Careers
Build the discipline that earns trust at enterprise scale.
DPOBOARD brings together privacy, data protection, and AI governance expertise to serve organizations operating across jurisdictions. We're a firm built on technical rigor, regulatory depth, and doing right by the people whose data our clients hold — grown deliberately since 2016, not scaled for its own sake.
Why DPOBOARD
What sets working here apart.
Work that matters
Every engagement protects real people's rights and freedoms — the work here has stakes beyond the deliverable.
Cross-jurisdictional by default
Our clients operate across borders, which means our people build fluency across regulatory regimes, not just one market.
Built around depth, not headcount
We grow deliberately. Every hire is expected to carry real technical, legal, or regulatory depth from day one.
Both sides of AI
We build AI solutions and govern them. You get exposure to the full lifecycle, not just one narrow slice of it.
Direct access to leadership
This is a firm, not a bureaucracy. You'll work with — not around — the people who lead it.
Community-minded
We believe in giving back to our community in meaningful ways, not just serving clients. That values-first orientation shapes how we hire.
How We Work
Collaborative by design, accountable by default.
Engagements at DPOBOARD are staffed lean and cross-functional — legal, technical, and regulatory expertise working the same problem together, not handed off in sequence between silos. You'll see how a privacy determination, a security control, and an AI governance decision actually connect, because the same people are in the room for all three.
We give people real autonomy on client work balanced with real support — senior oversight is available, not required to move forward on every decision. That balance is deliberate: it's how people build genuine expertise instead of just following a template.
Leadership
The people you'd be working with.
A small executive team means direct access, not layers of management between you and the people setting direction for the firm.
Tobi Kofi Kano
Chief Executive Officer
Kotryna Vanagas
EVP, General Counsel
Bruce Johnson
EVP, Chief Operating Officer
Lubanzi Khumalo
EVP, Chief Technology Officer
Open Roles
Where we're hiring right now.
Full-time roles at our Illinois and Washington, DC offices, plus contract engagements supporting specific client industries.
AI Governance Analyst
Mount Prospect, IL
Support AI governance engagements across client industries — system inventories, risk classification, and obligations mapping against the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and emerging state and sector rules.
View & Apply Full-timeData Privacy Analyst
Chicago, IL
Own the day-to-day work of privacy program engagements — DPIAs, RoPAs, data mapping, and DSAR support — for multinational clients navigating GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and comparable frameworks.
View & Apply Full-timeOffice Manager
Mount Prospect, IL
Keep DPOBOARD's Mount Prospect headquarters running — facilities, vendor coordination, and administrative support for a growing team, working directly with our executive leadership.
View & Apply Full-timeSenior AI Engineer
Washington, DC
Build the AI solutions DPOBOARD delivers for clients — targeted automation through custom AI applications and agents — with governance and compliance considerations built in from the first design decision.
View & Apply Full-timeRegulatory Compliance Counsel
Washington, DC
Provide legal and regulatory depth across DPOBOARD's privacy, data protection, and AI governance engagements — advising clients on obligations across GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, the EU AI Act, and a growing list of state and sector rules.
View & Apply ContractAI Governance Consultant
Washington, DC · Financial Services
A contract engagement supporting DPOBOARD's Financial Services clients — AI system inventory and risk classification for algorithmic credit, fraud detection, and customer-service systems, aligned to financial-sector regulatory guidance.
View & Apply ContractData Protection Consultant
Arlington, VA · Manufacturing & Energy/Utilities
A contract engagement supporting DPOBOARD's Manufacturing and Energy & Utilities clients — data protection across OT/IT environments, IoT-enabled production systems, and critical-infrastructure data risk.
View & Apply ContractPrivacy & AI Governance Contractor
Richmond, VA · Healthcare & Life Sciences
A contract engagement supporting DPOBOARD's Healthcare & Life Sciences clients — privacy and AI governance programs for clinical, research, and diagnostic systems handling the most sensitive data classifications.
View & Apply ContractAI Solutions Engineer
Reston, VA · Technology & SaaS
A contract engagement building custom AI applications and agents for DPOBOARD's Technology & SaaS clients, with privacy-by-design and governance built into the product development lifecycle from day one.
View & ApplyDon't see the right fit?
We're always interested in hearing from privacy, data protection, AI governance, and technology professionals who want to work at this level. Reach out and tell us about yourself — what you've worked on, what you're looking for, and why this kind of work appeals to you.
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