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Summary
The Vice President, Provider Privacy Compliance/Strategy will lead privacy incident investigation and compliance strategy in support of Datavant’s Provider division. This role will scale and drive a privacy protection program across Datavant's national healthcare provider network, translating compliance insights, incident analysis, and state and federal regulatory requirements into actionable guidance.
Reporting to the Chief Compliance Privacy Officer, you will: (1) lead and optimize a team responsible for privacy incident investigation, response, and notification, (2) convert incident data into strategic recommendations for Datavant’s Provider product and operations teams, and (3) manage a specialized team executing high-impact compliance projects that impact Provider product, engineering, operations, training, human resources, and quality functions.
You will direct a dedicated privacy team, focused on our Provider division, that serves as the strategic compliance partner to all division functions, handling special projects that advance privacy maturity and operational excellence at a national scale, and across our global partners.
Key Responsibilities
Optimizing Privacy Incident Management
- Lead the development of a compliant, risk-informed framework for incident investigation, root cause analysis, and notification for privacy incidents nationally
- Develop optimized incident triage, investigation protocols, and remediation frameworks
- Translate incident patterns and findings into actionable recommendations for operations and product teams
- Develop and drive enterprise-wide cross-functional strategies to prevent recurrence and systematically reduce incident frequency
- Oversee breach analysis and regulatory reporting requirements for federal and state accountability points
Product Business Counseling
- Provide regulatory compliance guidance for new Provider division products and features
- Convert privacy incidents and audit findings into product design improvements and business process recommendations
- Deliver impact analysis and risk assessments for product and service launches
- Partner with product and engineering teams to build privacy requirements into development cycles
- Advise senior leadership on Provider-division related privacy risks and mitigation strategies
Strategic Compliance Projects Cross-Functional Leadership
- Oversee team to translate federal and state law requirements into documentation, workflow changes, and product enhancement recommendations
- Manage team execution of special compliance projects supporting Provider product development, optimization initiatives, operational improvements, training programs, and quality assurance
- Lead cross-functional privacy initiatives spanning multiple Provider division functions
- Monitor evolving privacy, interoperability, and release-of-information-related laws and regulations, and assess operational impact
Team Development Operations
- Manage and continue to build a high-performing team of privacy analysts, managers, and counsel focused on Provider division support
- Establish project frameworks, reporting systems, and performance metrics
- Oversee Provider customer inquiries, audits, and privacy or compliance assessments
- Develop policies and processes that help integrate Provider privacy workflows into Datavant’s enterprise compliance program
- Provide mentorship and foster culture of continuous improvement and innovation
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in law, healthcare administration, compliance, or a related field
- 10+ years of experience in privacy, compliance, or regulatory affairs within healthcare or health technology sectors
- Proven leadership experience managing privacy or compliance teams
- Strong understanding of HIPAA, HITECH, and other U.S. state/federal privacy regulations
- Demonstrated success in incident management, breach analysis, and regulatory reporting
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to translate regulatory requirements into operational and technical processes
Desired Qualifications
- JD, CIPP/US, CHPC, or equivalent advanced privacy/compliance certification
- Experience building and scaling privacy programs across multi-state or enterprise healthcare organizations
- Strong strategic thinking with the ability to connect incident insights to business and product strategy
- Experience advising product, engineering, and operations teams on privacy-by-design practices
- Familiarity with interoperability standards, data exchange frameworks, and healthcare data ecosystems
- Track record of leading cross-functional compliance or transformation initiative
- Proven ability to mentor and grow high-performing compliance teams
- Experience with automation or technology solutions that enhance compliance operations
We are committed to building a diverse team of Datavanters who are all responsible for stewarding a high-performance culture in which all Datavanters belong and thrive. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.
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