Director of Data Privacy, AI Governance & Digital Safety

BDO; Washington (District of Columbia); Sur place; USD 145 000 - 225 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

BDO seeks a Director to join its Cyber Trust & Transformation practice as a senior advisor and hands-on engagement leader across data privacy, data governance, AI governance, and digital safety. The role leads strategy, risk assessments, regulatory readiness, and program/policy development with operating-model design, technology implementation, remediation, and managed services.

The Director advises multinational and domestic clients on complex data, cyber regulatory, AI and cross-border data

Qualifications

• Ten (10) or more years of progressive experience in consulting, privacy, data governance, AI governance, digital safety, cyber regulation, legal, compliance, or technology, required
• Seven (7) or more years leading large, complex programs or engagements and managing multidisciplinary teams, required
• Five (5) or more years advising on global and domestic privacy, data protection, cyber regulatory, data governance, or AI governance requirements, required
• Demonstrated hands-on experience designing, implementing, enhancing, or operating an enterprise privacy, data governance, or AI governance program, including policies, assessments, data inventories, rights-request processes, consent or preference management, third-party risk, metrics, reporting, or related operational capabilities, required
• Experience leading technology-enabled transformation or implementation of privacy, data & AI governance, GRC, data discovery, consent, model inventory, or related platforms, required
• Experience with cross-border data transfers, data localization, multinational data flows, and international operating models, preferred
• Demonstrated record of identifying, shaping, and winning significant consulting or opportunities and expanding existing client relationships. Director candidates should show meaningful contributions to growth of new business and account growth, preferred

Responsabilités

• Serves as a trusted advisor to client boards, C-suite executives, privacy, data, AI, legal, technology, and business leaders on data privacy, data governance, AI governance, digital safety, cyber regulation, and responsible data use
• Leads client development and hands-on delivery of complex domestic and global engagements, including assessments, regulatory readiness, program and policy development, operating-model design, remediation, transformation, technology implementation, and managed services
• Designs, establishes, operates, and enhances privacy, data governance, AI governance, and digital safety programs, including governance, policies, inventories, notices and consent, rights requests, impact assessments, third-party risk, incident processes, controls, metrics, reporting, and sustainable operating models
• Advises on global privacy, data protection, cyber, and AI requirements—including cross-border transfers, localization, multinational data flows, high-risk processing, and regulatory inquiries—and translates obligations into practical processes, controls, technical requirements, and implementation plans
• Leads privacy and AI impact, maturity, gap, and governance assessments; directs data governance and digital safety initiatives; and embeds privacy, responsible AI, and data governance requirements into product, SDLC, model lifecycle, procurement, third-party risk, cloud, analytics, and change-management processes
• Leads the selection, design, configuration, integration, testing, deployment, adoption, and optimization of privacy, data governance, AI governance, GRC, consent, data discovery and mapping, rights-request, assessment automation, model inventory, and related platforms and enterprise workflows
• Leads all aspects of multiple complex engagements and client relationships with limited oversight, including scoping, contracting, planning, staffing, execution, quality review, financial management, executive reporting, risk and issue resolution, stakeholder communication, and transition to operations
• Builds and expands client relationships and practice capabilities through proposals and RFPs, cross-selling, thought leadership, reusable methodologies and offerings, collaboration across BDO teams, quality and risk management, and mentorship and development of high-performing professionals
• Travel up to 40%, as needed
• Other duties as required

Connaissances

Privacy governance

Data governance

AI governance

Executive presence

Program leadership

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Formation

Bachelor's degree, required

Master's degree, JD, or MBA, preferred

Outils

OneTrust

BigID

Microsoft Purview

DataGrail

Collibra

Informatica

Description du poste

BDO seeks a Director to join its Cyber Trust & Transformation practice as a senior advisor and hands-on engagement leader across data privacy, data governance, AI governance, and digital safety. The role leads strategy, risk assessments, regulatory readiness, and program/policy development with operating-model design, technology implementation, remediation, and managed services.

The Director advises multinational and domestic clients on complex data, cyber regulatory, AI and cross-border data