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# Director, Privacy Operations

- **Company:** Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
- **Location:** Rockville, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $134,400.0 - $312,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Governance, Data Loss, Enterprise Data Management, Data Management
- **Published:** September 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=7a1b577082ddb173

## About the Role

* Bachelor's Degree with a minimum ten (10) years of experience.
 * Minimum five (5) years of experience working directly in data privacy roles, preferably in a regulated industry, required.
 * Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) or Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) preferred.
 * Experience supervising and implementing large-scale processes or projects
 * Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and develop staff.
 * Demonstrated experience in conducting privacy compliance activities such as assessments, audits, and investigations to identify and mitigate risks.
 * Experience managing and remediating privacy-related loss reports and incidents.
 * Proficiency in creating and maintaining comprehensive risk registers a plus.
 * Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to present complex topics to diverse stakeholders.
 * Confident public speaker able to defend privacy-related recommendations.
 * Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills to assess privacy risks and develop mitigation strategies.
 * Experience with privacy regulations, standards, and best practices.

## Description

* Serves as the escalation contact for privacy-related inquiries, requests, and audits from internal stakeholders and communicates complex privacy topics clearly and confidently to stakeholders at all levels.
 * Leads the privacy assessment process, working across departments to identify, mitigate, and remediate privacy risks.
 * Leads and manages privacy incident response operations, including investigations, incident management, and remediation of data loss events.
 * Manages the department's internal and external relationships relating to privacy technology solutions used to document and record privacy activities .
 * Leads the collaboration with stakeholders across the enterprise to ensure data management policies and technical controls supporting privacy objectives are properly tuned, serving as a strategic advisor to FINRA's technology and data governance initiatives, translating complex privacy objectives into operational frameworks that enable innovation.
 * Directs the establishment of and reporting on metrics to the Board and FINRA executive management team covering the performance of the privacy program.
 * Responsible for identifying staffing, technology, and training investments to support enterprise privacy objectives, in alignment with the Privacy Operations budget and resource allocation.
 * Demonstrates FINRA's values.
 * Collaborates, both in-person and virtually, in furtherance of FINRA's mission of investor protection and market integrity.