Data Governance and Privacy Consultant | Remote, USA

At Optiv, we’re on a mission to help our clients make their businesses more secure. We’re one of the fastest-growing companies in a truly essential industry. Join us.Are you a privacy professional and with an interest in cultivating a better privacy and data governance landscape? Are you ready for the next step-up opportunity to which you will not only directly influence the privacy and data governance community today, but also leading organizations? If your answers are yes, consider applying to Optiv’s Privacy and Data Governance team. We are a fast-growing team of consultants who offer unique services to our clients by combining a tactical and implementation-minded approach to privacy and data governance issues to provide holistic, comprehensive, and actionable solutions to today’s most challenging issues.  Our Team At Optiv, we know that the key to a successful privacy and/or data governance program is to not only look at the technology, but also at the people. The Who, Why, and How is just as important as the What, When, and Where. We use a combined, human-data centric approach which allows us to take a transparent and holistic look at the issues, break them down into simpler pieces, and solve these pieces individually. Our methodology combined with the diversity of privacy and data governance knowledge and experience of our professionals allows for a simplified, segmented, and refreshing approach to client issues. Privacy and data governance does not need to be complex, rather, it is the difficulty of combining the right people, processes, and experience that causes complexities today. Here at Optiv we understand this, and carefully build our consulting team accordingly so that we can meet any challenges that may arise.  

What you will do:

• Support clients with designing, deploying, and managing privacy and data governance operations and solutions to enable and comply with the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data 
• Develop technical and functional requirements, evaluate a myriad of solutions & vendors, develop optimal programs and processes, and test the effectiveness of processes, procedures, and technologies  
• Advise on a wide range of privacy and data governance issues both domestically and abroad 
• Contribute to Optiv’s thought leadership and unique methodology to not only our clients, but also the wider community  
• Operate, both independently and with a team, of privacy and data governance SMEs 
• Stay informed with industry trends, best practices, and new innovative solutions as it relates to data privacy and governance 

How you'll make an impact:

• Responsible for overall client life cycle management from sales to delivery
• Drive demand generation within, including sales enablement support
• Identify cross-sell & up-sell opportunities across the Services portfolio
• Partner with Directors, Sr. Managers, and clients to develop tailored solutions to client challenges
• Oversight of the proposal & SOW creation for the proposed execution
• Mentorship of consultants, managers (Matrixed reporting-no direct reports)
• Accountable for success of client relationship
• Work with the Practice Managers/Director to ensure that proper resources are lined up against the delivery proposal
• Meet client delivery needs in a cost-effective, efficient manner
• Ensure quality of deliverables and services provided exceed client expectations
• Strong ability to identify and partner with cross-practice offerings

Qualifications for Success:

• 4+ years of related work experience in data privacyan/or data governance advisory services 
• Minimum of 3+ years of related work experience in developing, solutioning, and implementing data privacyand/or data governance programs and operations 
• Experience in driving large and complex initiatives and projects from framing the problem, conducting research / analysis to building the business and operational plans through to driving execution to success 
• Experience working with privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA, CPRA, LGPD, etc) 
• Experience building and managing privacy and data governance programs 
• Experience utilizing privacy and data governance technologies (OneTrust, BigId, etc.) 
• Experience working in a consultant capacity across a variety of industry and focus topics relating to data privacy and data governance  
• Highly independent individual who can run engagements and strategic imperatives from inception to completion.  
• Strong leadership and communication skills – written and verbal -- to work with clients at various levels; well-versed with business and technical discussions 
• Integrated thinker with an ability to apply intuition, experience, and judgement to the available data   
• IAPP Certification preferred 
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With Optiv you can expect:• A company committed to championing Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion through our Affinity groups including, Black Employee Network, Disabled Employee Network, Latino Employee Network, Optiv Pride (LGBTQIA+), Veterans Support Network, and Women's Network.• Work/life balance. We offer “Recharge” a flexible, time-off program that encourages eligible employees to take the time they need to recharge • Professional training resources, including tuition reimbursement• Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects• Volunteer Opportunities. “Optiv Chips In” encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities. • The ability and technology necessary to productively work remote/from home (where applicable)If you are seeking a culture that supports growth, fosters success, and moves the industry forward, find your place at Optiv! As a market-leading provider of cyber security solutions, Optiv has the most comprehensive ecosystem of security products and partners to deliver unparalleled services. Our rich and successful history with our clients is based on trust, serving more than 12,000 clients of varying sizes and industries, including commercial, government, and education. We have the proven expertise to plan, build, and run successful security programs across Risk Management, Cyber Digital Transformation, Threat Management, Security Operations - Managed Services, and Identity and Data Management.Optiv is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, status as an individual with a disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.