Manager, Privacy Program Management

Allergan; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Long-term incentives

Medical/Dental/Vision insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

AbbVie in North Chicago, IL, is seeking a senior privacy professional to support program management, data protection impact assessments, and accountability governance across the enterprise. The role partners with global teams to strengthen privacy governance and enable scalable privacy practices in a regulated life sciences environment.

You will help design controls, oversee DSR operations, and drive consistency of privacy processes across functions and regions, contributing to enterprise-wide

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related discipline; equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of privacy/compliance experience.
• Privacy certifications such as IAPP CIPP, CIPM, or equivalent.
• Experience supporting privacy governance programs in a complex enterprise.
• Strong understanding of privacy principles, data subject rights, and accountability obligations.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives without direct authority.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills with operational and leadership audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead privacy program activities related to accountability assessment obligations and case management for new initiatives.
• Support and drive the Privacy Accountability Assessment operating model across jurisdictions.
• Design and maintain work instructions and accountability controls.
• Integrate Privacy Accountability Assessment with third-party security due diligence and privacy-by-design in the tech life cycle.
• Serve as trusted partner to data intake, inventory and risk classification boards on privacy matters.
• Support global DSR and privacy complaints operating model across jurisdictions.
• Identify opportunities to simplify and automate privacy workflows, including DSR intake and triage.
• Assist internal audits, external inspections, and governance reviews with high-quality records.

Skills

Privacy governance

Data protection

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Law/Compliance/Information Governance/Information Security

Job description

Company Description

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Job Description

The role serves as a strategic position within AbbVie’s Program Management and Operations Team, helping shape and support the program’s record of processing, data protection impact assessment and other accountability obligations, as well as the programs data subject rights (DSR) governance program. This role partners across functions and regions to strengthen privacy governance, enable scalable privacy practices, and promote consistent accountability across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mature privacy program activities related to privacy accountability assessment obligations, including related case management for new business initiatives.
• Support and drive AbbVie’s “Privacy Accountability Assessment” operating model, ensuring assessments are handled in a timely, accurate, and well-documented manner across jurisdictions and functions.
• Support the design and maintenance of work instructions, and accountability controls.
• Lead support for the integration between the Privacy Accountability Assessment model, third party security risk due diligence and “privacy by design” requirements within AbbVie’s technology life cycle processes to strengthen enterprise privacy governance, improve process alignment, and enable consistent and holistic accountability across both business use cases, AbbVie technical assets, and third-party engagement.
• Serve as a trusted partner and advisor to AbbVie’s data intake, inventory and risk classification board on privacy matters and privacy program best practices.
• Support the global DSR and privacy complaints operating model, ensuring timely, accurate, and well-documented request handling across jurisdictions and functions.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate privacy workflows, including DSR intake, triage, fulfillment, escalation, and closure.
• Support internal audits, external inspections, and governance reviews by maintaining high-quality records, evidence, and process documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Law, Compliance, Information Governance, Information Security, or a related discipline; equivalent experience considered.
• 5+ years of experience in privacy, compliance, legal operations, data governance, or program management.
• Privacy certifications such as IAPP CIPP, CIPM, or equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience supporting privacy governance programs, DSR processes, or related activities in a complex enterprise environment.
• Strong understanding of privacy principles, data subject rights, and accountability obligations.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence without direct authority.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage both operational and leadership audiences.
• Experience in a global life sciences, healthcare, or highly regulated industry.
• Experience with control design, audit support, or privacy maturity assessments.
• Exposure to records of processing, privacy by design, vendor privacy reviews, or data governance initiatives.

Additional Information

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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