JAPAC Privacy Compliance Senior Manager

Experienced Privacy Professional to work in the Worldwide Compliance & Description  

Business Ethics (WC&BE) Department of a global pharmaceutical/biotechnology headquartered in Southern California.

The individual will be located in Singapore and support Amgen’s Privacy Compliance program in Asia and be part of the international privacy compliance team.

The individual will report directly to the Chief Privacy Officer and:

• Provide advice, guidance and/or support to local Compliance professionals regarding:
  • Any data protection issues arising at respective affiliates
  • Data Protection Authority (DPA) Notifications and Prior Approval submissions
  • Data Subject Inquiry responses (including access requests and requests for correction or deletion)
  • DPA inquiries and inspections (including advising on filing of DPA Notifications etc.)
  • Audit preparation and remediation
  • Regional execution of timely self-assessments to detect Privacy and Data Protection gaps and communicate gaps to Head of Global Privacy immediately (including liaising with business partners and IS to remediate self-assessments and audit gaps)
  • Any needed privacy-related training
• Provide advice, guidance and/or support to Global Privacy Compliance team regarding:
  • Regional or local privacy regulations and DPA activities regarding relevant regions
  • Local and/or regional privacy risks
  • Status of the Privacy Compliance program in respective countries on a regular basis
  • Cross-borders issues and assist in the development and implementation of solution-oriented approaches to Privacy and Data Protection compliance in assigned region and across Amgen
  • Best practices and how to improve cross-geographical and cross-functional awareness of Privacy and Data Protection
  • Implementation and identifying any needed improvements in Privacy Incident Response process in regional affiliates in assigned region
• Enable privacy compliance across various functions by:
  • Providing training together with the WC&BE team, and regular communications on Privacy and Data Protection Compliance to relevant staff
  • Advising on Privacy and Data Protection issues, including drafting privacy notices, templates and consents, and ensuring consistency in practices and forms across regions; and
  • Collaborating with Law, Corporate Audit, Information Systems and WC&BE functions regarding Privacy and Data Protection requirements to enable compliance and programmatic improvement.