Data Security Governance Analyst

Axiom Path • New York, NY

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

Support enterprise data security governance and information protection initiatives in a regulated financial services environment. The role focuses on developing and maintaining governance policies, standards, frameworks, and control expectations, and helping ensure sensitive data is classified, protected, monitored, and governed across enterprise platforms, systems, and third-party relationships. The position partners with cybersecurity, privacy, risk, legal, data governance, and technology teams to align controls with enterprise standards, regulatory expectations, and operational best practices.

This is a hybrid contract opportunity based in New York, NY, with W2 engagement only. The role supports data protection frameworks and provides exposure to cross-functional security, risk, audit, privacy, and technology stakeholders.

Requirements

• 5–7 years of experience supporting data security governance, information protection, data protection, or related cybersecurity governance programs.
• Experience working in a regulated environment, ideally financial services, banking, insurance, or another highly controlled enterprise setting.
• Strong knowledge of data classification, data loss prevention, encryption, secure data handling, key management concepts, and data lifecycle protection.
• Familiarity with information security governance frameworks, policy lifecycle management, risk assessments, control validation, audit responses, and regulatory reporting.
• Understanding of enterprise data environments, identity and access management, and security architecture as they relate to data protection.
• Ability to work with technical teams and business stakeholders to convert policy language into actionable controls and governance guidance.
• Strong documentation, reporting, stakeholder communication, and executive presentation skills.
• Ability to manage cross-functional coordination across cybersecurity, data governance, privacy, legal, risk, and technology teams.

Responsibilities

• Support the development, maintenance, and operational rollout of data security governance policies, standards, frameworks, and control expectations.
• Help define and reinforce governance requirements for protecting sensitive data across internal platforms, enterprise systems, and third-party relationships.
• Support enterprise data classification efforts, including establishing handling, retention, encryption, and protection requirements across the data lifecycle.
• Partner with cybersecurity, privacy, data governance, legal, risk, and technology teams to translate policy requirements into practical operational controls.
• Assist with control validation, audit requests, regulatory support, and governance reporting related to data protection and information security.
• Prepare documentation, guidance, reporting, and executive-ready materials explaining data security requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed