Privacy Analyst, Incident Response

What You'll Do

• Perform real-time data privacy incident handling across Ford’s global IT environments.
• Help update Ford’s privacy incident response policies, processes, and procedures in an ever-changing regulatory landscape.
• Lead the operationalizing Ford’s global data privacy incident response lifecycle by logging events, assigning tasks, and ensuring responsible teammates see matters to close.
• Utilize expert judgement to triage and escalate matters for appropriate leadership in collaboration with Legal, Privacy, Cyber, and related IT teams.
• Participate in post-incident activities, including "lessons learned" sessions, to drive greater effectiveness and efficiency in our detection, response, and remediation capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 5 years of relevant experience in cybersecurity, data privacy, and/or legal operations.
• Experience with GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) platforms or other tools used for tracking and managing privacy obligations (e.g., OneTrust, RadarFirst, ServiceNow, Archer, etc.).
• The ability to translate complex privacy regulations into actionable guidance and critical investigative questions.

Qualifications

• Professional privacy certifications, such as CIPP (Certified Information Privacy Professional) or CIPM (Certified Information Privacy Manager).
• Prior experience working within a large, multinational organization, navigating dynamic data ecosystems and diverse business units.
• An understanding of information security principles and how they intersect with data privacy practices.
• A proactive mindset with a passion for continuous process improvement and staying ahead of the latest threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).

Benefits

Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
Tuition assistance
Established and active employee resource groups
Paid time off for individual and team community service
A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

Pay

This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $99,100-$166,200. Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

Schedule

This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.