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About the Role:

• As a Technical Program Manager for Information/Data Governance and Privacy, you will play a critical role in ensuring that our company implements the technical and process requirements to align with industry standards and regulations, data protection laws, and internal policies related to information/data management and security.

• You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams and external partners to develop and implement strategies that enable effective governance of the data we collect at Cruise and compliance practices across our enterprise. 

• This role requires excellent leadership, communication, as well as technical, and project management skills to bring complementary teams together and drive successful outcomes.

What you’ll be doing:

• Work together with the Information and Data Governance and Privacy Technical Product Manager and key partners across Cruise to develop and implement a comprehensive information/data governance and compliance program tailored to the unique needs of our organization, in alignment with internal requirements and external compliance obligations and best practices (e.g.SOC 2, ISO 27001, CCPA/privacy legal requirements, NIST Privacy Framework/AI Risk Management Framework, and potentially GDPR)

• This role will focus on execution of that planned roadmap, tracking the implementation of information/data governance and privacy requirements across a variety of workstreams and providing technical and management expertise to ensure those requirements are implemented in a comprehensive and timely manner.

• Collaborate with Legal, Security, IT, and other relevant departments to assess risks, identify compliance gaps (with internal and external requirements and standards), and drive implementation of mitigation strategies.

• Drive cross-functional initiatives to implement and streamline information management processes, data classification and data tagging processes and technical implementations, data access and retention controls, document disposal procedures, and AI governance policies and standard methodologies.

• Partner with our Litigation team to ensure e-discovery and document management requirements related to litigation are integrated into Cruise’s overarching information and data governance framework and implemented in Cruise systems and processes.

• Provide guidance and support to internal Cruise teams, including Engineering, Product Management, and Data Science, to ensure data governance policies and processes are embedded throughout the product development and deployment lifecycle.

• Stay informed on emerging regulations and industry standards related to information/data governance and compliance, and apply relevant developments to internal Cruise policies and practices.

What you must have:

• 8+ years experience in technical program management, preferably in a fast-paced environment

• Strong understanding of information and data governance, data protection laws, privacy regulations, and security standards, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, CCPA, UN R155, and UN R156

• Proven expertise in leading cross-functional teams and driving complex projects from initiation to completion

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate with partners at all levels of the organization

• In-depth knowledge of information and cybersecurity principles and practices

• Experience working with cloud-based technologies and SaaS platforms

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a thorough approach

Bonus points!

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Sci