Director, Compliance & Cybersecurity

Company: Planet DDS
Location: Newport Beach
Posted on: March 15, 2023

Job Description:

Planet DDS is the leading provider of cloud-enabled dental software solutions serving over 10,000 practices in North America with over 60,000 users. The company delivers a complete platform of solutions for dental practices including Denticon Practice Management, Apteryx XVWeb Digital Imaging, and Legwork Patient Relationship Management. Planet DDS is committed to creating value for its dental practice clients by solving the most urgent challenges facing today's dental practices in North America. -OverviewThe Director of Compliance & Cybersecurity directs and manages Planet DDS' efforts to ensure compliance with laws, regulations and policies that govern information privacy and security including, but not limited to: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 27000 requirements. You will manage a small team of individuals and 3rd party consultants in driving Planet DDS's compliance and security programs. This is a brand-new role for Planet DDs and an opportunity to lead all security and compliance initiatives. -This is a -hybrid role working 1x per week out of one of our office locations: -Newport Beach, CA, Akron, OH, Atlanta, GA, Phoenix, AZ, or Seattle, WA.Responsibilities & Duties -

• Serves as the Corporate Privacy & Security Official pursuant to the administrative requirements of 45 Code of Federal Regulation, Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information (HIPAA Privacy Rule), HITECH and relevant state laws. -
• Coordinates corporate compliance privacy & security activities which includes overseeing the establishment, implementation, and adherence to corporate policies on individual privacy/security, confidentiality, and release of confidential information -
  • Provides leadership in the planning, design, and evaluation of Planet DDS (PDDS) privacy and security related projects -
  • Responsible for documenting and communicating the progress of the implementation of the HIPAA privacy & security compliance program at PDDS including affiliates and related entities -
  • Works with legal, management, operational departments, and committees to ensure PDDS has and maintains appropriate privacy and security confidentiality consent, authorization forms and information notices -
  • Works with the Legal and 3rd party consultants to review new or revised healthcare laws and regulations (federal and state) pertaining to individual privacy and determine whether modifications or revisions of policies and procedures are needed -
  • Provides direction and guidance in special investigations or special projects. Reviews results and recommends actions in coordination with key internal/external stakeholders -
    • Coordinates with senior management, operational managers, HR, software engineering, IT managers, and business support services to provide for a business continuity plan and disaster recovery service. Ensure PDDS's disaster recovery plan addresses relevant information privacy and security issues. -
    • Implements and oversees the development and application of corrective action procedures designed to mitigate any deleterious effects of use of disclosure of PHI by members of the entity's workforce or business partners -Qualifications -
      • 5-10 years' experience in Medical Industry and supporting Personal Health data - -
      • Knowledge and experience in information privacy & security laws (both Federal and state), access, release of information, and release control technologies -
        • An elevated level of integrity and trust -
        • Ability to identify issues, problems, and critical factors, and develop methods for corrective action -
        • Demonstrated organization, facilitation, communication, and presentation skills. -
        • Established project management skills -
        • Ability to initiate and develop innovative solutions to problems, to identify new opportunities; and have organizational perspective to see how the pieces fit and reflect that perspective in day-to-day decisions. -
          • Any of the following would be a plus: -
            • Dental industry knowledge -
            • Experience working in B2B SaaS companies -
            • Experience applying security and compliance initiatives against public cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, GCP. -About You -
              • You respect and share our values -
              • You love working with teams of smart and driven people to solve challenging problems -
              • You can talk about complex software systems and have ideas on how to build quality, performant, and easily supportable software most effectively -
              • You exhibit dogged determination to get to the root of problems -
              • You care about best-practices and evangelizing them with the team -
                • You like to research and propose new techniques and methodologies to improve quality and efficiency of our software -
                • You can clearly convey your thoughts, enjoy presenting what you've done, and can cater your message to audiences both technical and non-technical -Behavior and Scope -
                  • You raise issues early when you see obstacles to achieving a goal and work to find solutions. -
                    • You volunteer to get involved in the solution even if it is beyond your own team or role. -
                    • You evangelize good practices both on and off your team. -
                    • You actively help solve cross-team issues by assisting other teams. -
                    • You speak up on more broad issues in the domain beyond your own work, such as processes, company issues or large projects. -
                    • You guide the team in designing major components of systems and products. -
                      • You lead the design and development of large and critical areas of Azure infrastructure. -
                      • You're able to reason about the purpose of each component in a system and how they interact with each other to support the product. -
                      • You propose and advocate for significant new features and actively affect change. -
                      • You rarely require guidance to complete complex work to achieve success. -
                      • You lead and guide other team members. -
                        • You actively mentor others and seek accountability. -Planet DDS Core Values CollaborativeWorking independently and across teams, we create scalable solutions to enable company growth.EmpatheticWe are educated on the experience of our customers and feel vested in their success.AccountableWe feel ownership for the quality of our work and take pride in the positive outcomes.TrustworthyWe operate with integrity and honesty, making promises we know that we can keep.AmbitiousWe are driven by our ability to make a long-term, positive impact on the lives of dental market leaders.Powered by JazzHR

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