Data Governance COE Senior Lead - Data Safety and Controls

Description

Job Description

Summary:

• We are looking for a skilled and experienced Data Governance COE Senior Lead focused on Data Safety and Controls. This individual contributor owns end-to-end design and delivery of data governance and data management solutions that consider people, process, and technology. The Senior Lead documents and maintains enterprise requirements, gathers inputs from stakeholders across the organization, and translates those needs into actionable controls, operating procedures, and enabling tooling. The role is hands-on, and delivery focused and helps mature our program while strengthening audit readiness and regulatory alignment.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design end-to-end data governance and data management solutions that integrate people, process, and technology and align to enterprise standards and regulatory expectations
• Lead the development, documentation, and maintenance of data safety and control requirements with clear traceability to policies, laws, and risks
• Collect and consolidate requirements from technology, cybersecurity, risk, compliance, legal, business stakeholders, and program teams and maintain a single source of truth
• Facilitate working sessions and reviews to validate requirements and solution designs and ensure shared understanding across functions
• Own and maintain the processes that support data safety and controls work including documenting process steps, clarifying roles, defining handoffs, and ensuring processes stay current as requirements evolve
• Translate regulatory, policy, and risk expectations into practical control requirements, process maps, playbooks, and standard operating procedures
• Partner with technology and product teams to embed requirements into delivery lifecycles, change management, testing, and control monitoring
• Support control assessments, gap analysis, remediation planning, and track issues to closure with clear timelines and owners
• Develop reporting, KPIs, and dashboards that show compliance posture, control effectiveness, and audit readiness
• Drive maturity across core capability areas including:
  • Data Protection and Compliance including privacy alignment, regulatory readiness, PCI considerations, records retention support, and third-party data risk inputs
  • Data Management and Accountability including classification, lifecycle management, documentation, data lineage, role clarity, and control health
• Prepare and maintain training materials and job aids that enable role clarity and adoption of data governance expectations
• Serve as a subject matter expert on data safety and controls and provide guidance to delivery teams and stakeholders
• Contribute to program governance routines by preparing materials, providing insights, and escalating risks or blockers as needed

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent relevant work experience
• 10+ years of experience implementing data governance frameworks (e.g., data policies, standards, and controls), experience developing and/or implementing data governance policy and standards, and experience working with IT and/or business segments on the analysis of complex business processes and data governance needs
• 5+ years of experience serving as a process owner with accountability for designing, maintaining, and continuously improving operational processes
• Demonstrated experience collaborating across technology, risk, legal, and business teams to implement governance or control practices
• Demonstrated experience documenting requirements, designing solutions that span people, process, and technology, and facilitating cross-functional working sessions
• Hands-on experience applying governance or control practices within a complex environment
• Ability to create visually compelling, executive ready strategic decks that communicate complex concepts clearly and drive alignment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience operating within regulated organizations
• Working knowledge of data privacy and security regulations and standards such as GDPR, CPRA or CCPA, GLBA, FFIEC guidance, and PCI DSS
• Ability to communicate effectively, influence without authority, and support cross functional delivery
• Familiarity with data classification, retention practices, third party data considerations, and audit support activities

Exempt Status: (Yes = not eligible for overtime pay) (No = eligible for overtime pay)
Yes

Workplace Type:
Office

Our Approach to Office Workplace Type

Certain positions outside our branch network may be eligible for a flexible work arrangement. We're combining the best of both worlds: in-office and work from home. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. Remote roles will also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for moments that matter. Specific work arrangements will be provided by the hiring team.

Compensation Range:
93,000.00 - 189,000.00 USD Annual

The compensation range represents the low and high end of the base compensation range for this position. Actual compensation will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. Colleagues in this position are also eligible to participate in an applicable incentive compensation plan. In addition, Huntington provides a variety of benefits to colleagues, including health insurance coverage, wellness program, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plan, paid leave programs, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).

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