Staff Data Privacy Engineer

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:

Data Privacy and Protection laws and regulations are evolving across the globe.  The regulatory and operational impact to businesses is increasing in complexity and presenting new compliance challenges.  Intuitive’s Global Privacy and Data Protection team helps develop and implement data privacy and protection safeguards, controls, and regulatory requirements into our products and services.  The team supports Intuitive’s mission by promoting transparent, thoughtful, and deliberate collection, use, and dissemination of data in ethical, practical, and legally compliant ways. 

With extensive knowledge of data privacy and technical proficiency, the Staff Data Privacy Engineer will provide strategic guidance in steering the design, execution, and maintenance of comprehensive privacy controls across the entirety of Intuitive’s ecosystem.  This role will collaborate with internal teams, including network operations, infrastructure, and engineering teams to guide the development of standards, processes, and technical solutions in support of Intuitive products and services.  This role will engage in the comprehensive analysis of the existing network architecture to identify data privacy risks and recommend mitigation strategies to correct them.  Hands-on involvement will be required to ensure that data privacy considerations are seamlessly woven into the development lifecycles, guaranteeing the creation of technology that aligns with the highest standards of data protection.  The Staff Data Privacy Engineer will report to the Managing Principal and will serve as a member of the US/HIPAA Privacy team.

Roles & Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will perform the following:  

• Conduct thorough analysis of existing network architecture to identify and design data privacy controls to enhance Intuitive’s infrastructure.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to identify data privacy risks and vulnerabilities and recommend appropriate solutions for mitigation and reinforcement.
• Actively engage with interdisciplinary teams during development lifecycles to conduct privacy screening assessments/impact assessments and guiding the incorporation of appropriate controls into Intuitive products and services.
• Establish and maintain documentation related to data privacy controls implemented within the infrastructure.
• Act as a subject matter expert on data privacy within infrastructure-related discussions and decision-making processes.
• Ensure that privacy measures align with industry best practice and regulatory requirements, such as HIPAA and other global data privacy regulations. 
• Conduct comprehensive data mapping exercises to identify the flow of sensitive data within Intuitive’s infrastructure and ecosystem.
• Establish data quality standards and collaborate with relevant teams to enforce them, ensuring the accuracy and reliability of data.
• Monitor and ensure ongoing compliance with relevant regulations, staying informed about updates to data privacy requirements and conducting regular audits.
• Contribute and lead US/HIPAA Privacy team’s strategic goals and initiatives in support of the Global Privacy and Data Protection program which includes close partnership and collaboration with the Privacy Legal team.