About the Opportunity

The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles is seeking an accomplished privacy executive to serve as Data Privacy Officer, a senior executive role reporting directly to the Commissioner. In this position, you will establish, direct, and continuously strengthen DMV's enterprise data privacy program, exercising agency-wide authority over data protection policy, privacy compliance, and risk management across approximately 2,200 employees, 75 service locations, and multiple enterprise systems that hold citizen personally identifiable information.

This is a rare opportunity to build and lead a comprehensive privacy governance function from a position of real authority. You will directly oversee the Director of Records Access, the Director of Data Analytics, the Data Audits Program, and the Data Governance Program, giving you the scope and the team to shape how an entire agency protects the trust citizens place in it.

What You Bring

• Progressive experience in data privacy, information governance, or regulatory compliance, including experience in a senior leadership role with direct supervisory responsibility.
• Expert knowledge of federal and state privacy law (Virginia Code § 46.2-208, VCDPA, the Privacy Act, DPPA) and its application to state agency operations.
• Strong analytical ability to assess privacy risk, interpret complex legal requirements, and translate them into operational guidance.
• Executive-caliber written and oral communication skills, with the ability to produce board-ready briefings, policy, and training materials.
• Sound judgment and the integrity to provide frank compliance advice to senior leadership, even under pressure.
• A collaborative leadership style and the ability to build cross-functional relationships and drive results through influence.
• Working familiarity with data mapping, records management, and information security concepts sufficient to engage credibly with IT and legal counterparts.
• Exposure to GRC platforms, enterprise data classification tools, and VITA SEC 530 standards.
• A valid Virginia driver's license with no more than 6 demerit points, and the ability to pass a background investigation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Information Privacy Professional/Government (CIPP/G) or CIPP/US designation (IAPP).
• Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) or Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

Why Join DMV

DMV's mission of safeguarding lives, securing identities, and serving the motoring public, puts citizen trust at the center of everything the agency does, and this role sits at the heart of that promise. You will have the independence, executive access, and organizational scope to build a privacy program that protects millions of Virginians' personal information, with the visibility and authority of a direct reporting line to the Commissioner. The role offers telework eligibility and the opportunity to define a high-impact discipline within one of the Commonwealth's most data-intensive agencies.