Job Description:
The Chief Privacy Officer will lead the firm-wide privacy strategy and oversight for Fidelity. The role is responsible for leading a direct and matrix organization that ensures US federal, state, and international privacy compliance in a highly regulated and complex business environment while supporting Fidelity business objectives and growth! This includes regulations governing the collection, use, disclosure, and protection of client, customer, and prospect personal information.
The Team
The Chief Privacy Officer is responsible for leading and coordinating the delivery and execution of a comprehensive privacy regulatory program (including Gramm-Leach-Bliley/Reg S-P, HIPAA, US state privacy laws, and GDPR) for Fidelity businesses! The Privacy team is responsible for:
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- Developing and overseeing firm-wide programs to ensure compliance with federal and state and international regulations.
- Leading cross-firm teams to implement new privacy regulations and supporting business initiatives with a focus on identifying and incorporating applicable privacy requirements.
- Overseeing privacy-related incident responses, including timely escalation of issues.
- Developing training and communications for associates to drive a culture of privacy compliance.
- Liaising with critical collaborators including Compliance, Risk, Cyber and Global Security partners, senior business leaders, internal auditors, and regulators.
The Expertise You Have
- Deep securities industry knowledge including comprehensive understanding of privacy regulations.
- 10+ years of privacy or related compliance, legal, or risk experience or comparable experience.
- Bachelor's degree with law or other advanced degree a plus.
- Experience in interacting with regulators, including the SEC, FINRA, and state agencies.
- Strong knowledge or experience regarding privacy related technology including managing technology efforts to support rule implementations and to delivery privacy services.
The Skills You Bring
- Proven leader with executive level presence, communication, and organizational skills to effectively influence firm leadership on prudent courses of action.
- Superior leadership and management skills who can recruit, retain, coach, and develop talent.
- Ability to lead complex enterprise-wide programs involving multiple business and technology groups.
- Business and technology strategic problem solver who drives privacy innovation and/or modernization.
- Collaborates through a proactive/constructive dialogue with senior management, business leaders, risk committees, and regulators.
- High-energy, positive, results driven leader who balances pace over perfection with a risk-based lens.
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels who is direct and "tells it like it is" while enabling candid debate. Knows when and how to advance issues.
- Unassailable integrity with strength of character to express opinions and challenge the status quo.
- Incident & program management
- Vendor privacy risk management
- Artificial Intelligence &/or data management governance
The Value You Deliver
- Regulatory Compliance: Ability to practically apply and comply to a diverse set of privacy regulations while supporting Fidelity's business goals.
- New Business & Product Growth - Partner with key business collaborators to incorporate "Privacy by Design" concepts into new products and services that support regulations and provide a robust client experience.
- Talent - Evaluate and develop talent across a team of compliance professionals developing needed skills and successors for key roles while creating a culture of inclusion and increasing associate mobility.
- Communication & Metrics - Focus on improving compliance analytics, metrics, transparency, and communications by using dashboards and business forums that galvanize leaders to action
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Company Overview
Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients' money.
Join Us
At Fidelity, you'll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples' lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees' Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don't need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity-we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you've always imagined.
Fidelity's hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Working onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of every other week in a Fidelity office.
At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation, detailed in this document, and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.
We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.
Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.
Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations@fmr.com.