Manager of Information Governance

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Manager of Information Governance

FLSA Status: Exempt

Department: IT

Reports To: Director of Information Security

Jackson Walker the largest law firm in Texas has an exciting full-time employment opportunity for a Manager of Information Governance. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the development implementation and enforcement of information governance policies and procedures to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements as well as best practices within the legal industry.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Specific duties of this position include but are not limited to:

• Works closely with IT and General Counsel to develop the IG strategic plan and IG policies.
• Provides direction to IG stakeholder functions (i.e. legal risk/compliance IT/security).
• Works with IT to maintain a detailed and complete inventory of all on-premise and cloud-hosted electronic information repositories with a full understanding of the classification of data stored in each storage location.
• Works with legal counsel to ensure that activities associated with ethical walls legal holds and discovery requests are in accordance with internal and external requirements.
• Collaborates with the Litigation Support team to assist with discovery collections pertaining to legal matter involving the Firm.
• Ensures that the Firms information assets are appropriately handled throughout their life cycles in accordance with the organizations policies and legal and regulatory requirements.
• Implements the IG program requirements to ensure compliance with relevant federal and state laws and regulations and the organizations policies and procedures applicable to IM.
• Develops and leads regular training and awareness sessions for employees and others to increase their knowledge and understanding of IG.
• Addresses and provides guidance for compliance activities.
• Evaluate hardware software and data life cycles for applications related to this job and position in the Firm.
• Conduct regular audits and assessments of the information governance program to identify areas for improvement and ensure adherence to IG standards.
• Assists with other risk and compliance activities including responding to client audits and vendor/third party risk assessments.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience working with a document management system (iManage experience is a plus).
• Experience working with Microsoft Purview.
• Candidates must be highly organized and capable of working independently.
• Excellent communication skills oral and written required.
• Strong knowledge of data privacy laws and regulations information security best practices and records management principles. (Certifications such as CRM CIP or IGP would be a plus)
• Experience managing a team and working collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

Education:

• Bachelors degree in Information Management Information Technology Legal Studies or related field.

Years of Experience:

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in information governance or related fields preferably in a legal or professional services environment.

Working Conditions:

• Normal office environment with little exposure to excessive noise and temperature.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age veteran status sexual orientation gender identity pregnancy genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. It is our intention that all qualified applicants are given equal opportunity and that employment decisions be based on job-related factors.

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of essential functions responsibilities or requirements.

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