Head of Enterprise Data Governance & Risk Controls

LPL Financial; Fort Mill (SC); On-site; USD 156,000 - 261,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K matching

health benefits

employee stock options

paid time off

volunteer time off

Job summary

LPL Financial seeks a Vice President II, Enterprise Data Governance Risk & Controls to lead the first-line data governance controls across the enterprise. This role shapes the operating model, partners with Product, Technology, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Operations, and Internal Audit, and drives risk reduction and regulatory readiness through effective control design and monitoring.

You will build and mature the framework, manage audits, and provide executive visibility into data risk posture as

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data governance and data risk within a regulated financial services environment.
• Experience designing or advancing enterprise data governance and control frameworks, operating models, and control inventories.
• Experience with data quality, lineage, classification, retention, and controls across the data lifecycle.
• Experience establishing governance processes for control design, evidence, testing, monitoring, remediation, and risk reporting.
• Experience partnering across Product, Technology, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Operations, and Audit to deliver enterprise-scale outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead the Enterprise Data Governance Risk & Controls function, including strategy, operating model, governance framework, accountability model, and multi-year maturity roadmap.
• Design and oversee an enterprise data governance risk and control framework spanning data quality, lineage, classification, retention, privacy, cybersecurity, AI, and third-party data risk.
• Define standards for control design, inventories, documentation, evidence, testing, monitoring, issue management, remediation, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Product, Technology, Business, Data Governance, and Responsible AI leaders to embed effective controls throughout the data lifecycle without duplicative testing.
• Align first-line controls with Enterprise Risk, Operational Risk, Information Security Risk, Privacy, Compliance, Legal, Model Risk Management, and other second-line requirements.
• Create enterprise metrics, key risk indicators, continuous monitoring, dashboards, and executive reporting that provide transparency into data risk posture and control effectiveness.
• Own the identification, escalation, remediation, and validated closure of data-related control gaps through established RCSA and GRC processes.
• Serve as the first-line lead for data governance audits, regulatory examinations, and risk assessments, coordinating evidence and demonstrating control design and operating effectiveness.
• Evaluate emerging regulatory, industry, and technology risks and translate them into pragmatic enhancements to the enterprise control environment.
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team while advising senior leaders on control maturity, risk strategy, investment priorities, and operational resilience.

Skills

Data governance

Data risk leadership

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

AI governance

Job description

LPL Financial seeks a Vice President II, Enterprise Data Governance Risk & Controls to lead the first-line data governance controls across the enterprise. This role shapes the operating model, partners with Product, Technology, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Operations, and Internal Audit, and drives risk reduction and regulatory readiness through effective control design and monitoring.

You will build and mature the framework, manage audits, and provide executive visibility into data risk posture as