Global Privacy & Data Protection Leader – Med Tech (MT) Sector

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Job Function:

Legal & Compliance

Job Sub Function:

Enterprise Compliance

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Job Description:

The Johnson and Johnson Global Privacy Organization is recruiting for a Global Privacy & Data Protection Leader, Med Tech Sector based in New Brunswick, NJ; Washington, DC or Brussels, BE.

The Global Privacy & Data Protection Leader for Johnson & Johnson’s MedTech (MT) Sector serves as the senior-most privacy executive for the sector. This role provides global strategic leadership, governance, and oversight of all privacy and data protection activities across MT, partnering closely with executive leadership, regional teams, and country teams. The leader will shape long term strategy, ensure compliance with evolving global privacy regulations, and mature the organization’s privacy operating model while driving scalable, business aligned privacy practices aligned to our modernization mandate.

Crucially, this role will also champion innovative and ethical uses of data across the sector, ensuring privacy leaders not only protect the company, but actively enable new models of patient engagement, innovation, and product development that strengthen health outcomes and accelerate scientific progress.

This role reports directly to the Chief Privacy Officer and maintains a strong, influential partnership with MT Leadership, representing the privacy function across global, regional, and market level BU leadership forums.

Key Responsibilities

Global Leadership & Strategic Accountability

• Provide end to end global oversight of Privacy & Data Protection for MedTech (MT) Sector, ensuring robust governance, compliance, and risk management across all business units and geographies.
• Serve as the senior-most privacy leader for the MT Sector, representing the function to sector executives and leadership teams globally, regionally, and within markets.
• Define and drive the long-term privacy strategy for MedTech, balancing regulatory compliance, patient safety obligations, and business innovation involving connected devices, digital surgery platforms, and AI-enabled solutions.
• Promote innovative and ethical uses of data to drive better health outcomes – ensuring privacy leadership actively enables new forms of patient engagement, innovation, and data driven product development, not merely compliance protection.

Team Leadership & Operating Model Oversight

• Lead and develop a global team of senior Privacy leaders organized by major regions and global support services, ensuring they have the drive for excellence, capabilities, structure, and support required to manage regional privacy obligations.
• Oversee and optimize a leveraged network of Privacy Stewards embedded in business units across markets, ensuring consistent execution of privacy responsibilities and adherence to global standards and processes.
• Build a high performance culture emphasizing accountability, collaboration, subject matter excellence, and continuous improvement.

Executive Engagement & Strategic Guidance

• Partner with senior leaders at all levels to provide expert strategic guidance regarding the implications of global privacy laws, regulatory changes, and evolving risk landscapes.
• Offer practical, business-oriented recommendations and privacy-by-design guidance for complex MedTech innovation including data flow architectures, digital platform, device connectivity, and customer engagement models.
• Serve as a catalyst for inno