Job Specifications
Reports To: Head of Compliance and Enterprise Risk
About the job:
atVenu’s Compliance & Risk team is seeking an experienced data governance professional to steward a new data governance function for the company’s ever-growing inventory of data. This will be a highly collaborative role working with every area of the business to ensure our data is secure, compliant, and reliable.
In addition to promoting best practices for the company’s existing data sets, this role will also be forward-looking as a stakeholder/partner during the design and deployment of new products and systems that will expand our collection and storage of data.
You Will:
Improve and maintain atVenu’s data inventory and classification framework across internal systems and third-party vendors
Contribute to building scalable, pragmatic, risk-based data governance processes that align with a fast-paced, growing technology company
Partner with business, IT, and security teams to define data ownership and ensure appropriate access controls are in place
Oversight of the data lifecycle from data creation through to destruction
Create and maintain policies, standards, and processes related to data governance
Aid data owners in the design and support of data integrity controls to ensure data is not improperly altered, lost, or duplicated across systems
Monitor for data quality and work with teams to remediate quality issues where applicable
Provide guidance and training to teams as necessary, on proper data handling and governance best practices that are tailored to atVenu’s business objectives
Support compliance with privacy and data protection frameworks such as GDPR, US state privacy laws (e.g., CCPA/CPRA), and Canada’s PIPEDA
Complete privacy impact assessments on new products, features, integrations, and third-party service providers
As the ideal candidate, you will have:
8+ years of data governance experience – ideally working in a smaller SaaS company
The knowledge and confidence to be the company’s data governance expert
Working knowledge of privacy laws (GDPR, CCPA, PIPEDA) and compliance concepts as well as an understanding of how they apply to transaction data
Thorough understanding of access management principles and best practices
A solid grasp of risk management principles and assessing risk
Experience building and maintaining a data inventory
Highly effective communication skills and the ability to work with both technical and non-technical teams
Ability to influence without direct authority through collaboration
A good mix of empathy, pragmatism, and humility
Comfort working in a small, fast-moving organization where processes are still maturing
Experience creating, operationalizing, and maintaining policies, standards, and procedures
Nice to Have:
Bachelor’s degree in Data Management, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field
CIPT, CIPP, or CIPM certification
Experience working with legal counsel on service agreements pertaining to data protection
Experience supporting external audits and responding to customer assurance requests regarding data protection
Familiarity with the full breadth of information security controls.
This position can be a remote/hybrid.
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About the Company
atVenu is the world’s leading Live Event Commerce platform for live events. Continuously building and enhancing features designed for maximizing revenue, dynamically adjusting your sales footprint to meet the needs of your event, and making it easier to setup, manage, and monitor sales in real-time. atVenu's platform is used at over 125,000 events each year and trusted by some of the largest companies in the industry. We're built to quickly deploy, take all forms of payment including RFID and promotions both online and 100% ...
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