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.
Working at Abbott
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. Youll also have access to:
- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
- Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
- An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
- Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelors degree.
- A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
The Opportunity
This position works out of our Abbott Park IL facility.
This position is a critical and trusted leadership role responsible for driving the operational execution of Abbotts global privacy program. The role will provide ongoing operational support, and manage change initiatives across the organization to advance enterprise-wide privacy objectives.
The Sr Privacy Operations Manager will build and maintain strong cross-functional relationships, working closely with Abbotts Office of Ethics and Compliance, Business Technology Solutions (BTS), and other key internal stakeholders. This role is instrumental in ensuring that privacy practices are effectively integrated into business processes and that compliance with global privacy regulations is maintained.
What Youll Work On
As the leader of Global Privacy Operations, you will drive continuous process improvement of Abbotts enterprise-wide privacy program. Your key responsibilities will include:
- Developing and presenting privacy program metrics and KPIs to senior leadership on a regular cadence.
- Managing incident response efforts in close collaboration with the Cybersecurity team.
- Overseeing government inquiries and investigations related to privacy matters.
- Coordinating external privacy reporting to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- Administering individual rights request processes to ensure timely and compliant responses.
- Ensuring online privacy compliance, including oversight of consumer tracking technologies and privacy-enhancing tools.
- Proactively identifying and escalating potential privacy issues.
- Partnering with Abbotts BTS organization to define, implement, and communicate technology solutions that support privacy operations.
- Managing the privacy program budget.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in a privacy, compliance, cyber security, or risk management role
- BA/BS degree
- Program management and Operational experience
- Understanding of privacy enhancing technologies (consent management, incident management, cookie management, etc.).
- Ability to use PowerPoint, Excel, Word, or other technologies to facilitate communicating information to stakeholders, manage personal workload, and track projects and issues.
- Strong knowledge of data protection and information security laws, rules, and regulations, as well as industry leading-practices and standards.
- Strong project management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- CIPP accreditation or similar are highly preferred.
ABOUT ABBOTT LEGAL
Employer of Choice: Through numerous local, national, and international accolades, Abbott is regarded as an employer of choice for our commitment to workplace excellence. Our employees are given the tools to succeed, lead and grow, with challenging opportunities and work that makes a difference. Through our diverse healthcare businesses, we connect people and potential in ways that no other company can. Discover a world of opportunities at Abbott.
Who We Are: We are legal professionals and business partners, and we use our expertise and judgment to guide Abbotts businesses through the challenges that come with operating in complex global environments.
What We Offer: Abbott Legal provides meaningful and challenging work on a global scale. We are a dynamic organization, and we develop our employees to meet the evolving needs of the company.
How We Work: We are collaborative, curious, and pragmatic. We value diversity of background, experience, and thought in our teams. We are expected to be holistic thinkers who see the big picture, and make thoughtful, informed decisions.
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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.
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