Senior Advisor, Data Management & Governance

We are seeking an experienced and highly analytical Product Owner to lead the strategy, configuration, and continuous improvement of our data access management platform, Immuta. In this role, you will be responsible for translating security, privacy, compliance, and governance requirements into scalable access policies and workflows. You will serve as the crucial bridge between technical execution and compliance, ensuring that all data access provisioned is appropriate, strictly governed, routed through the proper approval channels, and auditable.

Responsibilities

• Product Leadership: Act as the primary Product Owner for the Immuta platform, managing the product backlog, defining user stories, and prioritizing features that align with the Data Office’s strategic roadmap.
• Policy & Workflow Development: Design, implement, and manage robust data access policies, controls, and workflows within Immuta to ensure secure, least-privilege access to sensitive data assets.
• Access Governance: Establish and oversee the end-to-end data access lifecycle, ensuring all access provisioning is fully auditable and holds the necessary business and security approvals.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with a wide array of key stakeholders across Information Security, Data Engineering, Data Governance, Business Data Owners, Audit, and Compliance teams to capture requirements and ensure data access strategies meet enterprise standards.
• Audit & Compliance Support: Assist internal and external audit teams by providing clear documentation, reporting, and evidence of access controls, workflows, and policy enforcement.

Qualifications

• 8-12 years of experience, preferred
• Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred
• Exceptional Attention to Detail: Proven track record of managing complex logic, building granular rulesets, and maintaining flawless documentation. You are someone who naturally double-checks configurations and anticipates edge cases.
• Domain Expertise: Strong foundational knowledge of Information Security principles and Identity and Access Management (IAM) best practices.
• Regulatory Knowledge: Strong familiarity with major data privacy and security regulations, particularly HIPAA, SOX, and GDPR, is highly preferred.
• Stakeholder Management: Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a proven ability to translate complex compliance requirements into actionable technical workflows for engineering teams.
• Technical Acumen: Previous experience working with data platforms, data governance tools, or access management systems (experience specifically with Immuta is a significant plus).
• Experience with data discovery and classification tools and techniques.
• Experience with cloud security principles and practices.
• Familiarity with data governance frameworks.
• Experience working with Data Lake and Data Lake House environments such as Big Query, and Databricks.
• Knowledge of ML and AI concepts and compliance implications for ML/AL in the industry
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISA, or CISM are highly desirable.

Anticipated salary range: $105,100 - $150,100

Bonus eligible: Yes

Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Paid time off plan
• Health savings account (HSA)
• 401k savings plan
• Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Work-Life resources
• Paid parental leave
• Healthy lifestyle programs

Application window anticipated to close: 08/04/2026 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.

The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity

Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

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