The Senior ILM Consultant provides guidance on information lifecycle management ensures compliance with policies advises on risks and technologies and develops training and communication strategies.

Description and Requirements
The Team You Will Join
In Government & Legal Affairs you'll be an engaged and trusted partner - empowered to deliver innovative solutions influence public policy and achieve results that enable MetLife's growth and protect its global interests. Applying a commercial and contemporary mindset you'll advocate for what's possible overcome challenges and embrace different perspectives. If you also pride yourself on acting with accountability transparency and respect apply to join our Government & Legal Affairs team today.
The Opportunity
The Senior ILM Consultant is responsible for providing risk-based information lifecycle management (ILM) guidance across MetLife's businesses and corporate functions. The role is within Government & Legal Affairs (GLA) supporting MetLife's ILM Program Office in the Global Technology & Operations Employment Benefits & Information (GEBI) section.
Guided by our purpose - always with you building a more confident future - and MetLife's New Frontier strategy focused on strong growth attractive returns and all-weather performance this role contributes to managing MetLife's information including personal data risk in a complex highly regulated global environment.
This is an exciting opportunity for an agile technology legal compliance or information governance professional who enjoys working collaboratively applying sound judgment and leveraging and experimenting with emerging tools - including artificial intelligence - to modernize information governance and advisory practices.
Key Responsibilities

• Provide risk-based ILM guidance to businesses and corporate functions ensuring compliance with MetLife's ILM Policy Records Retention Schedule and Non-Financial Risk Management framework including secure storage proper retention and defensible disposal.
• Advise on information governance risks and controls related to new and emerging technologies including digital platforms and AI-enabled tools.
• Partner with Technology & Operations Privacy Compliance Operational Risk and Legal to identify assess and mitigate information management risks.
• Lead and contribute to cross-functional initiatives working groups and special projects supporting enterprise information governance.
• Develop clear guidance training and communications; leverage AI tools (e.g. Microsoft Copilot) to enhance ILM support and drive continuous program improvement.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.) with strong academic credentials.
• Minimum of 5+ years of relevant experience in technology information governance records management legal compliance or operational risk roles within a regulated industry or large corporate environment.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver practical business-oriented risk-based guidance to internal stakeholders; Strong collaboration communication and influencing skills.
• Demonstrated curiosity and willingness to adopt test and learn new tools including emerging AI technologies to improve how work is performed.
• Proactive solution-oriented mindset with sound judgment and effective prioritization

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of technology including tools for data disposal information governance records management privacy compliance or non-financial risk management frameworks.
• Experience supporting technology implementations digital transformation initiatives or data-centric programs.
• Exposure to governance or risk considerations related to artificial intelligence or advanced analytics.

Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.
The expected salary range for this position is $93200 - $124300 . This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health financial wellness and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision dental insurance and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home pet critical illness hospital indemnity and accident insurance as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs parental leave paid time off paid holidays volunteer time off tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies" Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™ as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® MetLife through its subsidiaries and affiliates is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance annuities employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets we hold leading positions in the United States Latin America Asia Europe and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues customers communities and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together Do the Right Thing Deliver Impact Over Activity and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race color national origin religion creed sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability marital or domestic/civil partnership status genetic information citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States) uniformed service member or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law ("protected characteristics").
If you need an accommodation due to a disability please email us at [email protected]. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
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