Director, Data Privacy

About Envestnet

Envestnet is an adaptive WealthTech company redefining the future of wealth management by helping advisors meet the moment with its comprehensive technology, actionable insights, and industry-leading support. Backed by over 25 years of experience and approximately $7.0 trillion in platform assets, Envestnet is trusted by over one third of financial advisors across leading banks, wealth managers, brokerages, and RIAs.

The Team You’ll Join

The Data Privacy team at Envestnet helps safeguard one of the company’s most important assets—data. Working closely with Legal, Security, Product, and Engineering teams, they embed privacy-by-design principles into business processes, technology solutions, and client experiences while ensuring compliance with evolving privacy regulations. Through privacy impact assessments, risk management, policy development, and incident response support, the team plays a critical role in protecting customer trust and strengthening the company’s security posture.

Responsibilities

• Own and mature Envestnet's US-based data privacy program, ensuring alignment with CCPA, CPRA, state privacy laws, and applicable global regulations.
• Serve as a senior leader and "right hand" to privacy/security leadership—providing coverage, continuity, and long-term succession potential for the privacy function.
• Directly manage and develop distributed privacy team members (including India-based teammates), including performance management, career development, and day-to-day leadership.
• Build and scale the privacy team through effective hiring, onboarding, and talent development to meet growing organizational needs.
• Lead privacy impact assessments (PIAs/DPIAs), data mapping, and privacy-by-design reviews in partnership with Product and Engineering.
• Support privacy-related incident response and breach notification processes in coordination with the security organization.
• Develop, maintain, and operationalize privacy policies, standards, and procedures reflecting the evolving regulatory landscape.
• Conduct third-party/vendor privacy risk assessments and support related contract review.
• Partner cross-functionally with Legal, Security, Engineering, and Product to embed privacy requirements into business operations.
• Represent the privacy function in relevant cybersecurity governance forums and reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 8+ years of experience in data privacy program management, ideally within financial services, fintech, or a similarly regulated industry.
• 3+ years of direct people management experience, including hiring, performance management, and developing technical/privacy professionals.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of US privacy/data protection regulations (CCPA/CPRA, GLBA, state privacy laws) and familiarity with global frameworks (e.g., GDPR).
• Active privacy certification (e.g., CIPP/US, CIPM, or CIPT) or equivalent demonstrated expertise.

Nice-to-Haves

• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and develop distributed teams across multiple time zones while maintaining strong program execution.
• Based in the continental US, with flexibility to support both Eastern and Pacific (and IST to an extent) time zone collaboration.

Why You’ll Enjoy Working at Envestnet

Help shape the future of WealthTech. At Envestnet you’ll gain hands-on experience and collaborate with some of the industry’s brightest minds to deliver meaningful, innovative solutions that make a real difference. We value flexibility in how and where work gets done, and we recognize strong performance with meaningful rewards—because your contributions should drive both business success and your own personal growth.

Pay

This role offers a base salary range of $167,000 - $209,000. The range listed represents a good-faith estimate of base salary compensation for this position and does not include incentive compensation, equity, or benefits. Individual pay will be determined based on factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, education, certifications, and geographic location.

This role is eligible for an additional incentive component as part of the total rewards package.

Benefits

We provide a comprehensive suite of benefits—subject to Envestnet’s plan eligibility rules—that support your overall well-being, including:

• Medical insurance
• Paid time off (PTO)
• 401k company match
• Paid parental leave
• Education reimbursement
• Disability coverage
• Mental health & wellness support

Our investment in you means supporting you professionally, financially, and personally at every stage of your journey with us. Please visit our benefits page on our career site to learn more.

Schedule

The primary work location for this role is Remote.