Job Description

Olympus is a global leader in medical technology and life sciences. As data becomes increasingly significant for its own products and product development, Olympus strives to have a modern, efficient and sustainable data privacy organization that demonstrates a strong commitment to protecting the rights and freedoms of all employees, partners, customers and patients when it comes to processing personal data. For this purpose, Olympus relies on strong global governance, clear roles and responsibilities, and uniform implementation of data privacy requirements worldwide. Olympus' ambition is to make data privacy a quality-assured routine, and therefore to bring the Global Privacy Compliance organization close with the business. Our privacy professionals are committed to these goals.

The Olympus Corporation of Americas (OCA) Privacy Compliance team is one of the four regional teams in the Global Privacy Compliance organization. Led by the Regional Privacy Officer of OCA, the OCA Privacy team is responsible for leading and managing privacy compliance for the Americas region enabling Olympus and its regional operations to be a responsible and data-driven business. The OCA Privacy team does this by monitoring laws related to personal data across the regions, designing and implementing applicable policies, Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) and templates, designing and delivering training and communication to increase awareness and supporting on new opportunities involving personal data.

The Privacy Manager will report directly to the OCA Privacy Officer. The Privacy Manager is responsible for executing operational privacy tasks as defined and allocated through the OCA Privacy Team, including create and maintain policies, train applicable stakeholders, and develop and manage practices to analyze, prioritize, and report on privacy risks and mitigation activities.

Job Duties

• Act as full-time privacy compliance professional, delivering privacy compliance advice to internal stakeholders and executing operational privacy tasks as defined and allocated through OCA Privacy.

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  Work with internal stakeholders, within applicable jurisdiction(s) or across regions, to develop and maintain a data inventory and Records of Processing Activities (‘ROPAs’).

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  Initiate relevant privacy assessments to internal stakeholders and assist in their completion.

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  Support with the assessment, evaluation and documentation of potential privacy compliance risk and applicable mitigations as agreed by the business.

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  Monitor and manage any shared mailboxes owned by OCA Privacy or the Global Privacy Compliance organization, including responses to routine enquiries and escalating issues to the correct team leads or contacts.

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  Support OCA Privacy and/or the wider Global Privacy Compliance organization in privacy incident management and response.

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  Adapts and delivers ongoing training and privacy awareness initiatives to the OCA region.

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  Proactively monitor and analyze evolving laws, rules, regulations and guidance to help Olympus to maintain compliance and strategic alignment.

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  Strive for continuous process optimization and implementation of privacy compliance requirements based on documented data processing activities from the business.

Job Requirements

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

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  Bachelor's Degree and J.D. LLM Master of Business Administration or Master of Science in Business, or Management Information Systems or equivalent knowledge is required.

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  A minimum of 7 years’ experience in a corporate setting working cross-functionally with supervisory and/or managerial responsibilities.

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  A minimum of 5 years of privacy risk management/privacy program management.

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  Experience in developing presentations and communicating privacy analysis to cross functional business leaders.

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  Must be available to travel occasionally as needed.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

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  Demonstrates proficient analytical, organizational, interpersonal, and verbal and written communication skills.

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  Strong leadership communication and presentation skills are required.

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  Experience with enterprise Governance, Risk, & Compliance tools.

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  Experience in planning and project management and in maintaining composure under pressure while meeting project deadlines.

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  Regular participation in global team meetings, primarily virtual formats, and occasional physical presence.

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  Stay current on industry best-practices for Privacy and Security.

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  Manage complex projects with competing business initiatives and demanding timelines.

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  Track Privacy KPIs and KRIs to better understand drivers and implications of performance and risk indicators