Regional Privacy Governance & PMO Lead (NAM)

Schneider Electric has a hybrid opportunity for a Regional Privacy Governance & PMO Lead - NAM (Manager, Data & AI Risk Management) to help strengthen how privacy is governed, coordinated, monitored, and implemented across North America (NAM). This role is to be based in one of the following hub locations on a hybrid basis: Nashville, TN or Boston, MA. In this role, you will be a key partner to NAM Privacy leadership, helping turn global privacy frameworks, priorities, and regulatory developments into clear regional actions. You will create the operating rhythm that connects local privacy teams, Legal, Cybersecurity, business stakeholders, and global Privacy Governance. You will bring visibility to what is happening across NAM by maintaining the privacy governance calendar, tracking actions and risks, developing KPIs and dashboards, monitoring implementation plans, and ensuring issues are followed through to resolution. Just as importantly, you will help build and animate an active NAM privacy community, creating the network and information flow required for privacy governance to work effectively across a complex multinational organization.

What will you be responsible for?

Privacy governance & PMO

• Own and coordinate the NAM privacy governance calendar, reviews, action tracking, decisions, deadlines, and escalation process.
• Maintain a consolidated view of regional privacy priorities, initiatives, obligations, risks, dependencies, and remediation activities.
• Coordinate with local teams to establish clear actions, owners, and deadlines and follow through to completion.
• Monitor local privacy implementation plans, controls, and supporting evidence. Identify gaps, delays, or unclear ownership and ensure they are appropriately escalated.
• Provide structured regional input into global privacy governance and executive reporting.

Analytics, monitoring & reporting

• Develop and maintain privacy dashboards, KPIs, metrics, and trend analysis for NAM.
• Provide governance visibility into privacy incidents, including volumes, status, response milestones, overdue actions, and lessons learned.
• Maintain consolidated visibility of individual-rights requests, including volumes, ownership, response times, and ageing.
• Turn operational information into clear, concise leadership insights, highlighting trends, risks, recurring issues, and areas requiring action.
• Maintain accurate action registers, decision logs, implementation records, and governance evidence.

Privacy framework & change implementation

• Support NAM implementation of global privacy policies, processes, tools, and initiatives.
• Help translate new or changing privacy requirements into structured regional actions and implementation plans.
• Track adoption and effectiveness of key privacy practices, including records of processing, consent governance, privacy risk assessments, and relevant contractual controls.
• Support privacy assurance activities, internal audits, and remediation plans.
• Identify common capability gaps or adoption challenges and coordinate appropriate support with Privacy Governance and subject matter experts.

Community & capability building

• Build and maintain a strong network across NAM, connecting local Privacy, Legal, Cybersecurity, Digital, business, and functional stakeholders.
• Run regular regional privacy forums covering regulatory developments, operational priorities, lessons learned, and global initiatives.
• Support onboarding, knowledge sharing, and capability building across the NAM privacy community.
• Create the communication and governance structure that allows information, risks, and actions to flow effectively between local teams and regional and global privacy leadership.

What qualifications will make you successful?

We are looking for someone who combines privacy knowledge with strong governance, PMO, analytical, and stakeholder-management capabilities. You are likely to bring:

• Significant experience in privacy governance, compliance operations, risk, PMO, or a related field, ideally within a large multinational organization.
• Strong knowledge of privacy operations, frameworks, and controls.
• Experience translating privacy or compliance requirements into practical governance, monitoring, reporting, and action plans.
• Experience monitoring privacy operational activities, including privacy incidents and individual-rights requests.
• Strong program and project management skills, including action tracking, dependency management, deadlines, risk management, and escalation.
• Hands-on experience developing dashboards, KPIs, metrics, management reporting, and compliance calendars.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to turn complex information into concise, actionable insights for leadership.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A demonstrated ability to coordinate and influence diverse stakeholders across functions and geographies without relying on direct authority.
• The ability to work independently, bring structure to ambiguity, and proactively drive actions forward.
• High standards of confidentiality, judgment, reliability, organization, and attention to detail.
• A relevant degree or equivalent professional experience.

What does success look like?

You will be successful in this position if you can bring structure, visibility, and accountability to privacy activities across NAM. At any given point, regional Privacy leadership should have a clear understanding of what is happening, what actions are outstanding, who owns them, whether commitments are on track, where risks or gaps exist, and where escalation is required. Beyond reporting, you will help create an active and connected NAM privacy ecosystem that enables local teams to effectively implement privacy requirements while maintaining alignment with the broader global privacy framework. Bring your risk management expertise to a team that's building the future responsibly—apply today! At Schneider, we believe that every employee is a talent who deserves equal opportunities. This means you matter. Every individual needs to feel valued, supported, and treated fairly to do their best work. Our Total Rewards is our way of saying: “We see you. We value you”. It’s more than just pay and benefits- it’s a meaningful investment in you. It is designed for you to perform, grow, feel safe, and elevate your potential to shine as an impact maker. For this U.S. based position, the expected pay range is USD 142,400 - USD 213,600 per year. This pay range includes base pay and short-term incentives. The compensation range for this full-time position applies to candidates located within the United States. Our pay ranges are determined by reviewing roles of similar responsibility and level. Within the pay range, individual pay is determined by several factors including performance, knowledge, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Schneider Electric is there when it matters most to you Our Total Rewards package outlines all the benefits and support you’ll enjoy as part of the Schneider Electric team:

• Care for Yourself and Your Family. We ensure you feel secure with benefits that help you and your family thrive: medical (with member reward points), dental, vision, and basic life insurance, Benefit Bucks, flexible work arrangements, paid family leaves, well-being programs, 12 holidays per year, and 15 days of paid time off per year.
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