Director, Data & Privacy R&D

• Raleigh
  - North Carolina
  - United States of America

At Siemens, we help organizations transform maintenance and operations through connected insights, AI-powered technology, and intelligent asset management solutions. Our software enables customers to manage the full lifecycle of assets, facilities, and infrastructure while improving efficiency, reducing risk, and optimizing long-term investments. By connecting data, people, and processes, we empower organizations to make smarter decisions, maximize asset performance, and achieve more resilient operations.

With offices in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, and India, and customers worldwide, our privacy and regulatory obligations are growing with our global footprint.

DESCRIPTION:

Siemens is seeking an experienced Director, Data & Privacy R&D, to lead the implementation and operational execution of Siemens’ privacy and data management program within Asset Management Software partnering with Product Management, Engineering, Architecture, Cybersecurity, Data and AI, and Legal/Compliance/Data Privacy. This is an execution-focused role to embed privacy and responsible data practices into product development, platform operation, AI initiatives, and customer solutions by managing the program’s core mechanisms: the RoPA, Privacy Requirements checklist, DPIA process, reporting cadence, and cross-functional action tracking.

The Director translates privacy and regulatory requirements set by Siemens Legal and Data & Privacy experts into practical engineering patterns, controls, workflows, and measurable outcomes. While the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) owns data security and the Data Privacy Officer (DPO) owns regulatory judgment and risk management, this role operationalizes approved requirements to support lawful, consistent handling of data improving audit readiness and the speed and consistency of privacy reviews across the business and owns the technical strategy, impact and implementation.

This U.S.

-based role is ideally located in Raleigh, NC; however, we encourage applications from qualified remote candidates across the Eastern U.S.

Qualified Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States and will not require employer sponsored work authorization now or in the future for employment in the United States.

YOU'LL MAKE AN IMPACT BY Strategy, Budget, & Privacy Operations Leadership

• Lead the technical execution of Siemens privacy and data governance roadmap in alignment with enterprise strategy and Siemens requirements.
• Build, operate, and continuously improve the company’s privacy engineering and privacy operations capabilities.
• Serve as the primary technology liaison to Siemens DPOs, coordinating cross-functional privacy activities and approved requirements.
• Deliver quarterly executive updates on program execution status, technical control maturity, DSR performance and progress against DPO, Cybersecurity, Legal and Compliance identified risk priorities.
• Own the R&D privacy and data governance program budget, forecast needs, and provide clear spend visibility.

Regulatory Translation & Technical Compliance

• Guide product and engineering teams on implementing DPO and Legal approved privacy and regulatory requirements needed to support launches in new regulatory environments.
• Establish privacy-by-design standards built into the SDLC, with measurable, testable controls incorporated into every release..
• Define scalable approaches for data consent, minimization, retention, anonymization, and tenant isolation with architecture, product, and engineering leaders.
• Translate DPO and Legal-approved regulatory requirements (GDPR, EU Data Act, EU AI Act, US state laws and others) into technical specifications, architectural changes and…