Senior Privacy Analyst

a3c41b8b71eff8c4; South Jordan (UT); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ivanti is seeking a Senior Privacy Analyst to lead complex privacy assessments and initiatives across the organization. You will advise product and business stakeholders, drive remediation, and advance the privacy program’s maturity and effectiveness.

Your role focuses on privacy program governance, assessments, and remediation across global processing activities, with responsibilities spanning PIAs, DPIAs, LIAs, and ROPAs. You will work with cross-functional teams to embed privacy by design.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressively responsible privacy experience
• Experience with GDPR and CCPA
• Bachelor’s degree in privacy, law, information governance, information systems, business, or related field
• At least one recognized privacy certification, such as CIPP, CIPM, or CIPT, or other relevant certification

Responsibilities

• Lead complex privacy work independently and provide practical, risk-based guidance to stakeholders.
• Serve as a senior privacy subject matter expert and trusted advisor across the organization.
• Nurture a privacy-centric culture through stakeholder engagement and practical guidance.
• Embed privacy by design and evaluate data privacy risks across business areas.
• Document and track risks and obligations through PIAs, DPIAs, LIAs, and ROPAs; drive actions to completion.
• Oversee responses to privacy inquiries, coordinate input, and validate representations.
• Manage consumer and employee privacy rights requests, monitor regulatory deadlines, and escalate significant risks.
• Translate global privacy laws into practical recommendations for stakeholders.
• Develop, implement, and improve scalable privacy processes, controls, and supporting docs.
• Lead privacy events, incidents, and breach investigations; coordinate stakeholders and actions.

Skills

Privacy leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory knowledge

Risk assessment

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in privacy, law, information governance, information systems, business, or related field

Job description

The Privacy function develops, implements, and administers the organization’s global data privacy program. The Senior Privacy Analyst independently leads complex privacy assessments and initiatives, advises business and product stakeholders, identifies and drives remediation of privacy risks, and contributes to the continued maturity and effectiveness of the privacy program.

Your key responsibilities will include independently assessing complex processing activities and internal controls, analyzing privacy program effectiveness and compliance, advising stakeholders on privacy by design, and driving identified risks and remediation activities to resolution.

Primary responsibilities do not include data security aspects, which are covered by the Office of the Vice President of Security.

Responsibilities

• In this role, you will independently lead complex privacy work, provide practical and risk-based guidance to stakeholders, and drive privacy initiatives across the organization.
• Serve as a senior privacy subject matter expert and trusted advisor by providing practical, risk-based guidance and promoting consistent privacy best practices across the organization.
• Nurture a privacy-centric culture through stakeholder engagement, awareness activities, and practical guidance.
• Lead cross-functional engagement with key business areas to embed privacy by design, evaluate data privacy risks, establish accountable remediation plans, and track identified risks through closure.
• Lead complex, global assessments of personal data processing activities across Ivanti products, services, and subprocessors; document and track risks and obligations through PIAs, DPIAs, LIAs, and ROPAs; and drive identified actions to completion.
• Address escalated privacy-specific questions from customer and third-party due diligence questionnaires, coordinate privacy subject matter input, and validate privacy representations.
• Oversee the validation and fulfillment of consumer and employee privacy rights requests, advise stakeholders on complex cases, monitor regulatory deadlines, and escalation material privacy risks or exceptions.
• Own and coordinate responses to complex privacy inquiries from business, product, customer-facing, and internal stakeholders, provide consistent guidance, and escalation significant legal or regulatory questions when appropriate.
• Interpret global privacy laws, regulations, regulatory guidance, and enforcement developments; assess their impact on Ivanti; and translate changes into practical recommendations for relevant stakeholders.
• Own the development, implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of scalable privacy processes, procedures, controls, and supporting documentation.
• Serve as the privacy subject matter expert for product audits and assessments, coordinate privacy evidence, identify privacy risks, and drive privacy corrective actions to completion.
• Lead privacy event, incident, and breach investigations; coordinate relevant stakeholders; document findings; and track privacy-related corrective actions to completion.
• Lead or contribute to complex privacy projects and program initiatives based on organizational priorities.
• Perform additional projects, tasks, and responsibilities as assigned based on evolving organizational needs.

Experience Required

• 5+ years of progressively responsible privacy experience, including independently ownership of complex, cross-functional initiatives; substantial exposure to global data protection and privacy laws and regulations (e.g., GDPR and CCPA) and relevant standards and frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001, SSAE 18, the NIST Privacy Framework, and Privacy by Design).
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex privacy requirements into practical business guidance and use a range of communication, consultation, and influencing techniques to negotiate priorities, resolve issues, and drive change with stakeholders at all levels across functions such as Operations, HR, IT, Security, Legal, and Product.
• Experience applying privacy requirements in a global technology environment, preferably involving software, SaaS, or cloud services.
• Demonstrated ability to review technical documentation, system architecture, and data flow diagrams to identify personal data processing activities, understand data flows, and assess privacy risks.
• Bachelor’s degree in privacy, law, information governance, information systems, business, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• At least one recognized privacy certification, such as CIPP, CIPM, or CIPT, or other relevant certification.

Skills and Competencies

• Demonstrated ability to work independently in a distributed environment, exercise sound judgment with limited supervision, manage competing priorities, and recognize when significant privacy risks require escalation.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly assess unfamiliar issues, adapt to changing priorities, and deliver sound, timely guidance in a fast-p