Compliance Manager & Privacy Officer

Description

Delta Dental of Arizona (DDAZ), the state’s leading dental and vision benefits provider, is seeking an experienced Compliance Manager & Privacy Officer to oversee our corporate compliance program and serve as the organization’s designated HIPAA Privacy Officer. Reporting to the senior legal executive, you’ll play an important role in ensuring regulatory compliance, protecting sensitive information, identifying and mitigating organizational risk, and promoting a culture of integrity and accountability.

In this role, you’ll provide guidance on healthcare compliance and privacy requirements, partner across the organization to navigate regulatory matters, and help translate complex requirements into practical business solutions. You’ll also provide leadership and oversight to a small team of compliance professionals while helping ensure DDAZ continues to operate ethically and responsibly.

About You

You’re an experienced compliance and privacy professional who brings sound judgment, integrity, and a practical approach to navigating complex regulatory requirements. You have a strong understanding of healthcare compliance and HIPAA privacy requirements and know how to translate regulations into clear, practical guidance for the business.

You’re collaborative, detail-oriented, and comfortable building trusted relationships across all levels of an organization. You’re proactive in identifying potential risks, thoughtful in how you approach challenges, and committed to doing the right thing. As a leader, you provide clear direction and support to your team while fostering accountability, growth, and collaboration.

If you’re passionate about compliance, privacy, and helping an organization operate with integrity, you’ll fit right in.

Sound like you? Keep reading, we’d love to tell you more!

Job Duties

• Manage daily operations of the corporate compliance program, ensuring adherence to applicable federal and state laws, regulations, and organizational policies.
• Serve as the designated HIPAA Privacy Officer, overseeing privacy compliance, protected health information practices, individual rights requests, and privacy-related policies and procedures.
• Lead annual compliance and privacy risk assessments, develop auditing and monitoring plans, identify areas of potential exposure, and coordinate corrective actions.
• Oversee the investigation and resolution of privacy complaints, potential breaches, compliance concerns, and reports received through the organization's compliance hotline.
• Develop, maintain, and implement compliance policies, procedures, and training programs, including HIPAA training and the organization's Code of Conduct.
• Monitor changes in industry regulations; assess their operational impact; and partner with business leaders to implement necessary changes.
• Coordinate required regulatory filings, licensing activities, regulatory examinations, audits, reporting, remediation activities, and communications with federal and state regulatory authorities.
• Collaborate with Information Security and other departments to ensure appropriate privacy and security practices, vendor agreements, and regulatory safeguards.
• Support the Compliance Committee and prepare compliance reports, metrics, and updates for executive leadership and the board of directors.
• Oversee vendor and third-party compliance, including required screening activities.
• Maintain business continuity plans and participate in organizational crisis response and business interruption planning.
• Provide leadership and supervision to a small team of compliance staff, monitoring quality, productivity, timeliness, and regulatory compliance.
• Partner with Legal and operational teams to resolve escalated compliance issues and identify opportunities for process improvement.
• Serve as a trusted compliance resource, providing guidance and recommendations to employees and leaders across the organization.

The base pay range for this position is $102,800–$145,500 per year. This position is hybrid and based out of our Scottsdale home office.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university in business, health administration, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of progressively responsible experience in compliance and privacy, including experience administering compliance or privacy programs.
• Minimum of two years of supervisory experience.
• Working knowledge of healthcare privacy laws (e.g., HIPAA), insurance regulatory requirements, and benefits administration.
• Experience coordinating with federal and state regulatory agencies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated ability to identify risks, recommend solutions, and escalate significant compliance concerns appropriately.
• Excellent organizational and project-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience drafting policies, compliance reports, and regulatory correspondence.
• Ability to build effective working relationships, influence stakeholders, and communicate complex regulatory requirements to individuals at all levels of an organization.
• High degree of integrity, professionalism, discretion, and sound judgment.
• Valid driver's license and flexibility to work outside normal business hours or off-site when necessary.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or Juris Doctor (JD).
• Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC).
• Certified in Healthcare Privacy Compliance (CHPC) or Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US).

About Us

Delta Dental of Arizona’s vision is simple: healthier lives for everyone. That’s why we’ve made it our mission to create a path to better health and wellness. We’re transforming from a single line insurance company to a multi-line health and wellness organization with a foundation that has awarded millions in grants to non-profits who care for our most vulnerable residents by offering dignity and hope.

Our employees enjoy competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), student loan assistance, six weeks of paid parental leave, volunteer PTO, and a culture that embraces collaboration, service, integrity, and inclusion. At about 150 employees, we cultivate a work community where all employees are known by name, and everyone’s contributions are visible, noticed, and celebrated.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.