Privacy Manager

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. You’ll 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 bachelor’s 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 

Our location in Abbott Park, IL or Willis Tower currently has an opportunity for a Project/Program Privacy Manager. You will be responsible for the cross-functional management and technical implementation of privacy programs compliance within the Global Privacy Office and across Abbott divisions. Additionally, you will be project managing privacy program and processes working closely with cross functional teams to establish and implement privacy by design, while ensuring compliance.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Work closely with Data Protection Officers and collaborate with Business Relationship Mangers (BRM) prioritizing Privacy projects against cost and capacity.
• Lead multiple projects implementations simultaneously for Global Privacy Office cross multiple divisions and geographies utilizing Agile methodology.
• Help manage and execute strategic roadmap for implementation of new privacy requirements to comply with new laws and improve processes for existing privacy programs (GDPR, CCPA).
• Lead or represent privacy compliance interests in cross-functional meetings.
• Identify areas of potential privacy risks with solution-oriented goals.
• Identify, catalogue and monitor requirements for reports, meetings, communications, decision and analysis throughout projects.
• Maintain a contract activity (schedule of dates for milestones, key deliverables, meetings, communication, reports and invoice delivery).
• Manage key strategic Data Privacy projects on its own: interact with relevant stakeholders to define requirements and limitations, prepare and align business requirements, defines appropriate solutions/architecture with IT team, prepare project plans, perform all necessary project / change management activities to ensure assigned projects are delivered on time and budget.
• Regularly presents to management the success on projects and Data Privacy Program initiatives, as well as escalates, explains, and most importantly offers solutions when risks/issues to projects are causing failure or inability to complete on time or budget.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

• Bachelor’s degree required in Business Management, Project Management, Legal or Computer Science and certification related to Information Privacy preferred; Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Minimum 5 years of work experiences in information privacy, compliance or related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of experience within a matrixed corporate environment.
• Knowledge of privacy risk, controls, and relevant industry data sources.

WHAT WE OFFER

At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:

• Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
• Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans
• Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs
• Paid time off
• 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
• The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities

Misc: This is an onsite role at Abbott Park or Willis Tower located in IL. This is not a remote role/opportunity.

Apply Now

• 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 $99,300.00 – $198,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.