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Position Overview

The Exact Sciences Global Privacy Office seeks a Director with experience building privacy compliance programs. As the Director, Global Privacy Office, you will be highly motivated and an action-oriented individual who is at ease in continuing to build and enhance Exact Sciences' privacy compliance program to comply with U.S. data privacy regimes like HIPAA, CPRA, and others. The Director, Global Privacy Office will be one of the leading privacy experts for Exact Sciences' USA privacy landscape. We need a strong leader to drive the privacy strategy for multiple business initiatives and projects while partnering with the broader legal and compliance teams. The successful candidate will be a seasoned privacy professional passionate about ensuring privacy compliance and providing an exceptional customer experience.

The position may be in Madison, Phoenix, San Deigo, or remote.

Essential Duties

Include but are not limited to the following:

• Mature the privacy compliance program. Oversee the development, implementation, and monitoring of the 7 elements of an effective compliance program.
• Serving as a subject matter expert on U.S. data privacy and protection laws, regulations, policies, and best practices.
• Oversee, expand, and mature our privacy and data protection policies, procedures, and best practices for Exact Sciences, including web tracking technologies, mobile and digital products and services.
• Work cross-functionally with the product business units, legal, marketing, information technology, information security, and other teams to address privacy requirements.
• Oversee, expand, and mature the privacy monitoring function in a manner that reduces risk.
• Ensure that business and technical tools and processes comply with privacy laws and regulations.
• Lead data protection risk assessments and remediation efforts.
• Drive improvement and change through expertise and influence.
• Research privacy and data protection laws, regulations, and best practices.
• Developing and presenting privacy compliance training modules to promote data protection culture and awareness throughout the company.
• Support M&A post-close integration efforts.
• Cultivates an environment where colleagues respect and adhere to company standards of integrity and ethics.
• Lead a team of privacy professionals.

Skills

• Privacy Expertise: Possess in-depth knowledge of HIPAA and other major U.S. privacy legislative frameworks, demonstrating proficiency in navigating complex privacy regulations. Experience with building privacy compliance programs for a patient-facing life sciences company.
• Privacy and Technology Acumen: A solid understanding of the interplay between privacy and technology issues, showcasing an ability to address privacy concerns within a technological context.
• Cross-functional Collaboration Skills: Establishing and nurturing cross-functional, collaborative relationships with business and technology partners. This capability will be pivotal in effectively deploying privacy compliance programs.
• Executive-Level Engagement: Hands-on experience working with executives and key stakeholders, contributing to informed business decision-making processes by providing valuable insights and guidance in privacy matters.
• Exceptional Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to effectively convey complex privacy concepts and translate them into practical policies and training to technical and non-technical audiences, facilitating understanding and compliance across the organization.
• Consistent demonstration of exceptional leadership qualities, including but not limited to the ability to attract and retain the best team, foster a culture of high performance, lead with integrity, humility, accountability, and courage, and set a clear vision to energize teams towards the future.
• Effectively manage, support, and guide your team, including, but not limited to delegating tasks and responsibilities, assess employee performance and provide helpful feedback and training opportunities.
• Ability to juggle competing priorities and drive results with a high emphasis on quality.
• Comfortable delivering data protection advice to a variety of stakeholders.
• Experience with cross-jurisdictional data protection and privacy issues.
• Ability to analyze processes and determine if adequate controls are in place that maximize efficiency and are appropriate for the related activity.
• Ability to field questions from individuals throughout the Company and accurately and correctly provide guidance on questions and requests.
• Ability to take direction and independently work towards achievement of projects.
• Ability to independently identify and analyze issues and to exercise sound judgment to resolve those issues.
• Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.
• Regular and reliable attendance.
• Ability to work on a mobile device, tablet, or in front of a computer screen and/or perform typing for approximately 90% of a typical working day.
• Ability to travel between Exact Sciences locations.
• Ability to travel 10% of working time away from work location, including overnight/weekend travel.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, human resources, technology, or related field.
• 8+ years of compliance, ethics, legal, project management, or related experience related experience.
• 5+ years of focused privacy program experience in a life sciences or related industry.
• 3+ years of focused privacy program management experience in a life sciences or related industry.
• 2+ years of supervisory experience.
• IAPP CIPP-US or CIPM certification.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate complex legal and regulatory environments.
• Demonstrated effective leadership skills to promote a compliance-oriented culture within the organization.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Demonstrated ability to perform the position's Essential Duties with or without accommodation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate or Master's degree in law, information security, or computer science.

Salary Range:

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