PRIVACY COMPLIANCE GOVERNANCE LEAD (Finance)
The Privacy Governance Lead is responsible for managing the Privacy Governance team and ensuring the effective execution of the company's privacy governance program. This includes overseeing the Privacy Governance team as they perform enterprise-wide privacy consulting, maintaining expertise in privacy regulations, conducting privacy impact assessments and privacy by design reviews, identifying privacy risks, and assisting in the development of privacy policies, procedures, and training. The Lead will ensure that privacy governance practices are implemented consistently and in alignment with regulatory requirements and internal standards. This role requires strong leadership, operational rigor, and a deep understanding of privacy compliance frameworks.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Manage the Privacy Governance team, including hiring, coaching, and performance management.
- Oversee the Privacy Governance team's provision of privacy subject matter expertise and consulting across the enterprise.
- Lead the execution of privacy impact assessments and privacy by design reviews as required.
- Identify privacy risks across business units and coordinate with the Chief Privacy Officer on how to best mitigate those risks.
- Assist with the development and implementation of privacy policies, procedures, and training programs.
Develop and implement compliance plans for all business lines and modalities for the company. Collaborate with executive leadership to maintain effective compliance programs. Regulatory fields may include, but are not limited to, privacy, health care, environmental, transportation, and product compliance. The leader will serve as the subject matter expert (SME) for compliance matters and educate and collaborate with leadership as well as business and division teams regarding the impact of existing, new, and changing requirements pertaining to these programs to help ensure compliance and mitigate risk. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.From one tiny Cincinnati grocery store more than a century ago, we've grown into what today is the nation's largest grocer with nearly 2,800 stores in 35 states operating under 28 different names. As America's grocer, we take pride in bringing diverse teams with a passion for food and people together with one common purpose: To Feed the Human Spirit. With a history of innovation, we work tirelessly to create amazing experiences for our customers, communities AND each other, with food at the heart of it all.
Here, people matter. That's why we strive to provide the ingredients you need to create your own recipe for success at work and in life. We help feed your future by providing the value and care you need to grow. If you're caring, purpose-driven and hungry to learn, your potential is unlimited.
Whether you're seeking a part-time position or a new career path, we've got a fresh opportunity for you. Apply today to become part of our Kroger family!
What you'll receive from us:
The Kroger Family of Companies offers comprehensive benefits to support your Associate Well-Being, including Physical, Emotional, Financial and more. We'll help you thrive, with access to:
- A wide range of healthcare coverage, including affordable, comprehensive medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage, through company plans or collective bargaining agreement plans.
- Flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles with paid time off, including holiday and sick pay based on eligibility and length of service.
- Emotional and financial support with free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program and free, confidential financial tools and coaching with Goldman Sachs Ayco.
- Valuable associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, technology and so much more.
- Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over your career, through our industry-leading Continuing Education program.
- Vast potential for growth, through an abundance of industry-leading training programs and diverse career pathways.
- Bachelor's Degree in relevant field
- 4+ years of diversified leadership, communication, organization, and people motivation skills or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of professional experience within their regulatory area
- Strong leadership skills
- Strong analytical skills and ability to synthesize analysis into compelling oral and written communications and presentations
- Excellent planning, organizing and follow-up skills with attention to detail and thorough documentation practices
- Ability to organize and prioritize work based on changing and challenging deadlines
- Highly collaborative individual, who has proven ability to work cross functionally and build strategic and mutually beneficial relationships at all levels of the organization
- Ability to be self-directed and work independently
- Master's Degree in relevant field
- Any prior compliance management or consulting experience
- Current certification in their compliance area
- Lead internal cross functional teams for advancing strategy development and implementation of enterprise compliance plans
- Serve as the SME and remain current on evolving regulations, standards, directives, and industry guidance
- Educate internal team members and external parties on compliance regulations, processes, and procedures
- Advise business unit leadership on best practices related to their selected areas of responsibility to ensure compliance
- Provide guidance to executives in executing risk assessments and implementing corrective action and mitigation strategies
- Review reports and conduct broad, in depth, analysis of various compliance metrics to identify trends and lead the resolution of potential vulnerabilities
- Collaborate with leadership to respond to inquiries from regulators
- Collaborate with corporate affairs to comment and lobby on federal and state legislative matters. Participate in industry forums related to their compliance area
- Lead projects at the direction of the Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer
- Ability to travel independently, including to oversee training and audits
- Supervise and coach direct reports in the performance of their duties; complete performance reviews and provide direct feedback to direct reports
- Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation
