Senior Manager of Data Privacy & Engineering Audit

OKX • San Jose, CA

137d • $143,000 - $257,000

About The Position

OKX is undertaking a significant global team buildout within its Internal Audit function, and we are looking for an experienced and visionary Senior Manager of Data Privacy & Engineering Audit. This is a unique opportunity to lead the assessment and assurance of data privacy and engineering controls within a leading crypto organization, ensuring the highest levels of data protection, integrity, and compliance for our global operations. You will drive strategic assurance initiatives, and directly impact the secure and compliant handling of sensitive data across innovative crypto products and infrastructure.

Requirements

• Prior Crypto Exchange/Crypto Product Experience is Essential.
• Strong Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills: Capacity to analyze complex, often novel, technical and control environments unique to crypto, identify intricate root causes of issues, and propose effective, context-specific solutions.
• Fundamental Understanding of Blockchain Technology: Basic knowledge of distributed ledger technologies, consensus mechanisms (e.g., PoW, PoS), cryptography (hashing, public-key), and the lifecycle of a cryptocurrency transaction.
• Data Analytics/SQL for Blockchain Data: Advanced ability to perform complex queries, data modeling, and statistical analysis across diverse datasets.
• Data Governance Auditing: Expertise in independently assessing data governance frameworks that cover both on-chain and off-chain data.
• Data Quality Auditing: Ability to independently evaluate data quality controls with a focus on transactional integrity, reconciliation, and consistency across disparate systems.
• Data Security and Privacy Auditing: Deep understanding of global data privacy regulations and their specific application to crypto assets and user data.
• Data Modeling and Architecture Auditing: Strong knowledge of data modeling techniques for both traditional databases and blockchain structures.
• Extract Transform Load (ETL) Process Auditing: Ability to independently assess the security, integrity, accuracy, and completeness of complex ETL processes.
• Database Management System (DBMS) Auditing: Expertise in independently auditing the security configuration, access controls, logging, and patching of traditional databases and specialized data stores.
• Risk Management Principles for Data Privacy & Engineering Auditing: Advanced grasp of risk identification, assessment, mitigation, and monitoring methodologies.
• Knowledge of Specific Regulatory Requirements impacting Data Privacy & Engineering: Understanding of specific regulatory requirements impacting crypto exchanges globally.

Responsibilities

• Drive the execution of global audit programs, specifically assessing the design and operating effectiveness of controls over data privacy, data governance, data quality, data security, data modeling, ETL processes, and database management systems.
• Oversee the independent validation of IT incidents related to data privacy and engineering, and provide critical audit support for group-wide IT certifications.
• Collaborate effectively with other functional and regional Internal Audit portfolio leads to provide expert data analytics, privacy, and engineering controls testing and assurance for integrated audits.
• Develop and implement advanced audit methodologies tailored to the unique complexities of managing sensitive data in high-volume, distributed crypto systems, including both on-chain and off-chain data.
• Provide strategic audit insights and independent assurance on emerging data privacy and engineering risks in the cryptocurrency space to senior leadership and the Audit Committee.

Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package
• L&D programs and Education subsidy for employees' growth and development
• Various team building programs and company events
• Wellness and meal allowances
• Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependants

What This Job Offers

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