Privacy & Compliance Manager

Medicine, biology, and technology are rapidly converging. The future of health will be data-driven, predictive, and precise. Microsoft Health Futures is focused on empowering every person on the planet to live a healthier future. To this end, we are responsible for research, incubations, and moonshots that drive cross-company strategy, partnerships, and real-world impact across healthcare and life sciences.  

We are a global, inclusive, and diverse crew of researchers, scientists, engineers, biotechnologists, designers, social scientists, strategists, healthcare experts, and medical professionals. The Privacy & Compliance Manager will serve as the compliance lead for health data privacy across Microsoft Research life science, health and Artificial Intelligence (AI) incubation projects. This role is critical to ensuring regulatory alignment and privacy best practices in collaboration with research, security, legal, engineering, and external partners. The position also contributes to Responsible AI risk assessments, particularly in the context of biological and clinical data.

At Microsoft, our mission—to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more—guides how we partner with customers to deliver trusted, impactful solutions. With a growth mindset culture, we innovate responsibly and measure success by shared progress—people, teams, and customers. Join us to do meaningful work that changes the world and helps shape what’s next for everyone.

• Privacy Compliance Leadership: Oversee privacy reviews for onboarding and public release of data, models, audits, and other assets. Ensure compliance with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), UK Data Protection Act, and other relevant regulations and alignment with Microsoft Policies and Standards and the broader Research Privacy Compliance program.   
• Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a privacy subject matter expert to engineering, research, legal, security, and compliance teams. Provide guidance on data handling, use, and retention.  
• Responsible AI Risk Management: Contribute to risk assessments and mitigations related to biosafety, data use, and AI deployment in health contexts. Serve as a proactive problem solver.  
• Collaborator Negotiations: Support external engagements and negotiations, working closely with cross-functional teams.  
• Release Management: Oversee internal release and compliance processes and implement and share best practices across Microsoft Health Futures and in close coordination with Microsoft Research central compliance team.  
• Project and Portfolio Management: Coordinate workstreams across teams ensuring alignment with broader Microsoft regulatory and compliance goals. Track milestones, dependencies, and deliverables across multiple initiatives.  

Required Qualifications 

• Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience. 
• 2+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Current certification in 1 or more CIPP/E, CIPP/US, AIGP, or an equivalent credential demonstrating expertise in privacy, data protection, or information governance. 
• Understanding of global health data regulations and familiarity with implementation of privacy compliance approaches (e.g., DPIAs). 
• Bachelor's Degree in Science, Business, Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years experience in business, legal/regulatory, compliance, audit/consulting firm with focus in Life Science or MedTech
  • OR Master's Degree in Science, Business, Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years experience in business, legal/regulatory, compliance, audit/consulting firm with focus in Life Science or MedTech
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Strategic thinker with a proactive and solutions-oriented approach to privacy risk management. 
• Ability to handle multiple projects and stakeholders with accuracy and expediency. 
• Adept at navigating matrixed organizations and collaborating across cross-functional teams. 
• Familiarity with pharmaceutical or biological AI technologies and their regulatory implications. 
• Understanding of and experience with open data and open-source licensing terms. 
• Effective communication skills. 

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