The position involves owning enterprise data security standards, including classification, lifecycle, access governance, retention, and Data Loss Prevention (DLP)/Data Security Posture Management (DPSM). The role ensures integration with HIPAA, GDPR, and CPRA, while complementing existing technology and development security standards. The individual will lead enterprise data access governance by defining least-privilege and role-based access policies, coordinating periodic access reviews, and ensuring sensitive data stewardship across business units and functions. Additionally, the role includes facilitating and chairing the Data Governance & Security Council to align stakeholders, enforce accountability, provide leading practices, and resolve governance and security issues. The position also drives sensitive data discovery, lineage, and observability to build an enterprise inventory of critical data elements and establish observability into how business units and functions use and handle sensitive data. The individual will deploy and maximize governance and security tooling, including data catalog/lineage platforms and DLP/DPSM solutions, ensuring strong vendor management and measurable adoption metrics. Furthermore, the role requires defining and implementing comprehensive enterprise data quality and metadata standards across applications and business units, overseeing adherence through advanced data observability tools and dashboards, and providing regular compliance reports.