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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Executive Director, Head of Data Privacy - **Company:** JLL Partners, LLC - **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $280,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Software as a Service, Information Technology - **Published:** September 8, 2026 - **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/18225025?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F18225025%2FExecutive-Director-Head-Data-Privacy-Illinois-Chicago ## About the Role * Executive presence - strong leadership skills, clear communicator, comfortable presenting to senior executives, regulators, and boards. * Practical and business-minded - able to balance privacy requirements with commercial imperatives. * Good working knowledge of AI systems and how privacy risk applies to them. * Collaborative and team-oriented, with a track record of building strong cross-functional relationships. * Comfortable managing ambiguity and competing priorities. * Strategic and operational program development, change management, and executive-level stakeholder management * Passionate about building a culture of trust and integrity while enabling innovation, * Demonstrated experience leading data privacy / data protection, or AI governance, transformation and change management * Degree in law, computer science, or a related field. * Professional certification such as CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT, or AIGP. * Experience in SaaS, technology, or other regulated sector. Location: This position is based at our Chicago HQ and requires working in office at least 3 days per week., This position does not provide visa sponsorship. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship. ## Description The Head of Data Privacy is a new senior leadership position reporting to the Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer. Leading a small team of privacy, this role sets the strategic direction for JLL's Data Privacy program, working closely with the Ethics & Compliance (E&C) team and business stakeholders to drive operational discipline and excellence. We are seeking a strategic, business-minded executive, who will not only ensure compliance with global regulations but also set strategic vision, balancing innovation with regulatory and ethical obligations, positioning privacy and responsible AI governance as sources of competitive advantage. What your day-to-day will look like: * Set and deliver JLL's global privacy strategy, aligned to regulatory requirements and business priorities. * Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, translating privacy requirements into practical, business-focused guidance. * Represent E&C on privacy matters with regulators, clients, and industry bodies. * Drive operational excellence and automation, identifying and implementing privacy-enhancing technologies and initiatives to enhance efficiency, effectiveness and support compliance monitoring * Lead JLL's response to privacy incidents, regulatory inquiries, and audits. * Track emerging privacy regulation and translate it into clear requirements for the business. * Act as key point of contact for Technology teams on Privacy and AI governance * Monitor emerging regulatory developments and translate them into actionable requirements * Lead and develop a small team of privacy professionals, setting priorities and fostering growth and capabilities., For candidates in the United States, please see a full copy of our Equal Employment Opportunity policy here. Jones Lang LaSalle ("JLL") is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process - including the online application and/or overall selection process - you may email us at HRSCLeaves@jll.com. This email is only to request an accommodation. Please direct any other general recruiting inquiries to our Contact Us page > I want to work for JLL. Pursuant to the Arizona Civil Rights Act, criminal convictions are not an absolute bar to employment. Pursuant to Illinois Law, applicants are not obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest. Pursuant to Columbia, SC ordinance, this position is subject to a background check for any convictions directly related to its duties and responsibilities. Only job-related convictions will be considered and will not automatically disqualify the candidate. California Residents only If you are a California resident as defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) please view ourSupplemental Privacy Statement which describes your rights and disclosures about your personal information.If you are viewing this on a mobile device you may want to view the CCPA version on a larger device. Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, JLL will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with Criminal Histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. 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