Director, Privacy & Business Resilience

The Trust and Integrity Protection (TrIP) organization enables Microsofts Commercial Business to grow with trust by turning privacy/data protection security responsible AI business resilience and anti-corruption risk into clear business decisions durable controls and measurable outcomes.

We are looking for a strategic high-impact leader to evolve the privacy data protection and business resilience program for one of Microsofts largest global businesses spanning sales consulting and technical support. This leader will move the program beyond compliance execution to deliver proactive risk reduction AI-enabled scale audit-ready evidence and confidence with customers regulators and executives.

• Reduce privacy data protection and resilience risk across Microsofts commercial operating model while enabling speed customer trust and responsible growth.
• Modernize the program through AI automation telemetry and scalable controls that improve quality reduce friction and strengthen audit readiness.
• Create a federated operating model that connects divisional privacy teams into one coordinated executive-ready view of risk priorities and progress.
• Establish risk aggregation KPIs KRIs and metrics that turn fragmented signals into actionable decisions for senior leaders.
• Translate complex regulatory customer and audit expectations into crisp business guidance that teams can execute with confidence.
• Represent Microsofts commercial data protection posture with credibility to customers regulators auditors legal partners and executives.

The ideal candidate is a builder operator and thought leader: someone who combines privacy depth business judgment executive presence and transformation to create a program that is resilient measurable and built to last.

This leader will create clarity in ambiguity develop talent and build trusted partnerships that help the business move faster with greater confidence.

Build a high-impact team

• Build and lead a high-performing team known for sound judgment customer empathy risk discipline and measurable impact.
• Set clear priorities and accountability develop exceptional talent and empower the team to make smart tradeoffs and execute with speed.

Enable the business while reducing risk

• Lead an integrated risk-based privacy data protection and resilience program that protects data earns trust and enables the business to operate at global commercial scale.
• Turn risk signals into clear priorities pragmatic mitigation and timely leadership decisionsstrengthening accountability while reducing friction for sales consulting and support.

Modernize and scale the program

• Set and deliver an AI-enabled transformation roadmap that simplifies work improves evidence and risk visibility and accelerates mitigation.
• Use Microsoft technologies automation and lessons from regulatory change customer expectations and audits to build scalable controls and better business outcomes.

Create one enterprise view of risk

• Lead a federated operating model with clear ownership coordinated execution and an enterprise view of risk posture priorities and progress.
• Advise senior leaders with actionable business recommendations and represent a credible narrative for how Microsoft protects data while enabling global sales consulting and support.

Required Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Risk Management Engineering Government Intelligence Security or Information Technology AND 6 years experience in risk management privacy security compliance intelligence operations auditing and/or finance OR Bachelors Degree in Risk Management Engineering Government Intelligence Security or Information Technology or related field AND 8 years experience in risk management privacy security compliance government intelligence operations auditing and/or finance OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Risk Management Engineering Government Intelligence Security or Information Technology or related field AND 12 years experience in Risk Management in the context of Operations Engineering Information Technology Business Analyst Consulting Auditing Privacy Security Compliance Government Intelligence and/or Finance OR Bachelors Degree in Risk Management Engineering Government Intelligence Security Cybersecurity or Information Technology or related field AND 15 years experience in risk management in the context of operations engineering information technology business analyst consulting auditing privacy security compliance government intelligence and/or finance OR equivalent experience.
• 5 years people management experience.
• Membership with a relevant risk domain area association including: International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2 and Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI) Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCB) Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) and Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA).
• Experience with AI AI-based analytical tools AI governance and AI governance frameworks.
• Proven ability to lead privacy data protection business resilience or risk programs in a large matrixed global technology or services business.
• Track record modernizing risk or compliance programs through AI automation telemetry simplification and scalable controls.
• Deep knowledge of global privacy and data protection obligations accountability frameworks privacy by design data governance and evidence expectations.
• Experience creating risk aggregation mechanisms metrics dashboards and executive reporting that drive leadership action.
• Ability to align distributed teams in a federated model and drive consistent outcomes without relying on direct authority.

Risk Management M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130900 - $277200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $165600 - $303600 per year.

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position will be open for a minimum of 5 days with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry citizenship color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information immigration status marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran or military status race ethnicity religion sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process read more about requesting accommodations.

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