Privacy Governance Leader

Kroger • Cincinnati, OH

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About The Position

Responsible for managing the Privacy Governance team and ensuring effective execution of the company’s privacy governance program. The role oversees enterprise-wide privacy consulting, regulatory expertise, privacy impact assessments, privacy by design reviews, privacy risk identification, and support for developing privacy policies, procedures, and training. The leader ensures privacy governance practices are consistently implemented in alignment with regulatory requirements, internal standards, and industry expectations. The position requires strong leadership, operational rigor, and a deep understanding of privacy compliance frameworks, while demonstrating the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

The role supervises and coaches direct reports, completes performance reviews, and provides feedback. It also involves travel up to 10% to support business needs. The position requires the ability to work cooperatively in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment, manage conflict reasonably and cooperatively, handle customer and business information with honesty and integrity, and follow directions while seeking assistance as needed. The role may involve direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and/or older adults. Essential functions must be performed with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• At least 4 years of diversified leadership, communication, organization, and people-motivation skills, or equivalent experience.
• At least 8 years of professional experience, including at least 5 years in privacy.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to synthesize analysis into compelling oral and written communications and presentations.
• Excellent planning, organization, and follow-up skills, with attention to detail and thorough documentation practices.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work in response to changing and challenging deadlines.
• Highly collaborative approach, with a proven ability to work cross-functionally and build strategic, mutually beneficial relationships at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to work independently and be self-directed.
• Ability to work cooperatively in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment.
• Ability to manage conflict in a reasonable, nonconfrontational, and cooperative manner.
• Ability to act with honesty and integrity regarding customer and business information.
• Ability to follow directions and seek assistance when necessary to resolve customer and business issues.
• Ability to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in a relevant field.
• Prior privacy compliance management or consulting experience.
• Current privacy certification.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Privacy Governance team across enterprise-wide privacy consulting, regulations, impact assessments, and privacy by design reviews.
• Oversee the team’s provision of privacy subject matter expertise and consulting across the enterprise.
• Ensure the team maintains working knowledge of privacy regulations and serves as privacy experts.
• Lead privacy impact assessments and privacy by design reviews as required.
• Identify privacy risks across business units and coordinate with the Chief Privacy Officer on mitigation.
• Guide executives in conducting risk assessments and implementing corrective actions and mitigation strategies.
• Partner with privacy team members to develop and implement privacy policies, procedures, and training programs.
• Collaborate with business partners, legal teams, and key stakeholders on privacy initiatives and governance practices.
• Review reports and conduct in-depth analysis of compliance metrics to identify trends and lead resolution of potential vulnerabilities.
• Keep privacy governance practices up to date with regulatory requirements, internal standards, and industry expectations.
• Supervise and coach direct reports, complete performance reviews, and provide feedback.
• Travel up to 10% to support business needs.
• Provide support and assistance through direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and/or older adults.

What This Job Offers

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