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What you'll be doing…

The HRIS Data Security, Governance, and Compliance-Senior Manager is responsible for overseeing the security and regulatory compliance of HR data sources, ensuring the protection of sensitive employee information. This role involves enforcing policies, reviewing risk assessments, and collaborating with HR, IT, Legal, and others to maintain compliance with data protection laws such as HIPAA, GDPR, and other relevant regulations. Work closely with HR, IT Security, Legal, and third-party vendors to mitigate risks and uphold the highest data privacy standards.

What we're looking for…

HR Data Security & Compliance Oversight:

• Ensuring that employees' data is protected and used across Verizon.

• Reviewing and approving any/all projects, reports, and integrations that request the use of employee data.

• Interpreting and enforcing international and domestic data privacy laws, ensuring employee privacy comes first.

• Directing teams on appropriate usage, architecture, and storage of employee data.

• Conducting daily Workday audits by extracting and analyzing Splunk logs to verify valid transactional activities.

• Maintaining the Workday database to support historical data analysis and generate reports for required reviews.

• Developing and maintaining VBS Scripts, SQL queries, and modules to support the workday audit processes.

• Maintaining Access database objectives to support processes as needed.

• Producing daily file extracts from the audit database for review, verification, and validation of user activity.

• Updating information upon completion of month-end reviews of transactional code for inclusion and exclusion within the audit process.

• Reviewing data requests to be implemented into the Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

• Coordinating with the internal Verizon information security teams on projects as needed.

• Evaluating and refining existing processes to enhance efficiency and improve overall productivity, while identifying opportunities for automation and best practices implementation.

• Reviewing access controls and data governance, ensuring that sensitive employee information is protected.

• Assessing and approving internal customers and systems handling HR data, ensuring compliance with company security policies and standards.

• Defining design requirements for employee data use cases for internal Verizon Business Groups, IT, Reporting, Legal, and external vendors.

Regulatory & Policy Compliance:

• Ensuring compliance with data protection laws such as HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA, and other relevant regulations.

• Creating and maintaining policies related to employee data privacy and security.

Vendor & Third-Party Risk Management:

• Reviewing and assessing HR-related vendors and third-party service providers for security, compliance risks, and HIPAA policies. Including the onboarding of new vendors.

• Reviewing vendors to include appropriate data protection agreements, compliance requirements, and evaluating vendors to ensure proper handling of employee data based on Verizon requirements and policies.

Collaboration & Training:

• Acting as a liaison between HR, IT, Legal, Compliance, and other teams to ensure a cohesive data security strategy.

• Developing and delivering training programs for HR staff on data security best practices and compliance requirements.

You'll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems or a related field.

• Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training

• Six or more years of experience in data security, HR compliance, or a related field.

• Experience in HR security, vendor risk, and regulatory compliance.

• Experience and understanding of HR data privacy laws and regulations (e.g., HIPAA, GDPR).

• Knowledge of Workday reporting, Excel advanced formulas, SPLUNK query and reporting, MS Access, Python, and VBS.

• Analytical, communication, and leadership skills.

• Ability to work cross-functionally with HR, IT, Legal, and Compliance teams.

• Willingness to travel up to approximately 25% of the time.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• A degree.

• Relevant certifications (CISM, CISA, or similar).

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

Where you’ll be working

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and a minimum eight assigned office days per month that will be set by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Equal Employment Opportunity

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics.

Benefits and Compensation

Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefit options including: medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance and group home & auto insurance. We also offer a matched 401(k) savings plan, stock incentive programs, up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year, parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives, we’ve got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. Depending on the role, employees have the opportunity to receive compensation in the form of premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, allowances, etc. Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service. For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.

The salary will vary depending on your location and confirmed job-related skills and experience. This is an incentive based position with the potential to earn more. For part-time roles, your compensation will be adjusted to reflect your hours.

The annual salary range for the location(s) listed on this job requisition based on a full-time schedule is: $111,500.00 - $194,000.00.

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely. We power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what matters most. If that inspires you, start the next chapter of your career here.