Privacy Officer Business Operations

• Job title: Privacy Officer Business Operations

• Location: Budapest, Hungary

• Job type: Permanent, full-time

• Hybrid working (60% office, 40% home)

About the job

Are you ready to shape the future of medicine? The race is on to speed up drug discovery and development to find answers for patients and their families. Your skills could be critical in helping our teams accelerate progress.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Join our Sanofi Business Operations team as a Privacy Officer and you’ll a strategic business partner responsible for protecting data subjects rights and freedoms, enabling data-driven innovation within Sanofi and maximizing business opportunities. You will lead the implementation of the Privacy operating model, balancing robust data protection with business growth opportunities in an increasingly complex privacy landscape. This role requires you to address critical privacy risk areas, implement privacy maturity at all levels of the company, generate trust and transparency while enabling the business to deliver according to its objectives.

Acting as a force of proposal you’ll have to proactively contribute to a robust data governance while having a thoughtful risk-based approach. You will manage Global privacy initiatives while ensuring compliance with evolving privacy regulations and championing privacy-by-design principles in an increasingly AI-driven environment.

Be part of something exceptional. Our Budapest Hub has been recognized for workplace excellence, innovation, and our commitment to putting people first. See the full list of our awards at the end of this posting.

Main responsibilities:

Prevent Privacy Risks

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive privacy risk assessment framework that addresses Business Operations (BO) maturity and ownership and promotes the effective implementation of the privacy operating model in Global Service Towers and Hubs.

• Understand, map and become familiar with BO strategy and activities to proactively support their deployment while mitigating privacy risks.

• Appoint and lead a Privacy champions’ network to implement in a proactive way privacy strategy and priorities.

• Contribute to global position papers, develop and maintain external network with public authorities and other privacy networks, represent Sanofi in industry advocacy efforts to enhance transparency and build trust with internal and external stakeholders.

• Implement privacy-by-design principles in global BO projects, with a focus on emerging technologies, innovation, data security and data democratization.

• In accordance with the Global Privacy maturity framework, provide periodic reports to the BO Leadership Team to map existing and emerging privacy risks.

Protect Fundamental Rights and Sanofi’s interests

• Oversee the mapping and maintenance of Global personal data processing activities, and ensuring transparency and effectiveness in data handling practices.

• Manage personal data breaches promptly and effectively to maintain trust and prevent business issues and disruptions.

• Develop and deliver targeted privacy training and awareness programs to increase business maturity and ownership of relevant stakeholders and staff.

• Proactively escalate privacy risks to the relevant governing bodies to incorporate new developments and expectations in both privacy operating model and business operations.

• Coordinate privacy audits and dawn raid responses, ensuring data security measures are properly implemented and documented.

Enable Trustworthy Innovation

• Proactively partner with Global Process Owners and Digital to integrate privacy considerations into new initiatives, especially those involving data democratization, AI innovation and business transformation.

• Ensure the protection of individual rights & freedoms while maximizing business opportunities through Thoughtful Risk based approach.

• Generate trust and transparency while enabling the business to deliver according to its objectives.

• Demonstrate agility and develop mature skills to perform privacy roles and responsibilities in an evolutive and uncertain business environment.

• Report on privacy program KPIs and demonstrate the business impact of privacy initiatives in supporting innovation and transformation.

Key Working Relationships

• Be part of BO extended leadership team, Privacy Leadership Team to be voice of Privacy and ensure that the Prevent-Protect-Enable is effectively understood & in place and in use.

• Work closely with the Service towers and Regional Hub heads to ensure effectiveness of the privacy operating model.

• Collaborate with and guide Hubs privacy champions across departments to increase business maturity and ownership of privacy.

• Be comfortable in supporting countries of more than 20 languages, histories and cultures.

• Partner with global teams on cross-functional privacy initiatives to ensure that data security is integrated with privacy controls.

• Establish and maintain relationships with local Data Protection Authorities to build transparency and trust.

• Represent Sanofi in industry trade associations to influence privacy standards that support innovation.

• Engage with external partners and vendors on privacy-related matters, implementing robust vendor management practices.

• Act as an advocate for privacy rights of external data subjects (candidates, consumers, patients) while enabling data democratization initiatives.

About you

Experience:

• Prior experience in Healthcare/Life science sector is an advantage.

• Experience working in highly regulated environments, preferably in project and/or compliance management.

• In-depth knowledge of data protection and AI regulations (GDPR, EU AI Act…).

• Experience working in an international environment

Soft Skills:

• Multi-stakeholder management based on influence rather than formal relationships. 

• Excellent communication, negotiation, writing and advisory skills.

• Ability to balance legal/company requirements and business enablement.

• Willingness to travel.

Technical skills: 

• CIPP/E, CIPM, AIGP or similar privacy qualification

Education: 

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree (law or computer sciences is an advantage) 

Language(s):

• Strong English skills (verbal and written), ability to exchange fluently in a global environment

Why choose us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team in an international work environment

• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact

• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave

• An individual and well-structured introduction and training of new employees and we will dedicate a Buddy for you to better navigate in your first weeks

• Join a great community & special events (Monthly Board Game Nights, Well-Being Lectures & Sport Clubs)

Office of the Year 2025 – Evolution Award
Our most recent award – Sanofi is recognized for creating an innovative workspace that supports collaboration and adaptability.

Marketing Diamond Award 2026 – Employer Branding
One of the highest honours at Hungary's prestigious Marketing Diamond Awards, recognizing excellence in employer branding.

BSC Investor of the Year 2025
Awarded by HIPA, ABSL Hungary, and AmCham Hungary for our contribution to Hungary's business services sector.

PwC Workforce Preference Survey 2025 – Top 3 Most Attractive Employers
Ranked 3rd among the most attractive employers in Hungary.

Hungarian Employer Branding Awards 2025 – Gold & Silver
Best Strategic Employer Branding Campaign (Gold) and Best Employer Branding Campaign in the Pharma Sector (Silver).

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