Vice President – Regional Chief Data Office (Latin America & Canada)

Job description

As a Vice President within the Latin America & Canada (LAC) Chief Data Office, you will drive regional adoption of the Firm’s data governance strategy by implementing firmwide data policies, standards, and procedures across LOBs and legal entities, aligned to regional regulatory expectations. You will operate as an individual contributor (no direct reports), connecting cross-country themes, applying independent judgment, and producing clear, defensible governance documentation suitable for audit and potential regulatory review.

Job Responsibilities

You will drive implementation of data-related regulatory requirements across LAC legal entities by developing project plans, drafting requirement summaries and interpretations, and completing gap assessments with clear remediation tracking. You will maintain an auditable record of decisions, approvals, evidence, and remediation status suitable for governance forums, audit testing, and potential regulatory review. You will represent LAC in firmwide data governance initiatives by assessing regional impacts, incorporating legal-entity perspectives into designs and plans, and escalating when solutions are not fit-for-purpose.

You will exercise independent challenge and due diligence by developing and maintaining strong knowledge of LAC regulatory requirements, testing assumptions, triangulating evidence, and escalating when conclusions are not defensible. You will act as a connector across the region by identifying themes, emerging risks, inconsistencies, and opportunities to standardize and improve governance execution. You will support regulatory exam and audit readiness by coordinating evidence, status updates, and written narratives in partnership with stakeholders.

You will foster a strong data culture across LOBs through training, communications, and targeted campaigns tailored to senior management and working teams. Required Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills. Bachelor’s degree. 6+ years of experience in risk management, controls, governance, or regulatory compliance. Demonstrated ability to identify patterns and inconsistencies across legal entities facing the same or similar requirements, synthesize evidence, and independently challenge assumptions and interpretations.

Ability to operate in ambiguity while teams, standards, and processes are being established. Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment. Proven ability to write clear, concise, and factual materials in Spanish and English for executive and regulatory audiences. Familiarity with data governance concepts, including data quality, metadata, lineage, controls, issue management, and privacy.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills. Bachelor’s degree in Law or International Relations. Experience in financial services. Portuguese language capability.