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Lead Privacy & Data Protection Specialist

Walgreens Boots Alliance
PrivacyHybridFull-timeDeerfield, IL

Walgreens Boots Alliance is hiring for the role of Lead Privacy & Data Protection Specialist, Deerfield, IL (Hybrid). This is a Privacy role in the governance, risk, and compliance field. Review the full details below and apply directly with Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Organization: Walgreens Boots AllianceLocation: Deerfield, ILWorkplace: HybridFocus: PrivacyPosted: Jul 29, 2026
Walgreens Boots Alliance is hiring for this Privacy role in Deerfield, one of the metros GRC Careers tracks for governance, risk, and compliance hiring. See other GRC roles in Deerfield →

Manages retail pharmacy privacy risk assessments, Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs), and CCPA/HIPAA compliance across digital health channels. Evaluates data collection practices for automated customer programs and vendor integrations. Serves as a primary liaison on privacy inquiry escalations.

Location and market context

This role is based in Deerfield on-site. Local candidates benefit from being close to Walgreens Boots Alliance's teams and regional hiring market. Confirm the exact in-office expectation and any relocation support with the employer.

About privacy roles

Privacy roles protect personal data across its lifecycle, from data mapping and DPIAs to individual-rights handling. AI systems are widening the scope of what privacy teams must review. Roles like this one are typically evaluated against frameworks such as GDPR, CCPA and US state privacy laws, ISO/IEC 27701, and privacy-by-design practices.

How to position yourself for this privacy role

Strong candidates emphasize data mapping and inventories, privacy impact assessments, rights handling, and building privacy-by-design into products and AI systems. In your resume and outreach, tie your experience to how Walgreens Boots Alliance would apply GDPR, CCPA and US state privacy laws, ISO/IEC 27701, and privacy-by-design practices, and lead with concrete outcomes rather than duties.

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