Senior Privacy Analyst Position, University of Washington

[Ann Nagel <awalchuk () UW EDU>]

Hello Security Colleagues,

The Privacy Office at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington has an open position for a Senior Privacy 
Analyst. Please share the below information with your colleagues or other individuals who you think may be interested 
in the position. A summary of the position is directly below my signature.

Thank you,

ANN W. NAGEL
University Privacy Officer
Associate Vice Provost / Privacy
UW Privacy Office / Academic and Student Affairs
206.543.2767
awalchuk () uw edu<mailto:awalchuk () uw edu>
privacy.uw.edu

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Senior Privacy Analyst, Privacy Office, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

The University of Washington (UW) is seeking an experienced, motivated, and knowledgeable Senior Privacy Analyst 
(Requisition 184755).  The UW is one of the most innovative universities in the world, with a reputation for advancing 
diversity, improving sustainability, and conducting ground-breaking research.  UW is consistently honored as a “Great 
College to Work for” by the Chronicle of Higher Education, and is ranked #5 on Forbes Best Employers in Washington 
State.

The Senior Privacy Analyst is instrumental in providing privacy-related services, leadership, and subject matter 
expertise across the UW Privacy Office’s many services and resources. This includes working with the privacy team to 
develop, implement, and sustain the privacy processes. It also includes performing analysis and making decisions and 
recommendations to various stakeholders across the University on how to include privacy principles and privacy by 
design in their data processing activities, business processes, projects, and systems.

The Senior Privacy Analyst manages UW Privacy Office’s advising related services that are essential for the office to 
respond to the UW units’ needs and data subjects’ requests.

The primary focus of the Senior Privacy Analyst is on privacy, data ethics, and data protection associated with the all 
areas of the UW and for all types of personal data except protected health information.

This position requires an aptitude for performing analysis and providing pragmatic, risk balanced recommendations to a 
broad spectrum of complex issues where many criteria matter to varying degrees to different constituencies.

Knowledge of global privacy and data protection laws, regulations, principles and best practices are essential, as well 
as general knowledge of technology and information security.

Successful candidates must have ability to:
• Gather, interpret, and respond to business and technical requirements.
• Explain privacy and data protections requirements in a user friendly, clear and concise manner that can be understood 
by anyone.
• Manage effective internal and external relationships with stakeholders and their partners across functional and 
organization lines.
• Convene and facilitate challenging and complex conversations
• Develop tools, templates, resources, guidance, and privacy-related notices or consent forms.
• Organize and address various requests simultaneously.
• Manage projects and anchor privacy in UW culture through quality and timely service delivery.
• Triage, analyze, and summarize risks, as needed—manage or escalate analysis and recommendations to the Associate Vice 
Provost for Privacy for decision-making.
• Be flexible, comfortable with ambiguities, and adaptable to change in constantly evolving internal and external 
environments.

Requirements include:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in computer science, information management, business, public administration, law, or 
other fields closely related to privacy.
• Professional certifications relevant to privacy and/or information security (e.g. CISSP, CIPP, CIPT, CIPM).
• 5 years’ professional experience of progressive responsibility in privacy, data protection, or a related field such 
as law, information security, compliance, or public policy.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience and interest in gaining a detailed understanding of the nature and purpose of data that are collected, 
received, where the data resides, and how data are used.
• Experience managing complex initiatives that require development of an idea, documentation of uses cases, analysis of 
requirements, problem solving, implementation of a project, system or business process, and sustainment of the desired 
outcomes.
• Experience with privacy incident response, analysis, and remediation.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively to build, lead, or participate in team or group 
discussions and projects within a large organization that often encourages, and sometimes requires, consensus building 
for key initiatives.
• Proficient in organizing, planning, prioritizing and managing work related responsibilities in a way that establishes 
clear goals and objectives, manages competing priorities and schedules, and ensures proper communication and reporting.
• Experience advising or consulting colleagues in a diverse environment.
• Demonstrated experience and proficiency using standard business productivity software and tools.
• Operates with integrity, professionalism, and high ethical standards.
• Experience negotiating data protection agreements and implementing privacy by design.
• Familiarity with privacy program management tools/solutions for analyzing, communicating, and making recommendations 
to multiple audiences/constituencies.
Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal 
requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.

Desired:

• Experience working in a large academic institution or complex organization.
• Appropriate certifications from relevant professional organizations and societies.
• Experience with privacy programs in higher education or a large scale global organizations.
• Experience leading teams or projects

Application submission information:
Learn more about the position by visiting https://hr.uw.edu/jobs/ and follow the “Find a job” link.  Search for Req # 
184755.


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