Privacy Director AN / EPD / RMDx / CDx

Privacy And Data Protection Leader

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve peoples health. Were always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

This position works out of Abbott Park, IL and supports Abbotts Nutrition, Established Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics divisions.

The successful candidate should have a proven track record in collaboratively and pragmatically directing privacy and data protection strategies, needs and issues for a multi-national company. He / she has experience in presenting to senior executives, is a self-starter who successfully works with cross-functional working groups and works effectively with regulators and can provide risk-based guidance with imperfect information.

Qualified candidate is expected to build effective relationships with business unit leaders and other clients, and to partner with Abbotts global Legal and IT organizations. He / she also works with numerous other privacy and compliance stakeholders around the world.

What youll work on :

• Building and maintaining a deep business understanding.
• Leading and managing a diverse team of privacy and compliance professionals.
• Informing and advising Abbott businesses and employees of their obligations to ethically collect and protect personal data and to comply with Abbott policies and global / local privacy regulations.
• Advising stakeholders with regards to go-to-market privacy strategies for new products or services.
• Informing and advising with regards to data privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity laws and regulations.
• Leading compliance monitoring, including managing internal data protection activities, provide training, and conducting internal monitoring.
• Advising on privacy impact and risk assessments.
• Working and cooperating with designated supervisory authorities on issues and inquiries related to the processing of personal data.
• Being available for inquiries from data subjects on issues relating to privacy and data protection practices.
• Leading business specific incident response processes.
• Working closely with Abbott Privacy leadership team and continuously partner with division / global Compliance leadership and teams.
• Leading oversight and monitoring of the Divisions privacy compliance program, including coordination with regional privacy and compliance team members.
• Leading the development of division specific policies and procedures, work instructions, and other necessary procedural documents.
• Leading interactions between Privacy and business stakeholders by providing guidelines, checklists, training, resources, and other support to help streamline the submission and review of privacy impact and risk assessments and other requests for privacy support.
• Triaging, routing, tracking, and managing the status, ownership, and completion of privacy projects, requests and risk assessments.
• Working with product and engineering teams to enhance, manage, and develop new Privacy by Design methodologies, processes and policies to support the launch of consumer and healthcare professional related privacy initiatives, globally.
• Gathering facts and information to coordinate analysis and privacy-related responses with regional privacy team members, legal, and IT to internal audits, customer inquiries, data protection regulator inquiries, and Data Subject Access Requests.
• Leading the creation and management of metrics, and other tools to help communicate and track Privacy team progress and strategy for senior leadership.

Required qualifications :

Preferred qualifications :

The base pay for this position is $168,000.00 $336,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.