Abbott Laboratories
Privacy Director – Data Ethics, Digital and Corporate Functions
Abbott Laboratories, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60629
Overview Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
Experience, qualification, and soft skills, have you got everything required to succeed in this opportunity Find out below. About Abbott Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology. Working at Abbott At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to: Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. Free medical coverage for employees via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO. An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution. Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree. A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune. A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists. The Opportunity This position works out of Abbott Park, IL. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Privacy Director to develop and lead our digital and data ethics privacy initiatives and programs. The role will also provide Privacy leadership and support to our Corporate Functions, such as Marketing, Human Resource, IT and Finance. 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 Abbott's global Legal and IT organizations. He/she also works with numerous other privacy and compliance stakeholders around the world. What You’ll Work On
Building and maintaining a deep business understanding. Developing and implementing digital privacy strategies. Leading digital privacy transformation projects and initiatives. Staying abreast of emerging digital trends and technologies. Establishing and overseeing implementation of data ethics policies and practices. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to promote a culture of data ethics. 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. Serving as the Privacy Director for Abbott’s Corporate Functions such as Marketing, HR, IT and Finance. Informing and advising with regards to data privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity laws and regulations. Leading privacy compliance monitoring, including managing internal data protection activities, providing 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 function-specific incident response processes. Working closely with Abbott Privacy leadership team and continuously partnering with division/global Compliance leadership and teams. Leading oversight and monitoring of privacy compliance programs, including coordination with regional privacy and compliance team members. Leading interactions between Privacy and Corporate 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. Leading the oversight and management of metrics and other tools to help communicate and track Privacy Program and Team progress and strategy for senior leadership. Required Qualifications
Bachelor or equivalent degree. Proven leadership skills: Executive stakeholder management, change management, project management, communication, active listening, collaboration, decision making, and agile learning. Must have worked effectively with all levels of management up to and including Division President, Corporate and Divisional VPs & Directors. High level of oral and written communication skills required. Ability to manage directly and indirectly across multiple languages, geography and time zones. At least 8–10 years of experience demonstrating decision making, personnel management and leadership skills. Strong process management expertise and mindset. Deep understanding of business interests and data processing activity. Experience with digital technologies. Strong knowledge of data protection and cybersecurity laws and regulations, as well as industry leading-practices and standards, and ability to understand and assess data protection risk and business benefit. Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting product launches or familiarity with product launch lifecycle. Experience scaling of privacy controls and capabilities. Experience in program management, consulting, or internal regulatory compliance. Experience and understanding of compliance practices related to data security and privacy including common risks and controls. Professional certification in privacy (e.g., CIPP, CIPM, CIPT, CDPSE). Ability to effectively navigate in a highly matrixed organization. Proven strength to identify stakeholders and points of view, bringing people together to agree on and execute a strategy. Prior exposure to regulated healthcare and life sciences companies a plus. Apply Now * Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year. Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity. Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal. The base pay for this position is $147,300.00 – $294,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
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Experience, qualification, and soft skills, have you got everything required to succeed in this opportunity Find out below. About Abbott Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology. Working at Abbott At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to: Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. Free medical coverage for employees via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO. An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution. Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree. A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune. A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists. The Opportunity This position works out of Abbott Park, IL. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Privacy Director to develop and lead our digital and data ethics privacy initiatives and programs. The role will also provide Privacy leadership and support to our Corporate Functions, such as Marketing, Human Resource, IT and Finance. 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 Abbott's global Legal and IT organizations. He/she also works with numerous other privacy and compliance stakeholders around the world. What You’ll Work On
Building and maintaining a deep business understanding. Developing and implementing digital privacy strategies. Leading digital privacy transformation projects and initiatives. Staying abreast of emerging digital trends and technologies. Establishing and overseeing implementation of data ethics policies and practices. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to promote a culture of data ethics. 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. Serving as the Privacy Director for Abbott’s Corporate Functions such as Marketing, HR, IT and Finance. Informing and advising with regards to data privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity laws and regulations. Leading privacy compliance monitoring, including managing internal data protection activities, providing 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 function-specific incident response processes. Working closely with Abbott Privacy leadership team and continuously partnering with division/global Compliance leadership and teams. Leading oversight and monitoring of privacy compliance programs, including coordination with regional privacy and compliance team members. Leading interactions between Privacy and Corporate 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. Leading the oversight and management of metrics and other tools to help communicate and track Privacy Program and Team progress and strategy for senior leadership. Required Qualifications
Bachelor or equivalent degree. Proven leadership skills: Executive stakeholder management, change management, project management, communication, active listening, collaboration, decision making, and agile learning. Must have worked effectively with all levels of management up to and including Division President, Corporate and Divisional VPs & Directors. High level of oral and written communication skills required. Ability to manage directly and indirectly across multiple languages, geography and time zones. At least 8–10 years of experience demonstrating decision making, personnel management and leadership skills. Strong process management expertise and mindset. Deep understanding of business interests and data processing activity. Experience with digital technologies. Strong knowledge of data protection and cybersecurity laws and regulations, as well as industry leading-practices and standards, and ability to understand and assess data protection risk and business benefit. Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting product launches or familiarity with product launch lifecycle. Experience scaling of privacy controls and capabilities. Experience in program management, consulting, or internal regulatory compliance. Experience and understanding of compliance practices related to data security and privacy including common risks and controls. Professional certification in privacy (e.g., CIPP, CIPM, CIPT, CDPSE). Ability to effectively navigate in a highly matrixed organization. Proven strength to identify stakeholders and points of view, bringing people together to agree on and execute a strategy. Prior exposure to regulated healthcare and life sciences companies a plus. Apply Now * Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year. Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity. Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal. The base pay for this position is $147,300.00 – $294,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
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