Senior Manager - Data Discovery Engineering

$106,605 - $260,590/Yr

CVS Health - Woonsocket, RI

Full-time - Senior

Woonsocket, RI

Health and Personal Care Retailers

About the position

The Senior Manager of Data Discovery and Classification at CVS Health is a pivotal role within the Data Integrity Services team, responsible for leading efforts to discover, classify, and protect sensitive data across various platforms. This position requires a visionary leader with a strong technical background who can implement innovative tools and processes for comprehensive data lifecycle protection. The role involves collaboration with multiple departments to align data security initiatives with organizational goals, ensuring compliance with regulations and enhancing the overall data security program.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Data Discovery and Classification specialists in identifying and categorizing sensitive data across various data repositories and environments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including IT, infrastructure, data governance, data backup and recovery, legal, compliance, and business units to ensure alignment of data classification efforts with organizational goals.
• Conduct regular assessments and reviews to monitor the effectiveness of data discovery and classification capabilities, policies, and controls.
• Stay informed about emerging trends, technologies, and regulations related to data discovery classification and privacy to continuously improve the maturity of the data security program.
• Develop and communicate vision and strategy for data discovery products aligned with overall business goals, industry trends, and business practices.
• Act as the decision-maker and primary point of contact for the data discovery product roadmap, defining and prioritizing features based on business priorities and customer needs.
• Partner with stakeholders to gather and document detailed product requirements, and drive product development from concept to launch.
• Evaluate and recommend data discovery and classification tools, technologies, and methodologies.
• Support data protection audit, compliance, regulatory, client assurance, and third-party assessment projects.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members, ensuring high-quality deliverables and adherence to security best practices.
• Manage the sequencing and timing of project delivery with technology leadership, product, and engineering teams.
• Lead development and maintenance of data discovery dashboard, metrics roadmap, and scorecards.

Requirements

• 7+ years of steady career progression with information security work experience.
• 5+ years of proven experience with data discovery and classification driven security controls.
• 5+ years of experience in leading data discovery and classification frameworks and tools.
• 5+ years of recent personnel management experience with oversight of five or more direct reports.
• 5+ years of leadership and communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• 5+ years of experience with security controls alignment to key regulations like NIST, FIPS 140-2, ISO, HITRUST, HIPAA, PCI, CCPA, GDPR.

Nice-to-haves

• Strong knowledge of data protection techniques and best practices.
• Experience with security solutions for data labeling, data loss prevention, encryption, data governance, data backup and recovery.
• Industry certifications from PMI, ISC2, SANS, ISACA, IAPP or equivalent.
• Knowledge of data security and privacy regulatory compliance, frameworks and standards such as PCI, HIPAA, NIST, FIPS 140-2, GDPR, CCPA.
• Ability to manage a high degree of complexity and distill information that provides clear direction.
• Ability to motivate others with high expectations to facilitate impact and pace of change.
• Agility to deal with a constantly changing business environment.
• Comfortable operating within areas of ambiguity to iterate and make progress in a consistent manner.
• Foster collaborative decision-making processes that deliver results and exceed expectations.

Benefits

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Fully-paid term life insurance plan.
• Short-term and long-term disability benefits.
• Numerous well-being programs.
• Education assistance and free development courses.
• CVS store discount and discount programs with participating partners.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) or vacation pay, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year.