Senior Director, Data Governance & AI Assurance

City of New York; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of New York Campaign Finance Board seeks an experienced Senior Director of Data to lead data governance, privacy, records management, FOIL production, and AI assurance. The role establishes policies and controls to ensure data trustworthiness, security, and regulatory compliance across agency systems.

Reporting to executive leadership, the SDD will shape the data strategy, oversee cloud migration and data lakehouse efforts, and build scalable programs with cross‑functional teams in

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; an advanced degree in data, information management, law, public policy, or a related discipline is preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in data governance, privacy, records management, or related information-governance functions, including 5+ years of team leadership.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing enterprise data governance frameworks and holding technical teams accountable to established standards.
• Experience building or improving privacy, information-governance, records-management, or compliance programs.
• Knowledge of AI/ML governance, data readiness, bias and fairness assessment, and responsible AI assurance.
• Familiarity with data lakehouses, cloud governance platforms, DLP, and relevant FedRAMP/NIST-aligned requirements.
• Strong understanding of records retention, public-records disclosure, and statutory or regulatory compliance.
• Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder-management, documentation, and strategic planning skills.
• Public-sector, regulated-industry, or comparable governance experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and oversee enterprise data governance frameworks, including data classification, quality, metadata, lineage, and retention standards.
• Establish and lead the agency’s privacy and information-governance program, including sensitive-data protection, data loss prevention (DLP), and disclosure screening.
• Oversee records management, FOIL/public-records production, retention schedules, and proactive open-data disclosure.
• Lead independent AI assurance reviews covering data readiness, privacy, bias, fairness, transparency, and accountability.
• Govern data platforms, cloud migration, and data lakehouse initiatives by establishing standards and reviewing technical and vendor deliverables.
• Partner with engineering leadership to ensure data solutions meet governance requirements while maintaining appropriate separation between governance and technical implementation.
• Build and strengthen governance, privacy, and records functions; lead team integration, workforce planning, staff development, and performance management.
• Develop long-term data strategy and a roadmap for future in-house data science and predictive modeling capabilities.
• Advise executive leadership on data risks, compliance, governance priorities, and organizational strategy.

Skills

Data governance

Privacy governance

Records management

AI governance

Cloud governance

Data lakehouse

Regulatory compliance

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

The City of New York Campaign Finance Board seeks an experienced Senior Director of Data to lead data governance, privacy, records management, FOIL production, and AI assurance. The role establishes policies and controls to ensure data trustworthiness, security, and regulatory compliance across agency systems.

Reporting to executive leadership, the SDD will shape the data strategy, oversee cloud migration and data lakehouse efforts, and build scalable programs with cross‑functional teams in