinking, sound judgment, and strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to assess materiality, recommend risk acceptance, and elevate significant privacy concerns.
• Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
• High integrity, discretion, accountability, and professional judgment.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and effectively manage multiple responsibilities in a dynamic environment.
• Strong work ethic. Good use of discretion and judgment.

Required Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Law, Business, or a related field and eight years of progressively responsible experience in Privacy, Compliance, Legal, Information Security, Technology, or Operational Risk. Demonstrated experience leading an enterprise privacy program and familiarity with the NIST Privacy Framework, GLBA, CCPA, CPRA, and applicable state privacy laws.
• At least one recognized privacy certification, or ability to obtain within a defined period after hire.

Preferred Experience:

• Financial services experience; experience advising senior management and interacting with auditors or regulators; technical familiarity with applications, databases, data storage, access management, and AI-enabled technologies.
• CIPP/US, CIPM, CDPSE, CISM, CISSP, or comparable privacy, risk, legal, or technology credential.