Privacy Director – AN/EPD/RMDx/CDx

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.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

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 and supports Abbott’s 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 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.
• 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 submiss