Privacy Governance Specialist; Hybrid

Privacy Governance Specialist

Position Compensation Range: $62,000.00 - $. Pay Rate Type:
Salary. Compensation may vary based on job level and geographic location. Relocation support is offered for eligible candidates.

The Privacy Governance Specialist supports the development, implementation, maintenance, and adherence to the organization's privacy program in collaboration with legal counsel, management, key departments, and committees, ensuring the organization maintains appropriate privacy and confidentiality consent, authorization forms, and information notices and materials reflecting current organization and legal practices and requirements. This role directly supports AmFam Group’s enterprise strategy by ensuring compliance with evolving state and federal privacy requirements while enabling responsible data use across the organization.

The specialist provides operational privacy expertise and support that allows business partners to execute strategic initiatives in a compliant, timely manner without introducing unacceptable risk.

• Research and interpret regulatory requirements, findings and legislative alerts for trends and potential business impact.
• Assist business units in assessing business policies and procedures for gaps that may expose the company to significant privacy compliance risks.
• Support business units in determining if business practices, or absence of practices, present significant regulatory, ethical, or legal compliance risks.
• Conduct privacy impact assessments on applications, systems, processes and vendors.
• Identify compliance deficiencies and areas of risk and work with business units to develop and implement risk mitigation plans.
• Partner with internal business partners and stakeholders to manage risk from internal and external sources.
• Review and analyze criticisms issued by consumers and regulators and work with affected business units to verify validity and respond to criticisms.
• Evaluate industry compliance trends and apply that knowledge to business practices.
• Develop action plans on any issues arising from regulatory inquiries.
• Develop, implement and maintain consumer privacy notices, privacy policies, standards and procedures to ensure enterprise compliance with federal/state privacy requirements.
• Develop and facilitate privacy training and awareness communications.

• Privacy Certification from the IAPP.
• Ability to interact with and influence senior leadership.
• Extensive understanding of and experience with privacy regulatory requirements.
• Solid knowledge in compliance programs with a background in privacy preferred.
• Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills to support consultation.
• Solid knowledge and understanding of risk assessment and risk mitigation protocols.
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task, prioritize and manage deadlines.
• Demonstrated experience providing customer‑driven solutions support or service.

Up to 10% travel.

Offer to selected candidate will be contingent on the results of applicable background checks. Offer will also be contingent on signing a non‑disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions. Sponsorship will not be considered for this position unless specified in the posting.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits.
• Competitive 401(k) contribution and pension plan.
• Annual incentive, 9 paid holidays, and paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full‑time employees).
• Student loan repayment program.
• Paid‑family leave.
• Interns and contingent workers are not eligible for American Family Insurance Group benefits.

American Family Insurance is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws pertaining to non‑discrimination, non‑harassment and equal opportunity. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please email  to request a reasonable accommodation.