Director of Global Data Privacy

Cummins•Indianapolis, IN

11h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director of Global Data Privacy plays a critical enterprise role in enabling trust, compliance, and responsible data use at scale. This leader ensures the organization meets complex global regulatory obligations while strengthening confidence among customers, employees, and partners through consistent, defensible privacy practices. By proactively identifying and mitigating privacy risk, embedding privacy into AI, analytics, and digital initiatives, and driving operational excellence through automation and standardization, the role reduces enterprise risk and enables confident innovation. Serving as a strategic advisor to senior leadership, the Director of Global Data Privacy provides clear insights, metrics, and risk-based guidance to inform executive decision-making while fostering a strong, privacy-first culture grounded in data ethics and accountability.

Requirements

Experience in a Director of Global Data Privacy role.
Experience with global regulatory obligations.
Experience with privacy risk identification and mitigation.
Experience embedding privacy into AI, analytics, and digital initiatives.
Experience driving operational excellence through automation and standardization.
Experience serving as a strategic advisor to senior leadership.
Experience providing clear insights, metrics, and risk-based guidance.
Experience fostering a strong, privacy-first culture grounded in data ethics and accountability.
Experience with GDPR, CCPA/CPRA and other applicable laws.
Experience with privacy risk assessments, DPIAs, and control evaluations.
Experience supporting regulatory inquiries, audits, and internal compliance reviews.
Experience overseeing and continuously enhancing core privacy operations, including data inventories, data mapping, records of processing activities, DSAR and data subject rights intake/fulfillment/reporting, privacy incident identification/tracking/escalation/remediation, and third-party data protection agreements/contract governance.
Experience driving optimization and effective use of privacy platforms and tooling (e.g., OneTrust).
Experience acting as a strategic advisor to senior stakeholders across IT, cybersecurity, legal, HR, and business leadership.
Experience embedding privacy-by-design and privacy-by-default principles.
Experience providing guidance on complex and emerging data use cases, including AI, advanced analytics, and cross-border data transfers.
Experience influencing executive decision-making.
Experience providing regular reporting and insights on program performance, risk trends, and regulatory developments.
Experience providing leadership and direction to regional or functional privacy leads within a global, matrixed organization.
Experience leading the development and delivery of targeted privacy training and awareness programs.
Experience promoting a privacy-first, risk-aware culture.

Responsibilities

Lead the implementation, governance, and continuous improvement of the global data privacy program.
Drive end-to-end program delivery, including strategy execution, process design, tooling adoption, and performance management.
Identify and implement opportunities for automation, efficiency, and operational scale across privacy processes.
Establish KPIs, metrics, and program maturity measures to track effectiveness and drive continuous improvement.
Interpret and operationalize global privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA/CPRA and other applicable laws) through policies, governance frameworks, and operational controls.
Lead privacy risk assessments, DPIAs, and control evaluations to proactively identify and mitigate enterprise risk.
Support regulatory inquiries, audits, and internal compliance reviews with timely, accurate responses.
Escalate material privacy risks and provide clear, actionable mitigation strategies to senior leadership.
Oversee and continuously enhance core privacy operations, including: Data inventories, data mapping, and records of processing activities; DSAR and data subject rights intake, fulfillment, and reporting; Privacy incident identification, tracking, escalation, and remediation; Third-party data protection agreements and contract governance.
Drive optimization and effective use of privacy platforms and tooling (e.g., OneTrust) to improve visibility, consistency, and execution.
Act as a strategic advisor to senior stakeholders across IT, cybersecurity, legal, HR, and business leadership.
Embed privacy-by-design and privacy-by-default principles into systems, products, and enterprise data initiatives.
Provide guidance on complex and emerging data use cases, including AI, advanced analytics, and cross-border data transfers.
Influence executive decision-making through pragmatic, risk-based guidance that balances compliance with business objectives.
Provide regular reporting and insights to the Sr. Director on program performance, risk trends, and regulatory developments.
Provide leadership and direction to regional or functional privacy leads within a global, matrixed organization.
Lead the development and delivery of targeted privacy training and awareness programs aligned to role, risk, and geography.
Promote a privacy-first, risk-aware culture that reinforces accountability, transparency, and ethical data use.