Adoption Specialist – Data Protection, Governance

Island

Adoption Specialist driving enterprise data protection and governance for Island's Catalyst Team. Leading deployments, workshops, and collaboration with enterprise clients and stakeholders.

Posted 5/15/2026full-timeRemote • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead time-boxed, structured deployment engagements focusing on Data Protection from kickoff through handoff.
Conduct on-site workshops with customer IT, security, and data governance teams to define policy requirements.
Work with our CSM and Deployment specialists who will configure Island Enterprise Platform environments, specifically focusing on DLP (Data Loss Prevention), web filtering, AI protection, data lineage/visibility, and endpoint policy management.
Identify and remove technical and organizational governance blockers in real-time.
Deliver a complete, documented handoff that leaves customers ready to manage their data security independently.
Design, refine, and document the Island Deployment Framework as it relates to data governance.
Develop specialized workshop guides and customer-facing materials for Data Protection configurations.
Build a library of reusable deployment artifacts, such as DLP configuration playbooks and best-practice documentation.
Capture lessons learned from each engagement to improve the overall data governance methodology.
Develop and refine standardized engagement frameworks, templates, and methodologies for Catalyst Data Protection programs.
Build reusable governance artifacts—customer guides, assessment frameworks, and configuration templates—for internal and external use.
Partner with Product, Customer Success, and Engineering to ensure customer feedback drives continuous improvement across policies and platform capabilities.
Collaborate closely with Customer Success Managers, Solution Architects, and Security Engineers to ensure a seamless customer experience.
Communicate adoption metrics, milestones, and blockers to executive stakeholders at both Island and customer organizations.
Contribute to the evolution of Island’s Data Protection & Governance Center of Excellence.

Requirements

What you’ll need

3–10 years in implementation consulting, solutions engineering, or a technical customer-facing role.
Hands-on experience developing and deploying Data Protection and Data Governance work in enterprise environments.
Deep expertise in enterprise security concepts, including DLP, zero trust, and endpoint policy management.
Strong technical foundation with enterprise identity (Entra ID, Okta), SSO/SAML/SCIM, and browser environments.
Understanding of AI topics, experience working with AI to execute work, and experience using AI to support modernizing data protection and data governance.
Proven ability to lead workshops and drive decision-making among senior stakeholders.
Exceptional communication skills to translate complex data security requirements into clear guidance.
Willingness and ability to travel (30–60%) for on-site customer engagements.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
401(k) with company match
Generous paid time off and company holidays
Professional development and continuous learning opportunities
Highly collaborative, performance-driven culture

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Hard Skills & Tools

Data ProtectionData GovernanceDLP (Data Loss Prevention)endpoint policy managemententerprise security conceptszero trustenterprise identitySSOSAMLSCIM

Soft Skills

lead workshopsdrive decision-makingexceptional communicationtranslate complex requirementscollaboratecapture lessons learneddevelop customer-facing materialsrefine methodologiesidentify governance blockersdeliver documented handoff