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Director Privacy
Empowering patients starts with you. It starts with the chain of events you initiate when you work on the combined team of McKesson Specialty Care Solutions and US Oncology- a chain that extends across the country uniting a network of community-based cancer clinics and resulting in millions of people getting more from their healthcare.
Across McKesson Specialty Care Solutions and US Oncology, our team affects the full continuum of healthcare - ultimately helping to improve the patient experience at the individual level. Our specialty pharmaceutical programs offer a significant impact for our customers and their businesses. The Distribution Services segment of our company is dedicated to the wholesale distribution of specialty pharmaceuticals - focusing on oncology and other specialty products. Our Specialty Patient Services group provides compliance and adherence programs, as well as reimbursement hotlines, patient assistance and support programs and the managed distribution of pharmaceutical products. Our Specialty Solution Center is the largest single-site call center in healthcare, offering a centralized approach to optimize manufacturer product reimbursement and access. Our US Oncology operations unite one of the nation's largest health-care services network devoted exclusively to cancer treatment and research, and is a pioneer in community-based cancer care. Annually, the united network of more than 9,000 physicians, clinicians, nurses, and administrators delivers integrated cancer care to more than 850,000 cancer patients in community-based clinics located in 41 states.
Position Description
The Privacy Director will report to the McKesson Specialty Health Chief Compliance Officer and lead key initiatives and activities related to the development and implementation of privacy training, procedures, monitoring, controls, risk mitigation planning and other privacy program elements within McKesson Specialty Health, in compliance with relevant privacy laws and McKesson's information privacy practices. This experienced privacy professional must be able to think strategically, execute tactically and build relationships with business partners in a collaborative environment.
The Privacy Director also will work closely with the Global Privacy Office, Global Compliance and Ethics, Records and Information Management, Information Security Risk Management, the Law department, Human Resources, other privacy resources across the company, and other internal risk assessing organizations and corporate functions, to address privacy issues within McKesson Specialty Health.
The Privacy Director will operate under minimal supervision while serving as key resource to the business. The Director will take initiative to lead projects and provide support to key stakeholders in developing the McKesson Specialty Health privacy program. Additionally, the Privacy Director will be responsible for:
Leading the development and communication of privacy procedures, guidelines and training in coordination with Global Compliance and Ethics, the Global Privacy Office, and legal counsel.
- Understanding and incorporating new regulatory requirements, as appropriate, into McKesson Specialty Health's privacy program with assistance from legal counsel, the Global Privacy Office and the McKesson Specialty Health Chief Compliance Officer.
- Performing initial and periodic privacy risk assessments and conducting ongoing compliance monitoring activities, and supporting relevant departments (e.g. IT Management, Global Privacy Office, Human Resources, product and service development, etc.) and corporate initiatives in establishing/improving privacy processes resulting from risk assessment and monitoring activities.
- Working with legal counsel and the McKesson Specialty Health Chief Compliance Officer to ensure McKesson Specialty Health has and maintains appropriate privacy and confidentiality consent, information notices, and training and other materials reflecting current organization and legal practices and requirements.
- Ensuring compliance with privacy practices and consistent application of sanctions for failure to comply with privacy policies for McKesson's workforce, in cooperation with other departments as applicable.
- Serving as a privacy subject matter expert and providing guidance and advice within McKesson Specialty Health.
- Working with key partners to ensure coordination of activities and alignment between security and privacy programs, particularly around data incidents involving personal information.
- Managing the process for receiving, documenting, tracking, investigating, and taking action on complaints concerning McKesson Specialty Health's privacy policies and procedures in coordination and collaboration with other similar functions and, when necessary, legal counsel.
- Leading the creation and delivery of initial and periodic privacy-related orientation and education to McKesson Specialty Health employees, workforce, and appropriate third parties.
- Participating in investigations of potential privacy violations by employees or other inappropriate conduct with respect to corporate privacy policies, as needed.
- Assisting with privacy incident handling, potentially including incident investigation, tracking and coordinating.
Minimum Requirements
Bachelor's Degree required. Minimum of 4 years of progressively increasing responsibility and experience in privacy or health care privacy compliance/legal department, Strong project management skills, Knowledge of privacy frameworks and principles, and experience in privacy compliance programs based in US Federal, state, and/or international laws (ideally including HIPAA/HITECH, EU DPD, others), Understanding of trends in healthcare information technology, Excellent oral and written presentation skills, including the ability to communicate to all organizational levels, Ability to draft policy documents and translate regulatory requirements into practical and actionable elements
Additional Knowledge & Skills
- Juris Doctorate degree preferred
- Experience in a large, decentralized, multi-national company
- Experience in healthcare, pharma, research, legal services and/or project services
- Experience with secondary use of data and EHRs, and the deployment of health information exchanges
- Experience with Six Sigma or other similar business performance frameworks
- CIPP certification preferred
- Experience with information management and change management
- Experience conducting internal investigations
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
- Courage to take difficult or unpopular positions when necessary to protect the company
- Demonstrated excellence in leadership, alignment and execution
- Demonstrated ability to influence across many organizations at all levels
- Reputation for exercising the highest integrity
- Ability to draft policy documents and translate regulatory requirements into practical and actionable elements
- Strong analytical skills
- Extremely organized
Benefits & Company Statement
We believe you should be rewarded for the important work you do. For that reason, you'll receive a competitive compensation and benefits package when you join our team.
It starts with you. That's a simple sentence but it says a lot. It reminds each one of us that what we do matters. Every single McKesson employee contributes to our mission - whatever your title, whatever your role, you act as a catalyst in a chain of events that helps millions of people all over the globe. By connecting and improving the business of healthcare, we're helping to ensure that millions of patients get the treatment they need. And by choosing a career with McKesson Specialty Health, you'll join a team of passionate people working together to improve lives and advance healthcare.
At McKesson, we believe we can empower healthcare. And it all starts with you.
As an equal opportunity employer, McKesson Corporation unites the talents and contributions of all to advance the power of healthcare. Learn more about our opportunities at mckesson.com/careers
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