GVP, Information Governance, Risk and Compliance

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About the Role.

We are seeking a results-oriented Group Vice President (GVP), Information Governance, Risk & Compliance to establish and lead an enterprise-wide information risk and compliance function.

This role ensures regulatory compliance, manages information and data risk, and supports a strong, defensible security and privacy posture across the company. The GVP oversees key programs including information, cybersecurity, and privacy compliance and assurance activities, SOX IT compliance, regulatory and industry compliance programs, vendor and third-party information risk management, control effectiveness and vulnerability management, and enterprise security and privacy training.

The role owns global information risk and privacy policies, standards, and processes, and ensures governance and assurance activities are executed consistently and aligned with corporate objectives. This role partners closely with internal audit, legal and privacy, enterprise IT, product, business leaders, and vendors to manage information risk across the enterprise. The successful candidate demonstrates sound judgment, strong execution discipline, clear executive communication skills, and experience leading globally distributed teams in complex environments.

Position Accountabilities:

• Provide executive leadership for enterprise-wide Information Governance, Risk & Compliance, ensuring effective governance, compliance, and assurance across all information-related risks.

• Maintain and evolve a comprehensive information governance, risk, and compliance framework, aligned with regulatory requirements, industry standards, corporate risk objectives, and enterprise risk appetite.

• Oversee information risk compliance and assurance activities, ensuring consistent evaluation of control design and operating effectiveness, with clear reporting of findings, remediation progress, and trends.

• Provide leadership for the enterprise function responsible for consumer and employee privacy rights request fulfillment, ensuring compliant, timely, and accurate execution in accordance with global privacy laws and regulatory requirements.

• Direct regulatory, statutory, and industry compliance programs, including SOX IT controls and other applicable frameworks (e.g., PCI, SWIFT, and similar requirements), ensuring audit readiness and effective issue tracking and resolution.

• Own global information governance, risk, and privacy policies, standards, and procedures, ensuring consistent adoption, enforcement, and ongoing relevance across the enterprise.

• Guide third-party and vendor information risk management, including risk assessment, monitoring, and escalation, in partnership with procurement, legal, and business stakeholders.

• Ensure effective oversight of control effectiveness, vulnerability, and compliance management programs, with clear accountability, prioritization, and enterprise-level reporting.

• Build, lead, and retain a high-performing, globally distributed team, fostering accountability, execution discipline, and professional growth.

• Deliver clear, actionable information risk and compliance reporting to executive leadership and governance bodies to support informed decision-making and oversight.

-Collaborate with internal audit, legal and privacy, enterprise risk management, cybersecurity, enterprise IT, product, and business leaders to align information risk activities with enterprise priorities and governance expectations.

The Essentials
• Proven senior leadership experience leading or significantly scaling enterprise or large-scale information governance, risk, compliance, privacy, or related oversight functions within a complex organization.

• Strong expertise across information governance, regulatory and industry compliance, and assurance, with direct experience leading multiple regulatory or control frameworks (e.g., SOX IT controls, PCI, SWIFT, privacy and data protection requirements, or similar standards).

• Demonstrated ability to design, operate, or materially evolve governance and compliance frameworks aligned with enterprise risk objectives, regulatory expectations, and business priorities.

• Experience overseeing compliance and assurance activities, including control design and operating effectiveness evaluations, audit support, regulatory examinations, or comparable independent assurance functions.

• Sound executive judgment with a track record of driving outcomes, navigating complexity, and making informed decisions, including in matrixed environments where authority or scope may be shared.

• Proven ability to partner effectively with senior leaders across cybersecurity, internal audit, legal and privacy, enterprise risk management, technology, product, and business functions.

• Experience leading and developing teams or functions in global, matrixed environments, with a focus on accountability, execution discipline, and talent development.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey complex governance, risk, and compliance topics to executive leadership and governance forums.

• Advanced degree and/or relevant professional certifications preferred (e.g., CISA, CRISC, CIPP, CIPM, CISSP, or comparable credentials).

How We Get Things Done...

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done.

You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview. Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

If you're a qualified candidate and you require adjustments or accommodations to search for a job opening or apply for a position, please contact us at recruitadmin@wbd.com.

How We Get Things Done...

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Championing Inclusion at WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

If you're a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.

In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, location, skill set, experience, and/or performance. Base pay is just one component of Warner Bros. Discovery's total compensation package for employees. Pay Range: $242,900.00 - $451,100.00 salary per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Warner Bros. Discovery provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and sick time and vacation.

If you're a qualified candidate with an arrest or conviction record, please know that your application will be considered in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Client-provided location(s): Burbank, CA

Job ID: Discovery-WAMEGLOBALR000102298EXTERNALENGLOBAL

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2026-02-02T19:19:08