HR Data Governance & Privacy Lead

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed.  We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Employee Data Privacy & Regulatory Execution

• Lead HR implementation of employee data privacy regulations, including CPRA/CCPA and related employee rights obligations.
• Own HR data subject request (DSAR) processes, ensuring timely, defensible, and auditable execution.
• Translate regulatory requirements into practical HR procedures, controls, and documentation.

Privacy Tooling & Operational Enablement

• Serve as the HR lead for employee privacy technology solutions (e.g., OneTrust), including onboarding, workflow design, and adoption.
• Partner with HR teams to embed privacy requirements into HR operations and systems.
• Support change management and training for HR stakeholders impacted by privacy-related changes.

Policy, Notices & Communications

• Develop, maintain, and operationalize employee privacy notices, including notices for acquired employees and evolving regulatory scenarios.
• Ensure consistency between published notices, HR practices, and downstream data usage.
• Collaborate with Legal and Privacy partners to maintain clear, compliant employee communications.

Cross‑Functional Leadership & Governance

• Act as the primary HR liaison to Legal, the Enterprise Data Privacy Program, and governance partners.
• Participate in enterprise privacy and compliance forums on behalf of HR.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and improvement opportunities; provide clear recommendations to HR Data Strategy & Governance leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Strong experience working with employee data privacy regulations (CPRA/CCPA or similar).
• Demonstrated ability to operationalize regulatory requirements within HR environments.
• Experience partnering with Legal, Privacy, Compliance, and HR stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail and comfort working with policies, documentation, and controls.

What Success Looks Like

• Employee data privacy requirements are met consistently, accurately, and on time.
• HR privacy processes are scalable, well-documented, and audit-ready.
• Privacy tooling is effectively adopted and embedded into HR workflows.
• HR partners understand and confidently execute privacy responsibilities.
• Compliance risk related to employee data is proactively managed and reduced.

Why Join U.S. Bank

At U.S. Bank, we’re passionate about helping our customers and our people succeed. You’ll join a collaborative, forward-thinking HR Data Strategy & Governance team working on impactful, enterprise-level initiatives at the intersection of data, privacy, and people.

Location Expectations: This role will require three (3)+ days a week in the listed U.S. Bank hub location.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

Benefits: 

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision