Vice President, Privacy Office, Technology & HR Risk

About this role Vice President, Privacy Office, Technology & HR Risk Job Description The Vice President will be a versatile team player, display leadership qualities, and be enthusiastic in addressing new challenges. This role sits within the Group Privacy and Data Protection team and will support the delivery of BlackRock’s global privacy governance, operational risk, reporting, and technology risk agenda. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the day-to-day execution, coordination, and continuous improvement of key components of the Global Privacy Program, with a focus on the Privacy Office; particularly governance operations including Data Protection Officer (DPO) support, management information, privacy committee and forums, individual rights requests, intra-group data transfer arrangements, privacy incidents. In addition, embedding privacy controls into technology development and global HR privacy risk advisory. The role will involve regular interaction with Legal & Compliance, Information Security, Technology, Business, Records Governance, Procurement, Internal Audit, HR, and senior stakeholders. The candidate must be able to produce high-quality governance materials, manage operational processes, coordinate across multiple stakeholders, and support audit-ready documentation and evidence of privacy compliance. Candidates must have a proven track record of delivering high-quality work in complex, time-sensitive environments and must be able to demonstrate sound judgment, strong organizational discipline, and the ability to communicate, influence, and follow through effectively.

Support the Global Privacy and Data Protection Officer and regional privacy leadership in implementing and maintaining the Global Privacy and Data Protection Policy, privacy framework, and related governance model. Support the operation and continuous improvement of the Global Privacy Program, including governance routines, reporting cycles, annual planning activities, program deliverables, and documentation standards. Manage the Privacy Office and team including coordination of the production, quality assurance, and dissemination of Privacy Management Information, key risk indicators, executive reporting, dashboards, trend analysis, and governance materials for senior management, governance committees, and risk forums. Coordinate the collection, validation, analysis, and escalation of privacy metrics and management information from multiple stakeholders, ensuring reported information is accurate, consistent, supported by evidence, and suitable for management and audit review. Manage end-to-end preparation for Privacy governance forums and committees, including agendas, briefing materials, presentation content, meeting minutes, decision logs, action trackers, and follow-up of overdue actions. Maintain governance documentation, procedures, standards, playbooks, operational guidance, and related records in an audit-ready manner. Support DPO reporting requirements to Boards and regulators and preparation of the Annual DPO Report. Conduct horizon scanning of data protection regulations. Support management of individual rights requests, including access, deletion, correction, portability, restriction, objection, and related requests, advising and/or coordinating with business, technology, HR, legal, and operational stakeholders as required. Monitor individual rights request volumes, service levels, response timelines, extensions, trends, recurring issues, and process improvement opportunities. Support the maintenance of the Records of Processing Activities (ROPA) with the business on a regular basis using automated privacy tooling. Support governance and administration of intra-group data transfer arrangements, including International Data Transfer Agreements, Standard Contractual Clauses, transfer mechanisms, inventories, onboarding of new entities, and evidence of compliance with transfer obligations.