Our client, a global leader in smart access solutions and connected devices, is seeking a Head of Corporate Privacy Compliance. This privacy leader will drive and execute upon the vision and strategy of data privacy compliance in accordance with the company's fundamental values and business objectives. This role will set the strategy and own the development, management, and implementation of the company’s privacy posture, data ethics, and general compliance program. As the Head of Corporate Privacy Compliance, you will serve as a strategic liaison to the business, including product, marketing, and engineering teams, to balance risk with business opportunity as it relates to privacy and compliance. The successful candidate will be a sophisticated, knowledgeable resource for savvy partners and vendors, particularly related to the company’s connected services model and will anticipate needs related to AI/ML and proactively address concerns. The ideal candidate will fluently understand the best ways to leverage privacy tools, such as OneTrust.
Job Summary:
The Head of Corporate Privacy Compliance is an exciting position with an opportunity to shape and mold the future of the organization’s privacy program. This leader will drive and execute upon the vision and strategy of data privacy compliance in accordance with the company’s fundamental values and business objectives. This role serves as the face, voice, and primary point of contact throughout the global organization (U.S. and Canada, EU, APAC, LATAM) to both internal stakeholders and key business partners for privacy compliance related matters.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drives and owns the development, management, and implementation of the company’s privacy posture, data ethics, and general compliance program
- Enhances and elevates the company’s privacy program by crafting and delivering training and awareness that supports the company’s privacy posture with customized delivery for key stakeholder groups
- Monitors and audits compliance efforts and benchmark against the privacy compliance plan
- Serves as a strategic liaison to the business, including product, marketing, and engineering teams, to balance risk with business opportunity as it relates to privacy and compliance
- Be the evangelist across the organization to champion a best-in-class privacy offering, providing stakeholders with practical, actionable advice and risk-based guidance and support
- Manages and appropriately leverages the skills of the existing data privacy team and grows the team as needed to support the business
- Reports to the General Counsel and advises on areas of exposure and risk by staying abreast of burgeoning state and global regulatory changes (although the successful candidate need not be an attorney)
- Creates and maintains data privacy policies and internal controls that ensure the company is complying with key laws and regulations
- Cultivates an intimate understanding of the business to align with privacy frameworks that govern the core activities of the business globally
- Manages operational processes for compliance with relevant business activities, and serves as a partner to propel the business forward by instituting Privacy by Design principles, including getting involved at the beginning of projects and ensuring that product developers address privacy concerns during a product or service’s build, implantation, and launch
- Manages privacy complaints and incidents, including investigating and responding to data breach incidents
- Lead by example by being a roll-up-your-sleeves doer
- Be a sophisticated, knowledgeable resource for savvy partners and vendors, particularly related to the company’s connected services model – anticipate needs related to AI/ML and proactively address concerns
- Fluently understands the best ways to leverage privacy tools, such as OneTrust