Senior Director of Governance, Risk, Compliance & Privacy

Expedia Technology builds innovative products, services, and tools to deliver high-quality experiences for travelers, partners, and our employees. A singular technology platform powered by data and machine learning provides secure, differentiated, and personalized experiences for the traveler and our partners that drive loyalty and customer satisfaction.

The Enterprise Information Security team is seeking a strategic leader to drive world-class governance, regulatory alignment, and compliance across Expedia Group’s technology and business environments. This role is essential in embedding cybersecurity, risk management practices and privacy across the organization, grounded in frameworks such as NIST Cybersecurity Framework and ISO/IEC 27001.

What you’ll do:

• Responsibilities include PCI-DSS certification, SOC2 attestation, CCPA and GDPR compliance, enterprise-wide policy development and enforcement, and oversight of Enterprise Information Security (EI) contract language.

• Partnering closely with both technology and business stakeholders, this role will drive long-term compliance initiatives, promote sustainable risk reduction, and mature Expedia Group’s global security posture through actionable governance and operational excellence.

• Lead and drive a team of 40+ Security Analyst and Compliance Experts partnering and collaborating with business and technology teams to develop actionable solutions for security compliance, certifications, and governance.

• Work closely with product management to prioritize and establish roadmap for the team and provide oversight for the creation, revision, implementation, and compliance of security directives, policies, procedures, and controls and own and evolve privacy and compliance programs aligned to global regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, and SOX.

• Drive risk identification, mitigation strategies, and control effectiveness through ongoing risk assessments, third-party reviews, and continuous control monitoring and coordinate and respond to internal and external audits, including PCI, SOC2, ISO 27001, and regulatory assessments and develop and maintain scalable processes for control testing, evidence collection, and audit readiness across all environments

• Ensure alignment with industry standards and frameworks such as NIST CSF, ISO/IEC 27001, and PCI-DSS and lead third-party risk management activities, including vendor onboarding reviews, ongoing risk assessments, and contractual security requirements

Who you are:

• Experience leading a large and diverse globally distributed team.

• Must have well developed change management skills; be effective in working across organizational boundaries to build a case for changes, and to execute on the change plan from strategy through to ongoing operation and continuous process improvement.

• Knowledge of current security controls and landscape including traditional data center and cloud computing platforms (preferably AWS).

• Experienced in, and able to formulate, the effectiveness and benefits of security compliance and certification initiatives in the context of overall business risk mitigation, security posture, and the company’s operational objectives

• Demonstrated knowledge of security industry standards, privacy regulations, compliance testing and leading practices (e.g. PCI, OWASP, NIST, CIS, PCI, GDPR)

• Familiar with third-party risk management processes, including vendor security assessments, contract reviews, and remediation tracking.

The total cash range for this position in the Bay Area is $264,000.00 to $369,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $422,500.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.

The total cash range for this position for Austin is $244,500.00 to $342,000.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $391,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.

Expedia Group is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to support employees and their families, including medical/dental/vision, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program. To fuel each employee’s passion for travel, we offer a wellness & travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and an International Airlines Travel Agent (IATAN) membership. View our full list of benefits