Corporate Vice President: Data Protection and Data Risk Management Lead - New York
2 hours ago

Job description
Location Designation:
Hybrid - 3 days per week
As part of Technology, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking initiatives that shape New York Life's digital landscape.
Leverage cutting-edge technologies like Generative AI to increase productivity, streamline processes, and create seamless experiences for clients, agents, and employees.
Your expertise fuels innovation, agility, and growth — driving the company's success.Role Overview
The Data Protection & Data Risk Management Lead plays a key role in advancing New York Life's data governance & data protection initiatives.
This team leader role focuses on the design, development and execution of NYL's data protection & data risk management/mitigation strategy.
This position would lead a team of data governance analysts and engineers and collaborate with product managers, technology teams, data owners/steward from the business, data security team, risk, legal & compliance to deliver capabilities like data scanning for PII/PHI detection, data protection using tokenization/masking and data risk measurement, monitoring and mitigation, using platforms such as Atlan, DataBricks, Anomalo & other DSPM tools etc.
The key business outcome that this position will drive is that of ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory data protection guidelines and ensuring data risks are appropriately measured & mitigated.
Define and drive the data protection strategy.
Lead the design and implementation of data protection platforms, processes & workflows.
Collaborate with business data owners, stewards, data product managers, SMEs from Risk & Compliance, and data engineers to drive alignment on data protection goals and adoption of data protection tools and processes.
Define a framework for measuring, monitoring and reporting of enterprise-wide Data Risk. Deliver a Data Risk mitigation program to ensure data risks are within control.Drive social events like roadshows, lunch and learns, training sessions, user enablement/onboarding sessions.
As the Product Owner, participate in and lead the Agile ceremonies by owning the product backlog, managing the deliveries and soliciting/acting on customer feedback.
What You'll Bring15+ years of professional experience, including 10+ years in a data protection function.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
Strong understanding of data protection frameworks, tagging, data risk measurement and metadata management concepts.
Proven ability to translate business needs into governance policies, standards, and workflows.
Product owner / product management skills to drive user engagement & product adoption.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills and experience working across business and technical teams.
Familiarity with SQL, data analysis and data modeling concepts.
Required Skills
Hands-on experience with data protection tools. Familiarity with data catalog, quality and observability tools.
Experience applying data protection frameworks, PII/PHI scanning & remediation and data risk measurement & reporting processes.
Working in Agile environments as a Product Owner, using Jira, Confluence, and SharePoint.
Preferred Skills
Prior experience with DSPM initiatives will be a stand-out skill.
Exposure to the AWS cloud stack
Exposure to AI-enabled data protection accelerators, metadata management etc.
Experience driving/supporting data warehousing, data modernization or cloud migration initiatives in enterprise settings.
Pay Transparency
Salary Range:
$147,500-$211,000
Overtime eligible:
Exempt
Discretionary bonus eligible:
Yes
Sales bonus eligible:
No
Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual's experience, skills, qualifications, and job location.
Company Overview
At New York Life, our 180-year legacy of purpose and integrity fuels our future.
As we evolve into a more technology-, data-, and AI-enabled organization, we remain grounded in the values that drive lasting impact.
Our diverse business portfolio creates opportunities to make a difference across industries and communities—inviting bold thinking, collaborative problem-solving, and purpose-driven innovation.
Here, you'll find the rare balance of long-standing stability and forward momentum, supported by an inclusive team that honors tradition while embracing progress.
As a Fortune 100 mutual company, we offer a place to grow your skills, contribute to meaningful work, and deliver solutions that matter.
Our Benefits
We provide a full package of benefits for employees – and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs.
Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work.
Click here to discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.Our Commitment to Inclusion
At New York Life, fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to who we are and how we serve our communities.
This foundation is rooted in our core values of humanity and integrity, ensuring that every employee feels valued and supported.
By embracing a broad range of perspectives and experiences, we achieve greater success and fulfill our promise of providing financial security and peace of mind to families across all communities.
Click here to learn more about New York Life's leadership in this space.
Recognized as one of Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by the Foundation.
Visit our LinkedIn to see how our employees and agents are leading the industry and impacting communities.
Visit our Newsroom to learn more about how our company is constantly evolving to meet our clients' and employees' needs.
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