[Hiring] Global Privacy & Information Governance Manager @Vontier

Role Description

You will run the day-to-day operations of Vontier’s global privacy and data protection program, reporting to the Chief Counsel — Global Information Governance & Privacy, who owns function strategy and legal judgment. The role carries operational ownership of the program’s core machinery — assessments, data subject rights, records of processing, vendor reviews, training, and tooling across a global industrial technology company with business lines and connected products in multiple countries.

This is an operations leadership role, not a legal role — a law degree is not required, and questions requiring legal judgment route to the Chief Counsel. The role’s UK base is an asset: proximity to EU and UK regulators, GDPR-home-jurisdiction operations, and working-hours coverage for the Company’s European businesses.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the global assessment workflow — privacy impact assessments (PIA), transfer impact assessments (TIA), and data protection impact assessments (DPIA) — and the annual BPDA (RoPA) assessment cycle end-to-end including: intake, risk evaluation, and the development and deployment of remediation action plans across the business lines.
• Provide privacy-by-design guidance to product development teams so that products and features conform to privacy-by-design principles, escalating questions requiring legal judgment to the Chief Counsel.
• Own data subject rights operations end to end — intake, verification, fulfillment, and recordkeeping — including routing controller-side requests to the applicable customer where Vontier acts as processor.
• Own the records of processing and data map and coordinate retention operations with the Company’s records management and data governance policies.
• Manage the vendor privacy program: privacy assessments, risk tiering, and coordination of data processing agreement workflows.
• Lead training and awareness — building internal support tools that address day-to-day privacy questions and building and supporting the privacy network across the business lines.
• Own the tooling and the metrics: administer the privacy management platform (Securiti.ai) day to day, maintain program KPIs, and prepare program reporting for the Chief Counsel and governance committees.
• Coordinate contractor and intern resources and support program budget tracking, delivering on-schedule work product through structured project management.
• Manage day-to-day coordination with the external German DPO, and support works council arrangements and EU/UK regulator correspondence as applicable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years in privacy program management or privacy operations.
• Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of core program machinery, including: assessment workflows (PIA/TIA/DPIA), data subject rights operations, records of processing and data mapping, vendor privacy reviews, and/or training delivery.
• Operational depth in GDPR and UK GDPR, with working knowledge of U.S. state privacy laws.
• Strong project management and organizational skills, with the interpersonal range to bring together cross-functional teams and drive organizational change.
• Fluency with privacy management tooling (e.g., Securiti.ai, OneTrust, TrustArc, or equivalent) and program metrics.
• Structured, pragmatic execution in a lean, matrixed, multi-country environment — repeatable processes are paramount.
• English fluency.

Qualifications — Preferred

• PC.dp certification, IAPP certification (CIPM and/or CIPP/E), or similar.
• Experience in industrial technology, manufacturing, or connected-product environments.
• Familiarity with data governance and records management programs (e.g., Microsoft Purview ecosystem).
• Experience supporting UK/EU regulator relationships and correspondence and coordinating contractors.
• German and/or Italian language.
• Understanding of Internet and tracking technologies — online behavioral advertising, mobile applications, social media APIs — and basic website development processes.

Benefits

• Dynamic, innovative, and inclusive environment.
• Commitment to personal growth and work-life balance.
• Collaboration that fuels a culture where contributions drive meaningful change.
• Roadmap for continuous learning and creativity.
• Support for innovation and professional development.