Privacy Manager at Abbott Laboratories

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 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

Our location in Sylmar or Pleasanton, CA currently has an opportunity for a Privacy Manager- Medical Devices (Cardio Rhythm Management / Heart Failure/Acelis).

What You’ll Work On

Abbott is seeking an experienced privacy professional to assist with privacy compliance for its Medical Device divisions covering Cardio Rhythm Management (CRM), Heart Failure (HF) and Acelis products. The successful candidate is an experienced privacy professional with a proven track record in collaboratively and pragmatically directing data protection needs and issues for a multi-national company. He/she has experience in presenting to senior executives and/or outside directors, is a self-starter who successfully works in "virtual" teams and cross-functional working groups and works effectively with Regulators.

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 stakeholders around the world.

• Inform and advise Abbott commercial teams of their obligations to comply with the U.S. and global data protection laws and requirements, including HIPAA, GDPR, and applicable U.S. state law requirements.
• Monitor compliance including managing internal data protection activities, training data processing staff and assisting with internal auditing and monitoring.
• Lead privacy reviews for Generative Artificial Intelligence related matters and guide divisions with Generative AI related advising.
• Be a member and participate in divisional Data Use and Ethics Councils.
• Lead divisional activities with regards to privacy enhancing technologies, such as Abbott’s centralized consent management platform and Abbott’s consumer tracking management platform.
• Advise on data protection impact assessments when required under GDPR and other global requirements.
• Work and cooperate with designated supervisory authorities on issues relating to the processing of personal data.
• Be available for inquiries from data subjects on issues relating to data protection practices.

Required Qualifications

• Post-graduate degree and/or CIPP accreditation are highly preferred.
• Must be able to work from an Abbott U.S. Medical Device location relevant to the CRM and HF businesses, i.e., Sylmar, CA or Pleasanton, CA.
• 4+ to 6+ years of global privacy experience in a multi-national company (medical device, pharmaceutical, consumer goods, or healthcare preferred) or a global law firm.
• Strong knowledge of data protection and information security laws, rules, and regulations, as well as industry leading-practices and standards.
• In-depth experience with U.S. privacy regulations EU data protection laws is required.
• Strong project management skills.
• Understanding of privacy enhancing technologies (consent management, incident management, cookie management, etc.).

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* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:  www.abbottbenefits.com

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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The base pay for this position is $109,300.00 – $218,500.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.