Data Protection Manager

We are looking for a talented Data Protection Manager to join our team specializing in Systems/Information Technology for our Corporate organization in Indianapolis, IN
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In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Serve as a strategic partner on the IT Management Team, influencing decisions that align technology initiatives with overall business goals.
• Drive strong financial performance by owning AOP planning, managing budgets, and delivering accurate forecasts that optimize resource allocation.
• Elevate team performance through effective people management, including clear goal setting, performance coaching, and continuous development planning.
• Build and scale a high‑performing, globally aligned team by strengthening organizational structure, leading recruiting efforts, and fostering collaboration across regions.
• Deliver data‑driven insights by compiling and presenting performance reports, enabling leadership to make informed, timely decisions.
• Strengthen operational excellence by championing Six Sigma practices, improving process efficiency, and ensuring measurable goal attainment.
• Ensure compliance and risk mitigation by enforcing IT policies, security standards, and controls, safeguarding both systems and organizational integrity.
• Enhance business outcomes by leading program governance and building strong stakeholder relationships, ensuring projects deliver measurable value to the business.

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

• Financial acumen – interpreting and applying key financial indicators to make better business decisions.
• Builds effective teams – creating strong‑identity teams that apply diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
• Communicates effectively – delivering multi‑mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Decision quality – making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
• Tech savvy – anticipating and adopting innovations in business‑building digital and technology applications.
• IT supplier relationships – leveraging a vendor‑management framework to manage strategic supplier relationships and performance throughout contract life cycles.
• Release planning – planning and managing the release of capabilities, features or products using inputs from the prioritized roadmap, available resources and skills.
• Project resource management – developing resource (expense and headcount) plans using recommended project‑management tools and processes.
• Values differences – recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

• College, university, or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or related field, or relevant equivalent experience required.
• This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

• Significant level of relevant work experience, including supervisory experience, required.
• Broad business knowledge required.

The Data Protection Manager is responsible for defining, governing, and continuously evolving the organization’s information protection strategy within the Business Information Security Organization (BISO). This role ensures enterprise data is protected, managed, and used in alignment with legal, regulatory, privacy, and business requirements. The role reports to the Director of Information Protection & Resilience as part of the BISO and serves as a governance leader and contributor toward enterprise information protection.

• Develop and maintain the enterprise‑wide data protection strategy.
• Align data protection initiatives with business goals, risk appetite, regulatory requirements, and privacy obligations.
• Define and refine the roadmap for data classification, retention, privacy controls, data lifecycle management, and handling standards.
• Advise leadership on emerging risks including AI data usage, cross‑border transfers, etc.

• Establish and maintain policies, standards, procedures, and exception…