Job Summary:
This new position is an excellent opportunity for a creative and dynamic leader to build a coordinated and comprehensive data privacy and transparency compliance program for UW-Madison.
Reporting to the Director of Compliance in the Office of Compliance, the Assistant Director of Data Privacy and Transparency (ADDPT) facilitates data privacy and transparency compliance policy creation, decision-making, and programming in coordination with institutional stakeholders such as the Division of Information Technology (DoIT), the Office of Data, Academic Planning & Institutional Research (DAPIR); Business Services; Research Compliance and Ethics; and other stakeholders, and acts as an institutional compliance lead, as well as promotes an overall UW-Madison culture of transparency about when and how personal information is collected, processed or stored. The ADDPT responds to auditors on internal compliance audits to ensure compliance with institutional policies and/or laws and regulations, including but not limited to HIPAA, FERPA, GDPR, and UW-Madison and UW System policies (e.g., Policy UW-523; UW System Administrative Policy 1040), and coordinates with other institutional compliance programs to ensure efficiency and communicates to senior leadership opportunities to improve compliance programming.
The Assistant Director of Data Privacy and Transparency also supervises and provides leadership to the HIPAA Privacy compliance unit staff and the Public Records unit staff.
Responsibilities: Directs compliance policy creation, decision-making, and program; and acts as an institutional compliance lead. Responds to auditors on internal compliance audits to ensure compliance with institutional policies and/or laws and regulations. Coordinates with other institutional compliance programs to ensure efficiency and communicate challenges to senior leadership.
- 25% Directs strategic planning initiatives and creates unit objectives and goals to ensure compliance with established rules and regulations
- 25% Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees
- 25% Develops operating policies and procedures to comply with regulations, institutional policies, and unit objectives.
- 20% Serves as the unit liaison to institutional stakeholder groups providing organizational information and represents the interests of the unit
- 5% Develops and audits the unit budget and compliance reports in accordance with established rules and regulations
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Education:
Required
Bachelor’s Degree
Preferred
Terminal Degree
Master’s Degree, Juris Doctor, or other terminal degree
Qualifications:
– At least 5 years of experience in a compliance, legal, or privacy related field.
– Demonstrated knowledge and experience in state, federal and/or international information privacy laws.
– Demonstrated ability to understand and implement laws, statutes, regulations and agency guidance.
– Demonstrated organization, facilitation, written and oral communication, and presentation skills.
– Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders across an organization.
– Demonstrated ability to build compliance or other similar programs involving multiple stakeholders.
– Demonstrated experience working in a highly complex, distributed organization.
– Supervisory experience preferred.
License/Certification:
Preferred
Current privacy certification such as CIPP or CIPM preferred, or ability to obtain industry-standard privacy certification within 12 months of hire.
Work Type:
Full Time: 100%
We offer the flexibility to work remotely part of the time. The actual balance of on-site vs. remote work will be discussed at the time of hire.
Appointment Type, Duration:
Ongoing/Renewable
Salary:
Minimum $140,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
This position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including generous paid time off, competitively priced health/dental/vision/life insurance, tax-advantaged savings accounts, and participation in the nationally recognized Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) pension fund. For a summary of benefits, please see https://www.wisconsin.edu/ohrwd/benefits/download/quickguidefasl.pdf
How to Apply:
Please click the ‘Apply Now’ button above. After creating a UW Jobs profile, you will be asked to upload a cover letter and resume. Your application materials should highlight your experience, knowledge, and skills as they relate to the listed qualifications.
Contact:
Kory Breuer
kory.breuer@wisc.edu
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.
Official Title:
Compliance Director (Inst)(CP016)
Department(s):
A02-GENERAL SERVICES/OFFICE OF LEGAL SERVICES/COMPLIANCE
Employment Class:
Academic Staff-Renewable
Job Number:
285000-AS