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IT Lead Data Privacy

Ulta Beauty, Inc.
Bolingbrook, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 11/27/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/29/2026

OVERVIEW

Live the experience. From professional empowerment to continual learning opportunities. From ongoing investment in new and emerging technologies to a career of self-determination. At Ulta Beauty, our tech team is critical to our scalability—and is recognized that way. We’ve been defined as a “mature start-up.” A place where interdepartmental exposure, open doors, and genuine collaboration is ubiquitous. Where challenges come fast and furious, requiring agility, mental dexterity, and creativity. Where our passion for better solutions drives us and is core to who we are.

 

We’re engineering for the future of retail, and it’s no-holds-barred. But for those motivated by continual change and ambiguity, by superior leadership, by whip smart colleagues who will press you daily for your very best, you’ll find that virtually nothing’s impossible at Ulta Beauty.

THE IMPACT YOU CAN HAVE: 

Data Privacy IT Lead is responsible for managing the data privacy program. IT Lead Data Privacy will collaborate with all business units and leadership teams to drive Privacy by design maturity and implement data privacy controls across the organization. The Lead will develop and maintain data privacy policies and procedures; undertake routine data privacy control monitoring and awareness.  

 

YOU'LL ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS BY: 

  • Information security:   Communicates corporate information security policy, standards, and guidelines. Provides authoritative advice and guidance on the requirements for security controls in collaboration with experts in other functions e.g., legal, technical support.
  • Relationship management:  Develops long-term, strategic relationships with senior stakeholders. Facilitates open communication and discussion between stakeholders, acting as a single point of contact by developing, maintaining, and working to stakeholder engagement data protection strategies and plans. Negotiates with stakeholders at senior levels and ensures that organizational data protection policy and strategies are adhered to.
  • IT Governance: Evaluates new business proposals and provides advice on vendor risk issues. Coordinates with relevant regulatory authorities.
  • Information Management:  Assesses the implications of information, both internal and external, that can be mined from business systems and elsewhere and makes business decisions based on that information, including the need to make changes to systems. Reviews proposals for new initiatives and provides specialist advice on information management.
  • Business process improvement: Advises on significant enterprise level improvements and measurable business benefits by identifying, proposing, initiating, and leading significant programs of improvement. Champions a culture of continuous improvement.
  • Innovation: Manages, monitors, and seeks, opportunities, new methods, trends, capabilities, and products to the advancement of the organization. Clearly articulates, and formally reports potential benefits from both structural and incremental change.

 

PRINCIPAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Execute data privacy strategy for the organization.
  • Understand data privacy regulation requirements, and ensure systems are built with privacy by design.
  • Conduct data classification & data privacy impact assessments across the organization
  • Data privacy advisor for systems that handle confidential data.
  • Execute governance to ensure data privacy controls are being effectively followed.
  • Collaborate with senior leaders for making business decisions and implementing strategic data privacy controls as part of the business initiatives.
  • Execute data mapping strategy’s to proactively identify data; and enable data protection & Privacy controls.
  • Partner with legal teams to monitor data privacy landscape; and build strategic changes to the program implementations and demonstrate compliance to changing data privacy regulations.
  • Partner with procurement and legal teams to embed data privacy and protection controls as part of the legal vendor contracts.
  • Collaborates with leaders, defines data privacy design architecture by analyzing data requirements.

ESSENTIALS FOR SUCCESS: 

  • 5 years of experience in implementing and advising on privacy by design controls.
  • Able to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
  • Proven track record of delivering high quality solutions on time and on schedule.
  • Experience in socializing data privacy requirements and controls across the organization
  • Knowledge of IT security best practice controls across multiple technologies and processes
  • Highly motivated, proactive and ability to work independently.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to interact well with both internal and external stakeholders.

 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline, a related field, or applicable work experience
  • Experience in executing privacy by design controls.
  • CIPP or other officially recognized certification would be desirable.

 

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The pay range for this position is $102,900.00 - $147,000.00 / Year with the opportunity for eligible associates to earn additional compensation pursuant to the Company’s bonus plan. Exact pay will be based on factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, level, shift, geographic location, and business and organizational needs. Full-time positions are eligible for paid time off, health, dental, vision, life and disability benefits. Part-time positions are eligible for dental, vision, life, and disability benefits. For additional information concerning our benefits, visit our Benefits and Career Development page: https://learn.bswift.com/ulta

ABOUT

At Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA), the possibilities are beautiful. Ulta Beauty is the largest North American beauty retailer and the premier beauty destination for cosmetics, fragrance, skin care products, hair care products and salon services. We bring possibilities to life through the power of beauty each and every day in our stores and online with more than 25,000 products from approximately 500 well-established and emerging beauty brands across all categories and price points, including Ulta Beauty’s own private label. Ulta Beauty also offers a full-service salon in every store featuring—hair, skin, brow, and make-up services.

 

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest records, conviction records, or other criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of any applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York City Fair Chance Act.

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