Adoption Specialist (Data Protection & Governance)

Island

1d•Remote

About The Position

The Adoption Specialist (Data Protection & Governance) is a core member of the Island Catalyst Team, an elite unit focused on accelerating enterprise customer deployments. This role involves time-boxed engagements where the specialist partners directly with key accounts to drive adoption and ensure customers can confidently manage their data security. The position offers a unique opportunity to build the methodology for securing and governing enterprise data within the Island Enterprise Platform from the ground up. This role requires 30-60% travel and is remote-friendly, with a preference for Dallas, TX.

Requirements

3–10 years in implementation consulting, solutions engineering, or a technical customer-facing role.
Hands-on experience developing and deploying Data Protection and Data Governance work in enterprise environments.
Deep expertise in enterprise security concepts, including DLP, zero trust, and endpoint policy management.
Strong technical foundation with enterprise identity (Entra ID, Okta), SSO/SAML/SCIM, and browser environments.
Understanding of AI topics, experience working with AI to execute work, and experience using AI to support modernizing data protection and data governance.
Proven ability to lead workshops and drive decision-making among senior stakeholders.
Exceptional communication skills to translate complex data security requirements into clear guidance.
Willingness and ability to travel (30–60%) for on-site customer engagements.

Responsibilities

Lead time-boxed, structured deployment engagements focusing on Data Protection from kickoff through handoff.
Conduct on-site workshops with customer IT, security, and data governance teams to define policy requirements.
Work with CSM and Deployment specialists to configure Island Enterprise Platform environments, focusing on DLP, web filtering, AI protection, data lineage/visibility, and endpoint policy management.
Identify and remove technical and organizational governance blockers in real-time.
Deliver a complete, documented handoff that leaves customers ready to manage their data security independently.
Design, refine, and document the Island Deployment Framework as it relates to data governance.
Develop specialized workshop guides and customer-facing materials for Data Protection configurations.
Build a library of reusable deployment artifacts, such as DLP configuration playbooks and best-practice documentation.
Capture lessons learned from each engagement to improve the overall data governance methodology.
Develop and refine standardized engagement frameworks, templates, and methodologies for Catalyst Data Protection programs.
Build reusable governance artifacts—customer guides, assessment frameworks, and configuration templates—for internal and external use.
Partner with Product, Customer Success, and Engineering to ensure customer feedback drives continuous improvement across policies and platform capabilities.
Collaborate closely with Customer Success Managers, Solution Architects, and Security Engineers to ensure a seamless customer experience.
Communicate adoption metrics, milestones, and blockers to executive stakeholders at both Island and customer organizations.
Contribute to the evolution of Island’s Data Protection & Governance Center of Excellence.