Program Management - Program Manager V

Program Management - Program Manager V

Location: California (Remote)

COMPENSATION: $93 - $103 HOURLY

Role Overview

Our organization is seeking a highly skilled Program Manager to join the Risk, Privacy, and Compliance team. This professional will lead critical risk initiatives to scale our global program and ensure end-to-end assessments of employment, privacy, and artificial intelligence risk in novel use cases impacting people data. The successful candidate must possess proven risk management capabilities, think systematically, and demonstrate experience leading complex, matrixed corporate initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform deep-dive risk assessments across privacy and employment compliance, focusing specifically on product-facing initiatives.

• Apply and maintain rigorous risk frameworks to evaluate complex compliance risks.

• Partner with technical teams to analyze infrastructure and data processing methods to assess associated risks.

• Manage high-intensity workflows within the data review program with speed, precision, and meticulous attention to detail.

• Influence product development through compliance-by-design principles to ensure long-term adherence to global protection standards.

• Lead end-to-end risk assessments for projects involving people data while collaborating with legal counsel.

• Resolve identified review issues in partnership with legal and cross-functional compliance teams.

• Develop and execute communication plans to proactively report program status, issues, and risks to stakeholders and leadership.

• Anticipate bottlenecks, manage escalations, and protect HR compliance standards.

• Define, track, and drive cross-functional execution of program deliverables using key performance indicators.

• Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in business, technology, legal studies, or a related field is preferred.

• Experience: Minimum of 10 years of professional experience in risk assessment, assurance, and compliance management, preferably with second-line-of-defense risk management or internal audit experience within a technology environment.

• Technical

Skills

• Strong technical data background with an understanding of data processing infrastructure, data privacy standards, and tools such as Microsoft Word.

• Preferred Qualifications

• Proven background in people data privacy, user data privacy, and employment compliance.

• Ability to conduct risk assessments for privacy, employment, security, and AI compliance in a fast-paced environment.

• Working knowledge of employment laws, regulations, and industry guidance.

• Demonstrated data analytical skills and experience working with attention to detail.

• Prior experience collaborating successfully with engineering teams and legal partners.

• Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

• Everforth Apex

Benefits

• Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

• Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

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