Job Specifications
Akkodis is seeking a Administrative Assistant I with a client in Kansas City, Missouri, 64114 for 12 months contract.
Title: Lead, Technology Governance
Location: Kansas City, Missouri, 64114
Duration: 12-month Contract (possible extension)
Pay Rate: $75-$80/hr on w2 (The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.)
Position Overview:
This position is responsible for leading the design, implementation, and operation of enterprise technology and data governance within the security function. The leader will partner with the individual serving in the CISO role, the Chief Digital Technology Officer (CDTO), and key business stakeholders to ensure technology and data policies, decision rights, and controls align with business outcomes and risk appetite. This role owns program-level activities including technology and data inventory and mapping, classification and minimization, stewardship model, data access controls, data risk assessment, and governance metrics to support compliance, security, and AI readiness.
Job Duties
• Governance: Establish the rules, policies, and structures that direct how the technology and Business Enablement organization operates, ensuring accountability and strategic alignment
• Risk Management: Guide enterprise cyber risk management practices and alignment with business risk tolerance
• Compliance Oversight: Monitor adherence to external laws (e.g., GDPR) and internal policies to identify compliance gaps
• Stakeholder Communication: Partner with Executive Leaders and senior stakeholders to deliver meaningful insights into the organizations risk posture and compliance status.
• Program Implementation: Lead the selection and deployment of GRC software (e.g., Vanta, MetricStream) to automate controls and reporting
• Define and maintain the technology and data governance charter, scope, and decision-rights model (RASCI) in collaboration with business and organizational stakeholders
• Develop and operationalize technology and data classification, minimization, and retention policies with business, privacy, and security partners
• Oversee the development of a prioritized inventory of technology and data assets to enable discovery, classification, lineage tracking, and risk analysis
• Lead stewardship program design and placement (centralized, federated, or hybrid), assign data owners and stewards, and embed stewardship into operational workflows
• Design and run Data Risk Assessments (DRA / FinDRA) to prioritize datasets by business impact and to inform security investment decisions.
• Serve as a primary liaison for external audits, regulatory reviews, and client-facing assessments to provide assurance and evidence for compliance activities
• Specify controls and access governance (PBAC/Purpose/role-based) and coordinate with IAM, DSPM/DLP, and SIEM/SOC as needed
• Select and oversee integration of governance tooling (catalog, lineage, DSPM, DQ, MDM, observability)
• Implement metrics, dashboards, and reporting that link governance activities to business KPIs and risk metrics for executive stakeholders
• All other duties as assigned
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, an EAP program, commuter benefits, and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable. Disclaimer: These benefit offerings do not apply to client-recruited jobs and jobs that are direct hires to a client.
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· The California Fair Chance Act
· Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
· Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
· San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
About the Company
Akkodis is a global digital engineering company and Smart Industry leader. We enable clients to advance in their digital transformation with Talent, Academy, Consulting, and Solutions services. Our 50,000 experts combine best-in-class technologies, R&D, and deep sector know-how for purposeful innovation. We are passionate about Engineering a Smarter Future Together.
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