Working Location: MASSACHUSETTS, WESTBOROUGH
Workplace Flexibility: Hybrid
For more than 100 years, Olympus has focused on making people’s lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling.
Every day, we live by our philosophy, True to Life, by advancing medical technologies and elevating the standard of patient care so people everywhere can fulfill their desires, dreams, and lives.
Our five Core Values empower us to achieve Our Purpose:
Patient Focus, Integrity, Innovation, Impact and Empathy.
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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 handling their personal data. For this purpose, Olympus relies on strong global governance, clear roles and responsibilities, and uniform implementation of privacy requirements worldwide. Olympus' ambition is to make privacy a quality-assured routine, and therefore to bring the Privacy organization close with the business. Our privacy professionals are committed to these goals.
The Regional Privacy Officer (RPO) is responsible for representing, implementing and enforcing the organization’s Global Privacy Program in the Americas region including but not limited to monitoring program compliance, supporting and advising on daily operations of the program, ensuring successful business partnering, contributing to global privacy initiatives such as strategy, rules & regulations, knowledge enhancement, communications and technology. The RPO shall establish processes for investigation and tracking incidents and breaches and insuring data subjects’ rights in compliance with applicable privacy laws. The incumbent shall also assume the role of a Data Protection Officer (DPO) (as appropriate and/or required by law). They may also be mandated to represent the Privacy or entire Governance, Risk & Compliance function (which Privacy belongs to) as a Business Partner for other (global) business functions.
Job Duties
In close alignment with the Global Chief Privacy Officer:
- Reports into the Global Chief Privacy Officer and maintains a dotted reporting line into the Regional Head of GRC. Acts as most senior full-time privacy professional on regional level, and works with business colleagues as business partner, including globally.
- Leads a team of regional (and where applicable, global) Privacy professionals and a network of external partners. Is a standing member of the global Privacy Leadership Team as well as the regional GRC Leadership Team. Leads individual initiatives and contributes to respective global working groups.
- Is responsible for the regional implementation of global privacy initiatives. Monitors the progress and completion of regional and local operational privacy tasks as part of the global Privacy Program. Executes globally initiated privacy reviews on regional and local level and creates reports. Launches and coordinates regional privacy initiatives and leads activities supporting and enabling global functions, projects, or initiatives.
- Guides, instructs and supervises regional (and where applicable, global) Privacy professionals and, potentially, other GRC Business Partners on legal and technical privacy, as well as other GRC related matters with relevance to the region or a certain function.
- Overseas and reviews regional and local data processing practices and advises together with the regional (and where applicable, global) privacy professionals regional senior management on complex privacy questions and implications.
- Strengthens the privacy compliance organization through awareness campaigns and communication.
- Ensures bottom-up communication of needs, challenges, and weaknesses in the Privacy organization.
- Acts as regional Data Protection Officer (registered for the regional headquarters and as group DPO for respective regional entities where appropriate and/or applicable) and, to this extent, acts as first point of contact for data subjects.
- Engages with competent supervisory authorities as appropriate and upon necessary alignment with the Legal function, and to this extent provides regulator reports as necessary on personal data processing records for all in-scope entities.
- Engages in the management of personal data breach at detection, response, containment, and mitigation level as prescribed in applicable policies and procedures.
Job Qualifications
Required:
- Academic degree (preferably fully qualified lawyer or completed university studies in information or commercial law and proven experience in privacy information technology).
- Relevant certifications such as CIPT, CIPM, CIPP.
- Minimum of 8 years of working experience in large, multinational organizations.
- Minimum of 4 - 6 years of experience as the accountable for privacy management system implementation, maintenance and development.
- Minimum of 6 years of people management experience.
- Excellent knowledge of internationally recognized privacy concepts and their implementation.
- Excellent knowledge of privacy management best practices (ISO 27001/27701, NIST Privacy Framework, etc.).
- Other Considerations (travel/hours availability, etc.):
- Ability to travel regionally and globally up to 20%.
- Regular participation in global projects and team meetings, primarily virtual formats.
- Maintain and develop relationships with internal stakeholders (e.g., board members, senior management in regional and global organization, Finance, Internal Audit, etc.).
Preferred:
- Excellent knowledge of data protection law (specifically with relevance for the Americas region).
- Extensive familiarity with health care relevant legislation and standards for the protection of health information and patient privacy.
- Technical expertise in terms of privacy related information security.
- A high level of integrity and trust.
- Analytical and result-oriented thinking.
- Able to work independently, flexible, and social and intercultural competence.
- Enjoys working in a team, shows own initiative and contributes with new ideas.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English (additional skills of German, Japanese, or Chinese a plus).
Why join Olympus?
We offer a holistic employee experience supporting personal and professional well-being through meaningful work, equitable offerings, and a connected culture.
Equitable Offerings you can count on:
- Competitive salaries, annual bonus and 401(k)* with company match
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision coverage effective on start date
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
- Free live and on-demand Wellbeing Programs
- Generous Paid Vacation and Sick Time
- Paid Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance*
- 12 Paid Holidays
- On-Site Child Daycare, Café, Fitness Center**
Connected Culture you can embrace:
- Work-life integrated culture that supports an employee centric mindset
- Offers onsite, hybrid and field work environments
- Paid volunteering and charitable donation/match programs
- Diversity Equity & Inclusion Initiatives including Employee Resource Groups
- Dedicated Training Resources and Learning & Development Programs
- Paid Educational Assistance
- US Only
- Center Valley, PA and Westborough, MA
Are you ready to be a part of our team?
Learn more about our benefit and incentives.
At Olympus, we are committed to Our Purpose of making people’s lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling. As a global medical technology company, we partner with healthcare professionals to provide best-in-class solutions and services for early detection, diagnosis and minimally invasive treatment, aiming to improve patient outcomes by elevating the standard of care in targeted disease states.
For more than 100 years, Olympus has pursued a goal of contributing to society by producing products designed with the purpose of delivering optimal outcomes for its customers around the world.
Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Olympus employs more than 31,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries and regions. Olympus Corporation of the Americas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Olympus Corporation, is headquartered in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, USA, and employs more than 5,200 employees throughout locations in North and South America. For more information, visit www.olympusamerica.com.
Olympus is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace
We recognize diversity in people, views and lifestyle choices and emphasize the importance of inclusion and mutual respect. We strive to continue to foster empathy and unity in the workplace so that our employees can fully contribute and thrive.
Let’s realize your potential, together.
It is the policy of Olympus to extend equal employment and advancement opportunity to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship status, religious creed (including dress and grooming practices), age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth and/or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, marital status, disability (physical or mental) and/or a medical condition, genetic information, ancestry, veteran status or service in the uniformed services, and any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
Applicants with Disabilities:
As a Federal Contractor, Olympus is committed to ensuring our hiring process is accessible to everyone. If you need an accommodation in order to complete the application or hiring process, please contact Olympus via email at OCAAccommodations@olympus.com. If your disability impairs your ability to email, you may call our HR Compliance Manager at 1-888-Olympus (1-888-659-6787).
Posting Notes: || United States (US) || Massachusetts (US-MA) || Westborough || Compliance
