Data Governance & Privacy Lead

Required Background

• Information Technology, Cybersecurity, a Master’s degree is highly preferred.
• 7+ years in data governance, privacy, compliance, or data management roles (government/telco preferred).
• Experience implementing data catalog/lineage tools and defining enterprise-wide data standards and policies.
• Experience with privacy controls (consent, RTBF/DSR processes, anonymization/masking, retention schedules).
• Background working with delivery vendors and integrating governance into program delivery and acceptance gates.
• Familiarity with AI data governance concepts (dataset/model cards, provenance, RAG content governance).

Preferred tools:

• Data governance/catalog: Microsoft Purview (or equivalent), data classification/labeling tools
• Data protection: DLP tooling, encryption/CMK/HSM, key management (Key Vault/KMS)
• Data platforms: Lakehouse (Delta/Iceberg), streaming (Kafka/Event Hubs), SQL/ETL orchestration (Airflow)

Soft skills:

• Strong facilitation and consensus-building (data councils, policy workshops)
• Ability to translate legal/privacy requirements into actionable technical controls
• High attention to detail with pragmatic prioritization
• Confidence to challenge non-compliant designs and drive remediation
• Effective communication and training approach for non-technical stakeholders