Sr Privacy Compliance and Ops Manager

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive is seeking a strategic Privacy Compliance & Operations professional to shape and scale the global privacy program. You will partner with IT, product security, procurement and business teams to implement privacy requirements through governance, documentation, training, and monitoring.

The role focuses on risk management, DPIAs/PIAs, and cross-functional initiatives to elevate program maturity in a fast-paced, regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Strong project leadership in a regulated environment.
• Experience with privacy risk management and governance.
• Operational excellence and process improvement mindset.
• Ability to partner with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead privacy assessments (DPIAs/PIAs), data transfer reviews, and risk reviews for products, systems, vendors, and business initiatives.
• Identify privacy risks, assess control gaps, and drive remediation with legal, technical, and business teams.
• Implement cross-functional privacy initiatives from strategy to execution with reporting and metrics.
• Maintain RoPA, SOPs, decision logs, evidence repositories, and related records.
• Embed privacy requirements into processes, systems, and data practices across the enterprise.
• Support privacy governance, monitoring, and incident response activities as needed.
• Develop training, communications, and playbooks to standardize privacy practices.

Job description

Job Description

Job Description

Primary Function of Position We are seeking a strategic privacy compliance and operations individual contributor to help shape and scale Intuitive’s global privacy program. This role partners across all business teams to implement priorities, drive enterprise privacy initiatives, and translate privacy requirements into scalable processes, controls, and governance. The ideal candidate brings strong project leadership, risk management, and operational excellence, and is comfortable working in a fast-paced, regulated environment. This role will help implement the roadmap for privacy compliance operations, strengthen governance and assessment models, and elevate the program’s overall maturity and business impact.

The Privacy Compliance & Operations reports to the Senior Director of Privacy Compliance & Operations and is a function of the global Privacy team within the Legal department, and partners with IT and product security, product managers, procurement, and all other business teams to operationalize privacy requirements through effective governance, assessments, documentation, training, and monitoring to enable compliant, trustworthy, and responsible data use across Intuitive’s business processes, products, and systems.

This role will act as a privacy compliance and operations professional responsible for implementing legal and regulatory requirements into practical processes and controls, managing cross-functional initiatives, supporting audit and regulatory readiness, and reducing privacy risk through scalable compliance operations and strong stakeholder engagement.

Essential Job Duties

• Partner with cross functional, global business stakeholders to operationalize privacy requirements.
• Lead privacy assessments, including DPIAs/PIAs, data transfer reviews, and risk reviews for products, systems, vendors, and business initiatives.
• Identify privacy risks, assess control gaps, and drive remediation with business, legal, and technical teams.
• Implement cross-functional privacy initiatives from strategy and roadmap development through execution, tracking, and executive reporting.
• Maintain key privacy program documentation, including RoPA, SOPs, decision logs, evidence repositories, and related records.
• Partner with technical and business teams to embed privacy requirements into processes, systems, and data practices.
• Help shape privacy governance, compliance monitoring, and risk management strategies aligned with applicable laws, business priorities, and internal policies.
• Participate in privacy incident response activities, including intake, documentation, follow-up actions, and lessons learned.
• Help improve data subject rights operations, including intake, tracking, coordination, metrics, and process improvement.
• Support third-party privacy reviews, due diligence, remediation tracking, and ongoing monitoring.
• Develop metrics, dashboards, and executive reporting to track program performance, emerging risks, and overall privacy program maturity.
• Drive process improvements, standardization, and tooling enhancements across privacy operations.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to stakeholders by providing practical, risk-based guidance and influencing privacy decisions across the business.
• Develop training, communications, and playbooks to support consistent privacy practices across teams and regions.