VP, Enterprise Data Governance & Risk Controls

LPL Financial; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 156,000 - 261,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K match

Health benefits

Stock options

Paid time off

Volunteer time off

Job summary

LPL Financial seeks a Vice President II, Enterprise Data Governance Risk & Controls to build the first-line governance controls program across data lifecycle. You will shape the operating model, partner with Product, Technology, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Operations, and Internal Audit, and provide executive visibility into data risk and control effectiveness.

The role leads risk identification, remediation, and audits, and drives continuous improvement, controls maturity, and regulatory readiness

Qualifications

• 10+ years in data governance, data management, data risk, controls in regulated financial services.
• Experience designing or advancing enterprise data governance and control frameworks, operating models, 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, strategy, operating model, governance framework, accountability model, and maturity roadmap.
• Design and oversee a 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 controls across the data lifecycle.
• Align first-line controls with Enterprise Risk, Operational Risk, Information Security Risk, Privacy, Compliance, Legal, and Model Risk Management.

Skills

Data governance

Risk management

Regulatory alignment

Cross-functional partnering

Executive communication

Data risk ownership

Controls design

AI governance

Job description

LPL Financial seeks a Vice President II, Enterprise Data Governance Risk & Controls to build the first-line governance controls program across data lifecycle. You will shape the operating model, partner with Product, Technology, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Operations, and Internal Audit, and provide executive visibility into data risk and control effectiveness.

The role leads risk identification, remediation, and audits, and drives continuous improvement, controls maturity, and regulatory readiness