Senior Privacy Operations & Governance Leader

CMI Media Group; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

CMI Media Group seeks a Director, Data Privacy Operations & Governance to lead privacy programs across multiple client engagements from offices in Cherry Hill, Parsippany, King of Prussia, Philadelphia, New York, Chesterbrook, and beyond.

You'll partner with Legal, Data Security, and Client Leadership to translate regulatory guidance into practical standards, build governance and controls, and manage consumer privacy rights, third-party risk, and data broker obligations.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in data privacy operations, privacy program management, regulatory compliance, legal operations, data governance, risk management, or client-facing privacy advisory work.
• Experience owning or leading significant components of a privacy program, such as governance frameworks, controls, SOPs, assessment practices, consumer privacy rights processes, or data broker compliance.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. state privacy laws and privacy requirements related to data brokers, consumer health data, advertising, and media.
• Experience conducting or overseeing privacy impact assessments, third‑party reviews, supplier vetting, data‑use assessments, or similar risk evaluations.
• The ability to translate legal, regulatory, technical, and contractual requirements into clear, executable business processes.
• Credibility with senior stakeholders, clients, privacy officers, Legal teams, and suppliers, along with the judgment to balance privacy obligations, business needs, client expectations, and operational feasibility.

Responsibilities

• Establish and improve the privacy operating model, including governance, decision rights, accountability, controls, documentation, and escalation pathways.
• Develop practical privacy policies, SOPs, playbooks, decision frameworks, and training.
• Partner with Legal to operationalize approved guidance on evolving U.S. federal and state requirements, including data broker obligations, consumer health data, and advertising and media privacy.
• Oversee applicable data broker registrations and reporting, as well as consumer privacy rights processes for access, deletion, correction, and opt‑outs, including Do Not Sell or Share requests.
• Lead or coordinate privacy impact, data‑use, and third‑party risk assessments involving suppliers, media partners, technologies, AI solutions, client services, and business processes. Recommend controls proportionate to the risks.
• Work with Legal, Contracting, and Supplier Management to support privacy-related contract reviews and turn approved obligations into workable processes and controls.
• Represent the agency’s privacy practices in client, supplier, and partner discussions; communicate requirements clearly and help teams find practical paths forward.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen privacy operations, improve consistency, and build organizational and client confidence.

Skills

Privacy operations

Regulatory compliance

Data governance

Risk assessment

Stakeholder management

Job description

CMI Media Group seeks a Director, Data Privacy Operations & Governance to lead privacy programs across multiple client engagements from offices in Cherry Hill, Parsippany, King of Prussia, Philadelphia, New York, Chesterbrook, and beyond.

You'll partner with Legal, Data Security, and Client Leadership to translate regulatory guidance into practical standards, build governance and controls, and manage consumer privacy rights, third-party risk, and data broker obligations.