Governance, Risk and Compliance Program Manager

Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury • Nashville, TN

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About The Position

The Information Governance, Policy, and Compliance Program Manager develops, maintains, and coordinates the Comptroller’s Office information governance, technology policy, risk, and compliance programs. The role establishes consistent practices for protecting, using, retaining, and managing organizational information and data while coordinating policies, compliance obligations, risk remediation, audit support, data governance, security awareness, and related documentation. The position is part of the security team and works across the Office with Technology Solutions leadership, business units, legal counsel, internal audit, procurement, and other stakeholders.

The Office of the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury audits state and local government entities and oversees financial and administrative operations of state government. The Office is nationally recognized for professionalism and accountability and strives to make government work better. It describes itself as a Top Workplace where employees are encouraged to grow, collaborate, and lead.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, cybersecurity, information systems, business/public administration, records management, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience developing or managing organizational policies, compliance programs, risk management, audits, information governance, data governance, or cybersecurity governance.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives, meet deadlines, maintain detailed documentation, and coordinate across teams.
• Sound judgment when handling sensitive or regulated information.
• Other combinations of education and experience, if equivalent, may qualify an applicant for consideration.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in government, public-sector, financial, audit, or other regulated environments.
• Knowledge of NIST, CIS Controls, COBIT, ISO 27001, or similar frameworks.
• Familiarity with privacy, records management, data classification, retention, access governance, and vendor/third-party risk.
• Experience supporting audits, assessments, regulatory reviews, or corrective-action programs.
• Certifications such as CISA, CRISC, CGRC, CISSP, CIPM, CDMP, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain information security, privacy, technology, and data-governance policies, and oversee a formal policy lifecycle.
• Lead the data governance program, including ownership, classification, stewardship, retention, access, and appropriate use.
• Coordinate compliance activities across laws, regulations, standards, audits, and internal requirements; maintain the compliance calendar, control library, risk register, and corrective-action tracking.
• Collect and organize audit evidence and support assessments, reviews, and regulatory inquiries.
• Conduct and document risk assessments, mitigating controls, exceptions, and remediation plans; track findings through resolution and report status to leadership.
• Coordinate third-party and vendor risk reviews with Procurement, General Counsel, and Technology Solutions.
• Support business continuity, disaster recovery, incident-response, and technology-risk documentation.
• Develop and deliver communications and training related to security, privacy, data governance, and policy awareness.
• Provide reporting to Technology Solutions, security leadership, and executive management on compliance posture, data governance, risks, and required decisions.
• Promote consistent governance practices across departments and identify opportunities to improve controls, processes, and documentation.
• Perform related duties as needed in information governance, policy management, risk, and compliance.

Benefits

• Meaningful work that strengthens public accountability and responsible information management.
• A central role in shaping information governance, technology policy, risk, and compliance practices.
• Opportunities to collaborate across Technology Solutions, legal, audit, procurement, business units, and executive leadership.
• Work that improves governance processes, controls, documentation, and organizational accountability.
• Opportunities to build sustainable data governance, policy management, compliance, and risk-remediation programs.
• The Office supports an environment where employees are encouraged to grow, collaborate, and lead.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager