Executive Director, Data Protection & Privacy
Core
Own and mature the enterprise data protection program, including strategy, DLP, data discovery, classification, and privacy engineering for sensitive healthcare data.
Role type
Executive Director, Data Protection & Privacy
Builds
Enterprise data protection program, DLP controls, data discovery/inventory systems, privacy-by-design pipelines
Domain
Healthcare, Data Privacy, Information Security
Required skills
Enterprise DLP strategy & deployment, Data discovery & inventory, Data classification taxonomy, Privacy engineering (encryption, tokenization, masking), Regulatory compliance (HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA), Executive stakeholder management, Team leadership & scaling
Preferred skills
Healthcare/insurance/finance sector experience, Cloud-native & AI/ML data security (AWS, Azure, GCP), Data security posture management (DSPM), Insider risk management program
Technologies
AWS, Azure, GCP, DLP tools, Data governance platforms
Responsibilities
Define enterprise data protection strategy and roadmap; Design and tune DLP controls across endpoint, network, email, cloud, and SaaS; Lead enterprise-wide data discovery and classification; Embed privacy-by-design into data pipelines and AI/ML workflows; Ensure alignment with HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA/CPRA; Lead data-related incident response and forensics; Build and mentor a team of data protection engineers; Advise executive leadership on emerging data risks including generative AI
Seniority
Executive, strategic leadership & team scaling
