Associate Director, Global Privacy & Compliance

Exelixis; Alameda (CA); On-site; USD 219,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Life and disability insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Discretionary annual bonus

Job summary

Exelixis is seeking an Associate Compliance Privacy Director to lead privacy compliance initiatives, guide policy development, and collaborate with Legal Affairs to interpret evolving privacy and data security requirements. This role partners with cross-functional teams to ensure enterprise-wide adherence to U.S.

privacy laws, HIPAA for employee health plans, GDPR, and clinical trial regulations. The position involves developing privacy training, conducting assessments and audits, and driving

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related discipline; 11 years of professional privacy experience preferred.
• CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM or similar certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational privacy support across the company, including incident response and data security oversight.
• Document and implement privacy requirements for new products and initiatives across teams.
• Develop and maintain privacy operations processes, training, and awareness programs.
• Conduct privacy investigations and support corrective actions in collaboration with Legal Affairs.
• Monitor evolving U.S. privacy laws and global data protection guidance affecting the company.
• Report privacy program KPIs to senior leadership and drive continuous improvement.
• Partner with global clinical trial operations to implement data protection requirements.
• Provide HIPAA guidance for the company’s group health plan with HR collaboration.
• Perform privacy and data impact assessments as needed.
• Support cross-border data transfer compliance under SCCs and other mechanisms.
• Manage data subject rights requests and related data review activities.
• Collaborate with IT on incident response and breach notification processes.
• Define privacy-related contract terms and operationalize PbD principles across processes.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Collaboration

Project management

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Ethical judgment

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related discipline

Equivalent combination of education and years of experience

CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM or similar certification preferred

Tools

OneTrust

SNOW

Confluence

Job description

Exelixis is seeking an Associate Compliance Privacy Director to lead privacy compliance initiatives, guide policy development, and collaborate with Legal Affairs to interpret evolving privacy and data security requirements. This role partners with cross-functional teams to ensure enterprise-wide adherence to U.S.

privacy laws, HIPAA for employee health plans, GDPR, and clinical trial regulations. The position involves developing privacy training, conducting assessments and audits, and driving