Decision Intelligence Benchmark: Data Privacy Talent Decisions for 2026 – 2027
How data privacy leaders are taking on new AI oversight work, and why their teams and talent pipelines haven’t caught up
AI is landing on privacy’s desk. As companies race to adopt it, data privacy teams are being asked to govern it, and their mandate is growing faster than their headcount. Leaders are more likely than any other function to say their team’s current skills, size, or structure put them at risk. Behind them sits the thinnest bench in the benchmark, and a hiring market that won’t make it easy to fill the gap.
This report takes you inside data privacy teams to see how they are handling a bigger job, and where the pressure is building.
Inside, you’ll discover:
- Why data privacy leaders are more than three times as likely as their peers to say AI will increase their headcount need
- Why more privacy leaders see risk in their team’s setup than in any other function we studied
- What the thinnest bench in the benchmark means when the hiring market is this competitive
- The skill data privacy leaders prioritize more than any function prioritizes any skill in the benchmark
- How AI governance is becoming the way new oversight work lands on privacy teams
- Why burnout, not career advancement, tops privacy’s list of turnover risks, and how that breaks from the rest of the benchmark
- Why privacy isn’t being automated away, but asked to cover far more ground
Download the report to see how your peers are building privacy teams that can keep up with AI.
