Senior Privacy & Compliance Lead — Medical Devices

Thornton Tomasetti; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 297,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott is seeking an experienced privacy professional to lead privacy compliance operations for its Medical Devices Divisions and functions. The Associate Director will manage privacy program operations, review privacy controls, and support global digital transformation initiatives, partnering with Privacy, Legal, Compliance, Engineering, and Product teams.

The role reports to the Global Privacy Officer for Medical Devices and requires building relationships with business unit leaders and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Privacy Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
• 7+ years of progressive privacy program management, compliance, and/or program management experience.
• 5+ years of experience with privacy in an engineering/technical context.
• Fluency and proficiency in privacy preserving methods and technology.
• Strong verbal and presentation skills to communicate complex topics with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement standards, processes and technical solutions to ensure privacy policies are correctly implemented.
• Inform and advise Abbott commercial teams of their obligations to comply with the U.S. and global data protection laws, including HIPAA and GDPR.
• Lead privacy reviews for Generative AI related matters and guide divisions with Generative AI related advising.
• Be a member and participate in divisional Data Use and Ethics Councils.
• Guide the development of new privacy products and features, as well as the review of in place products and technology to ensure persistence of privacy controls.
• Identify areas of improvement in local practices relative to managing data privacy.
• Assist with regular privacy assessments of operational processes, identifying, and mitigating risks through effective tools, training, and guidance.
• Assist with tracking categories of privacy threats and vulnerabilities to proactively address potential future variances.
• Communicate program progress, escalations, and issue analysis to key stakeholders.
• Increase privacy maturity in the technical and compliance teams by providing privacy education, training, and mentoring.
• Closely interact with local teams in case of regulator inquiries or addressing data subject rights and drive for delivering system related / technical information and analysis needed to work up the cases and draft responses.
• Conduct privacy risk assessments of multiple product components, and determine how to bridge between data regulations, governance, practical engineering practices, and policy practices.
• Develop, maintain, and publish design or technical documentation to drive consistency in privacy decisions and practices.
• Drive and develop executive-level briefings on progress across major privacy control development frameworks.
• Ability to manage risk in ambiguous and complex situations.

Skills

Privacy program management

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder communication

Privacy engineering

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Privacy Engineering, Information Technology, or related field

Job description

Abbott is seeking an experienced privacy professional to lead privacy compliance operations for its Medical Devices Divisions and functions. The Associate Director will manage privacy program operations, review privacy controls, and support global digital transformation initiatives, partnering with Privacy, Legal, Compliance, Engineering, and Product teams.

The role reports to the Global Privacy Officer for Medical Devices and requires building relationships with business unit leaders and