Privacy Compliance Specialist

Lincoln Financial • Fort Wayne, IN

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Privacy Compliance Specialist, you will provide support to Lincoln’s Corporate Privacy Office by actively managing privacy incident investigations and other compliance related tasks. Your key responsibilities include thoroughly investigating privacy incidents, conducting comprehensive reviews and risk assessments and assisting with a variety of other core privacy operations.

Requirements

• 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.

Nice To Haves

• IAPP Foundations program completion or IAPP certification preferred.
• 1-3+ years of relevant professional experience; background in compliance, privacy, or risk management preferred.

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.

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees