VP, Chief Privacy Officer, Orthopedics

Job Overview 

The VP, Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) provides enterprise‑wide leadership for privacy strategy, governance, and compliance across DePuy Synthes. This role plays a critical part in protecting patient, customer, employee, and business data while enabling innovation and growth in a highly regulated global healthcare environment. The CPO partners closely with Legal, IT, Cybersecurity, R&D, Commercial, and Operations leaders to embed privacy‑by‑design principles into products, systems, marketing and other business processes. This is a high‑impact leadership role with direct influence on trust, reputation, and regulatory readiness as DePuy Synthes operates as a standalone company. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Set and execute the global privacy strategy, policies, and governance framework for DePuy Synthes. 

• Ensure compliance with global privacy, data protection and cybersecurity laws and regulations (including, e.g., GDPR, U.S. state privacy laws, digital product standards and laws and other applicable international requirements). 

• Serve as the primary executive leader for privacy risk management, including oversight of privacy impact assessments and mitigation plans. 

• Partner with Legal, R&D, Cybersecurity, and Technology teams to integrate privacy‑by‑design and privacy‑by‑default into systems, products, and digital initiatives. 

• Monitor new and proposed privacy laws and regulations and provide strategic guidance to senior leaders and the Board on privacy risks, trends, and regulatory developments. 

• Lead and develop a global privacy organization, including talent development and succession planning, to operationalize privacy requirements and to promote a strong culture of privacy and data protection. 

• Oversee privacy contracting practices to ensure compliance with applicable laws, guidelines and best practices. 

• Direct the development and implementation of a company-wide privacy training program, including the institution and instruction of named privacy stewards in the relevant functions. 

• Together with Cybersecurity, oversee privacy incident response, investigations, and support regulatory interactions as needed. 

• Working together with Government Affairs, develop and maintain trusted relationships with data protection commissioners and government enforcement agencies and execute a strategy for impacting the evolving privacy laws affecting the company. 

Qualifications 

Education 

• JD in the United States or in a European jurisdiction. 

Experience and Skills 

Required: 

• Typically requires 14+ years of progressive experience in privacy, data protection, cybersecurity, or related risk functions including in private practice or within a complex, global organization in a healthcare field (e.g., hospital system, medical device or medtech company, pharmaceutical industry). 

• Demonstrated expertise interpreting and applying global privacy regulations in a regulated industry, including GDPR and the U.S. federal and state privacy laws, including HIPAA, and relevant FDCA regulations. 

• Experience advising senior executives on privacy strategy and enterprise risk. 

• Demonstrated ability to build, operationalize, and improve processes and high-performing teams. 

• Proven ability to lead global, cross‑functional teams and influence without direct authority. 

• Strong strategic thinking, judgment, and decision‑making capabilities. 

Preferred: 

• Prior experience supporting or managing a data incident management and response process, including data subject and regulatory enforcement agency notifications. 

• Background partnering with information systems, cybersecurity, and digital technology teams. 

• Experience supporting business transformation or operating‑model changes. 

• Degree in Information Systems, Master of Business Administration or Master of Public Policy a plus. 

Other: 

• Travel: Up to 20%, domestic and international. 

• Language: Fluency in English required; additional languages a plus. 

• Certifications such as CIPP, CIPM, or equivalent preferred. 

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Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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