Privacy Compliance Specialist

Lincoln Financial is a company that helps people confidently plan for their financial future. As a Privacy Compliance Specialist, you will manage privacy incident investigations and compliance-related tasks, ensuring adherence to privacy laws and regulations while supporting organizational initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Managing the investigation, response, documentation, tracking, escalation, and analysis of privacy incidents
• Resolving privacy incidents within mandated timeframes; ensuring actions taken are sound and comply with regulatory requirements
• Developing and maintaining relationships with internal business partners and technology groups; understanding their business and processes and providing analysis, support, and guidance for privacy incident management and related matters
• Preparing both internal and external communications
• Assisting with the maintenance of incident response playbooks, policies, documentation, and ensuring timely updates
• Assisting with incident response dashboards and reporting
• Developing knowledge and understanding of privacy laws and regulations
• Complying with departmental and regulatory guidelines relating to timeliness, recordkeeping laws and regulations, documentation, and reporting
• Promoting and enhancing organizational initiatives by positively influencing and supporting change management
• Delivering on routine assignments while simultaneously leveraging and applying knowledge of privacy
• Supporting other privacy-related tasks, such as consumer rights requests, privacy impact assessments, and compliance with new privacy laws and regulations

Skills

• 4 years/Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (4 years of experience in lieu of Bachelor's) (Minimum Required)
• 1-3+ years of relevant professional experience; background in compliance, privacy, or risk management preferred
• No license or certification required; IAPP Foundations program completion or IAPP certification preferred
• Experience in Microsoft Excel, including applying basic formulas and performing data analysis
• Experience in preparing written materials, including drafting clear and accurate communications

Benefits

• Clearly defined career tracks and job levels, along with associated behaviors for each of Lincoln's core values and leadership attributes
• Leadership development and virtual training opportunities
• PTO/parental leave
• Competitive 401K and employee benefits
• Free financial counseling, health coaching and employee assistance program
• Tuition assistance program
• Work arrangements that work for you
• Effective productivity/technology tools and training

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