Senior Data Governance & Security Programs Lead (Hybrid)

Qualtrics; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team cohesion events

Qualtrics Experience Program — $1,800

Office design to foster creativity

30 paid days off (vacation/personal/hi

Free lunches, snacks, and drinks

Job summary

Qualtrics is hiring a Senior Program Manager, Data Security & Information Governance to establish, scale, and orchestrate our enterprise Information Governance program. You will bridge Legal, Data & Technology Operations, and Enterprise Data to address data rights, entitlements, and safe data use.

You will build a scalable data governance platform, align legal compliance with technical controls, and enable self-service data workflows for R&D and AI/ML initiatives while staying ahead of evolving

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Data Governance, Data Security, Data Operations, or Information Architecture within a high-growth technology, SaaS, or data-intensive organization.
• Deep understanding of data privacy and security frameworks (HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA) and commercial data licensing nuances.
• Direct experience setting up, configuring, or administering enterprise data governance & catalog tools (e.g., Collibra, Alation, DataGalaxy, Atlan).
• Technical aptitude with cloud data ecosystems (Snowflake, Databricks, AWS/GCP), SQL, and data security mechanisms (hashing, tokenization, differential privacy).
• Demonstrated ability to create business-friendly, self-service workflows that accelerate R&D and AI/ML initiatives while ensuring strict compliance.
• Preferred certifications: CDMP, CIPP/US, CIPT, CDPSE, CISSP, or CISM.

Responsibilities

• Build the "Data Front Door": Design and manage a centralized intake and triage process for custom data access requests, novel data questions, and complex derivative work inquiries.
• Curate the Data Marketplace: Establish a centralized Use Case Repository and Data Marketplace detailing pre-approved data uses, restrictions, and licensing parameters across distinct datasets.
• Automate Metadata & Classification: Partner with engineering and security teams to implement automated data classification, lineage tracking, and metadata harvesting.
• Translate Policy into Technical Controls: Collaborate with InfoSec to operationalize legal requirements into enforced technical access controls (RBAC/ABAC) and row/column-level security protocols.
• Drive Governance Adoption: Measure program success through adoption KPIs, request turnaround times, and governance maturity metrics, delivering self-service documentation and onboarding across the org.

Skills

Data Governance

Data Security

Data Operations

Information Architecture

Cloud Data

SQL

RBAC/ABAC

Tools

Collibra

Alation

DataGalaxy

Atlan

Snowflake

Databricks

Okta

Immuta

Privacera

AWS

GCP

Job description

Qualtrics is hiring a Senior Program Manager, Data Security & Information Governance to establish, scale, and orchestrate our enterprise Information Governance program. You will bridge Legal, Data & Technology Operations, and Enterprise Data to address data rights, entitlements, and safe data use.

You will build a scalable data governance platform, align legal compliance with technical controls, and enable self-service data workflows for R&D and AI/ML initiatives while staying ahead of evolving