Sr Director Global Privacy Operations

Company Description

At Intuitive, we are united behind our mission: we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints.

As a pioneer and market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, we strive to foster an inclusive and diverse team, committed to making a difference. For more than 25 years, we have worked with hospitals and care teams around the world to help solve some of healthcare's hardest challenges and advance what is possible.

Intuitive has been built by the efforts of great people from diverse backgrounds. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere. We strive to foster an inclusive culture built around diversity of thought and mutual respect. We lead with inclusion and empower our team members to do their best work as their most authentic selves.

Passionate people who want to make a difference drive our culture. Our team members are grounded in integrity, have a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and bring diverse, real world experiences to help us think in new ways. We actively invest in our team members to support their long-term growth so they can continue to advance our mission and achieve their highest potential.

Join a team committed to taking big leaps forward for a global community of healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let's advance the world of minimally invasive care.

Job Description

Primary Function of Position:

Joining Intuitive Surgical means joining a team dedicated to using technology to benefit patients by improving surgical efficacy and decreasing surgical invasiveness, with patient safety as our highest priority. 

The Data Privacy Operations team is responsible for Global Data Privacy Operations and privacy-by-design. This team is the primary driver for the advancement of global privacy operations at Intuitive. The Sr. Director, Global Privacy Operations will be directly responsible for managing a team of privacy professionals; to execute against existing operations protocol, maintain Governance & Risk Compliance (GRC) tracking software, evolve and expand Privacy Operations coverage, and develop roadmaps for the evolution of the Privacy Operations program.  
The ideal candidate for the position of Sr. Director, Global Privacy Operations will have proven experience working in data privacy & compliance, data mapping, privacy operations, mapping compliance requirements to actionable controls and tracking / assuring execution against the program requirements.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for global privacy operations compliance
• Participate as the co-owner of the joint privacy program with Privacy Legal, delivering upon key metrics development, reporting and analysis, compliance, incident management, and other duties as required
• Lead the company’s global privacy operations team, providing strategic and tactical privacy operations guidance to key internal business partners (e.g., Human Resources, Sales Operations and Marketing, Product Engineering, Cybersecurity, and others), stay informed of partner business processes, applications, projects, and technologies to ensure compliance with privacy regulations / embed privacy requirements and controls into projects, products, and services.
• Work as part of a broader privacy and cyber security team overseeing, reviewing, and guiding drafting/release of privacy and data security policies, notices, standards, controls, and other practices cross functionally as part of matrixed global business operations.
• Support commercial activities regarding upholding data privacy and data security contractual provisions to ensure the company complies with cross-border data transfer restrictions and data localization requirements with respect to both intra-company transfers and transfers to third parties.
• Play a key role to support the Incident Response Team in the review, coordination and management of potential privacy or data security incidents, including investigations, , and other resolution efforts.
• Responsible for internal and third-party audits for certification and compliance of the privacy and security programs
• Lead global projects and manage day-to-day project management functions and workflow, including budgeting, trainings and communications
• Develop presentation materials for communicating program progress and risk with senior executive leadership and the Board of Directors during both regular and ad hoc governance meetings; including preparing executive summaries, briefing decks, and written and oral updates
• Monitor the evolving privacy landscape and best practices in the area of functional privacy to help identify critical issues and practical compliance solutions