Director – Privacy Risk Assessments

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Enterprise Data Management & Products (EDMP), a key part of our Technology organization, focuses on delivering data products that fuel business growth and unlock value, while also shaping robust data management strategies and governance solutions.  Our aim is to propel growth, unlock potential, enhance efficiency, manage risk, and foster talent.  By prioritizing enterprise growth across all sectors, we create solutions that enhance satisfaction and value, streamline operations for scalability, and maintain trust and security.

The Privacy Program Enablement Associate will be an integral part of the team supporting the roadmap and development for this new Global Privacy Center of Excellence, facilitating the program’s scope, processes, and deliverables, promoting awareness, collaboration, and engagement, and helping identify and manage risk.

Brief Role Descriptions:

The Privacy Program Enablement Associate will be an integral part of the team supporting the roadmap and development for this new Global Privacy Center of Excellence, facilitating the program’s scope, processes, and deliverables, promoting awareness, collaboration, and engagement, and helping identify and manage risk.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain a global privacy risk assessment framework aligned with regulatory requirements, organizational appetite, and industry best practices.
• Lead the privacy risk assessment program across global organization to proactively identify, assess, and manage risk across enterprise-wide
• Implement procedures, guidance for conducting privacy risk assessments for first line teams
• Identify best practices for assessing and monitoring privacy risk to drive enterprise continuity across different markets, regions and business units
• Provide first line governance and advisory of risk assessment activities across first line teams to support consistent and effective risk assessments across enterprise.
• Define and report key risk and performance indicators for privacy risk assessment activities.
• Enhance user guidance for privacy risk, including control guidance, and training for business stakeholders
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Data Management and Third-Party Lifecycle management teams to integrate privacy risk activities across existing processes and tools
• Serve as the subject matter expert for identifying, documenting, and assessing privacy risk and effective controls
• Establish and socialize guidance document changes, as well as mapping changes to internal and external regulatory key milestones
• Lead requirement activities for PRA tooling and processes

Qualifications:

• A strong strategic approach with 8+ years prior experience including process improvement in privacy risk
• Strong knowledge of and experience in enhancing and uplifting privacy-related processes across an Enterprise or local level for a financial services company
• Proven track record of driving results in a fast-paced environment often with significant ambiguity and needing to make decisions with less than perfect information.
• Track record of being able to be a subject matter expert and using enterprise-thinking to quickly identify areas of improvement
• High degree of organization, individual initiative and personal accountability, and resiliency.
• Excellent communication skills with a demonstrated ability to lead, engage, influence, and encourage partners and stakeholders to drive collaboration and alignment.
• Proven ability to manage multiple demands successfully within a matrixed organization.
• Track record of creating and leading strong cross-functional teams
• Enjoys solving large and complicated problems.
• Ability to maintain a positive, ‘can-do’ attitude

Salary Range: $150,000.00 to $225,000.00 annually + bonus + equity (if applicable) + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

• Competitive base salaries 
• Bonus incentives 
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan 
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support 
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits 
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need 
• 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy 
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) 
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program 
• Career development and training opportunities

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.

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