Data Security Governance Analyst

Zohorecruit; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Axiom Path in New York, NY is seeking a data security governance professional to join a high-visibility, policy-driven team within a regulated financial services environment. The role focuses on strengthening data protection through governance and policy development across enterprise systems.

You will develop and roll out governance policies, translate regulations into practical controls, and collaborate with cybersecurity, privacy, risk, legal, and technology teams to protect enterprise data.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in data security governance and information protection.
• Experience in regulated environments such as financial services or banking.
• Strong knowledge of data classification, DLP, encryption, and data lifecycle protection.
• Familiarity with governance frameworks, policy lifecycle management, and regulatory reporting.
• Understanding of IAM and security architecture as they relate to data protection.
• Ability to translate policy language into actionable governance controls.
• Excellent documentation, reporting, and executive-presentations skills.
• Ability to coordinate across cybersecurity, data governance, privacy, risk, and technology teams.

Responsibilities

• Support development, maintenance, and rollout of data security governance policies and controls.
• Define governance requirements for protecting data across platforms and third-party relationships.
• Assist with data lifecycle handling, retention, encryption, and protection standards.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, privacy, data governance, legal, risk, and technology teams to translate policy into controls.
• Support audit requests, regulatory reporting, and governance reporting related to data protection.
• Prepare clear documentation and executive-ready materials explaining data security requirements.

Skills

Data security governance

Information protection

Regulated environment experience

Data classification

Data loss prevention

Encryption

Key management

Risk assessments

Audit responses

Executive communication

Job description

Axiom Path is an AI-first recruiting and staffing firm delivering RPO, MSP, and direct-hire solutions to enterprise clients across the U.S. Our team of experienced recruiters, supported by purpose-built automation, moves faster and communicates better so clients get qualified talent sooner and candidates get a clear, responsive process from first contact to start date.

Job Description

Be Part Of A High-Performing Team:

Join a leading financial services technology environment supporting enterprise security, data protection, and governance initiatives across a highly regulated banking ecosystem. This team partners closely with cybersecurity, privacy, risk, legal, data governance, and technology groups to strengthen how sensitive information is classified, protected, monitored, and governed across the organization. The work is collaborative, policy-driven, and highly visible, with a focus on aligning security controls to enterprise standards, regulatory expectations, and operational best practices.

What's In Store For You:

Engagement: W2 only (no C2C/1099)

This is a hybrid contract opportunity based in New York, NY, supporting enterprise data security governance within a regulated financial services environment. The role offers exposure to cross-functional security, risk, audit, privacy, and technology stakeholders while contributing to data protection frameworks that support enterprise-wide information security maturity.

How You Will Make An Impact

• Support the development, maintenance, and operational rollout of data security governance policies, standards, frameworks, and control expectations.
• Help define and reinforce governance requirements for protecting sensitive data across internal platforms, enterprise systems, and third-party relationships.
• Support enterprise data classification efforts by helping establish handling, retention, encryption, and protection requirements across the data lifecycle.
• Partner with cybersecurity, privacy, data governance, legal, risk, and technology teams to translate policy requirements into practical operational controls.
• Assist with control validation, audit requests, regulatory support, and governance reporting tied to data protection and information security.
• Prepare clear documentation, guidance, reporting, and executive-ready materials that explain complex data security requirements in a practical way.

Requirements

Do you bring proven success in data security governance and information protection?

• 5 7 years of experience supporting data security governance, information protection, data protection, or related cybersecurity governance programs.
• Experience working in a regulated environment, ideally financial services, banking, insurance, or another highly controlled enterprise setting.
• Strong knowledge of data classification, data loss prevention, encryption, secure data handling, key management concepts, and data lifecycle protection.
• Familiarity with information security governance frameworks, policy lifecycle management, risk assessments, control validation, audit responses, and regulatory reporting.
• Understanding of enterprise data environments, identity and access management, and security architecture as they relate to data protection.
• Ability to work with technical teams and business stakeholders to convert policy language into actionable controls and governance guidance.
• Strong documentation, reporting, stakeholder communication, and executive presentation skills.
• Ability to manage cross-functional coordination across cybersecurity, data governance, privacy, legal, risk, and technology teams.