Senior Data Protection Governance Analyst

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.

Pay and Benefits:

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

The Impact You Will Have in This Role

The Senior Data Protection Analyst plays a critical role in ensuring the governance, measurement, and defensibility of DTCC's Data Protection Program. This role sits within the first line of defense
, ensuring that management reporting, audit evidence, and risk narratives accurately reflect how data protection controls operate in practice.

While this role does not configure technical tools
, it requires a strong working understanding of technical data protection controls
, enabling the analyst to confidently articulate control intent, coverage, limitations, and effectiveness to internal stakeholders, auditors, and regulators.

The Senior Analyst partners closely with Data Protection Engineering and Operations
, as well as second-line Risk Management and Internal Audit
, to ensure the data protection program remains transparent, consistent, and regulator-ready as it scales across DLP, DSPM, CASB, and AI-driven data protection capabilities
.

Your Primary Responsibilities
:

Data Protection Program Governance

• Own day-to-day governance activities for the Data Protection Program, ensuring alignment with DTCC control standards, regulatory expectations, and enterprise risk frameworks.
• Maintain authoritative program artifacts, including:
  • Control inventories and control mappings
  • Operating procedures and governance documentation
  • Centralized repositories for evidence and program records
• Manage policy review cycles, control attestations, and exception tracking related to data protection obligations.

Operational Procedures & Runbooks

• Develop, maintain, and govern standard operating procedures (SOPs) and runbooks supporting data protection activities, including:
  • Alert triage and escalation
  • Exception handling and approvals
  • Remediation tracking and validation
• Ensure procedures are current, consistently applied, and aligned with how controls operate in production.
• Coordinate updates following control changes, incidents, or audit findings.

Exception & Issue Management

• Own centralized tracking of data protection exceptions, issues, and management actions arising from:
  • Operational constraints
  • Business requests
  • Audit or regulatory findings
• Manage exception intake, documentation, approvals, and periodic review to ensure items remain time-bound and risk-appropriate.
• Validate remediation actions with Engineering and Operations teams and track issues through closure.

Audit & Evidence Pack Development

• Serve as a primary first-line coordinator for data protection-related audits and reviews.
• Develop and maintain audit-ready evidence packs, including:
  • Control design descriptions
  • Operating procedures
  • Metrics and effectiveness evidence
  • Exception and remediation records
• Ensure evidence is complete, consistent, version-controlled, and defensible.

Metrics, Reporting & Risk Articulation

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