Chief Data, Privacy & Security Architect

Winixx Inc. is a technology holding company building an integrated portfolio of technology platforms, infrastructure, and consumer products. Winixx Health is being developed as a healthcare infrastructure platform designed to make preventive healthcare broadly accessible, make early detection a default part of healthcare, and coordinate the transition from detection to clinical review, referral, intervention, emergency response, and follow-up. The long-term vision is to build Winixx Health as an operating layer for healthcare - connecting people, clinicians, laboratories, pharmacies, emergency services, hospitals, devices, and other healthcare institutions into a coordinated system while preserving appropriate clinical authority, privacy, consent, and regulatory safeguards., The Chief Data, Privacy & Security Officer establishes the trust architecture of Winixx Health. This leader is responsible for health-data governance, cybersecurity, privacy, authorization, auditability, research-data controls, and protection of sensitive information throughout the healthcare OS.

What You’ll Do

• Establish the Winixx Health data-governance framework
• Lead health-data privacy and cybersecurity strategy
• Establish authorization, identity, access-control, and audit systems
• Define data minimization and retention principles
• Establish standards for device, platform, provider, and institutional data exchange
• Develop security architecture and incident-response capabilities
• Establish governance for research datasets and de-identified information
• Work with Legal & Compliance on regulatory requirements
• Establish independent privacy and security review mechanisms
• Ensure commercial, clinical, government, and research data uses remain appropriately separated
• Establish security and privacy standards for vendors and partners
• Communicate security and privacy risks to executive leadership and the board

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, Privacy, Information Systems, Law, Health Informatics, or a related field
• Demonstrated ability to design or govern complex security, privacy, or data systems
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity, identity, access control, data governance, and privacy principles
• Ability to reason across technical, legal, clinical, and organizational boundaries
• Advanced technical, legal, privacy, or security education strongly valued
• Relevant professional certifications may be valuable depending on background
• Direct healthcare CISO/CDPO experience is not required where equivalent capability is demonstrated, Winixx Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate applicants on the basis of qualifications, demonstrated ability, education, professional judgment, and ability to perform the responsibilities of the role without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. These are founding-stage leadership positions for a long-term healthcare infrastructure initiative. Candidates will be evaluated primarily on their ability to understand the mission, reason through complex systems, make sound decisions, lead teams, and execute against ambitious objectives. Direct experience in an identical role is not required where a candidate can demonstrate equivalent capability through education, professional accomplishments, research, technical work, leadership, entrepreneurship, or other substantial evidence. Candidates should be prepared to demonstrate how they would translate the Winixx Health mission into practical systems, programs, standards, organizations, and measurable outcomes.

• Competitive base salary commensurate with demonstrated ability, educational background, and role scope
• Performance bonus program tied to individual and company milestones
• Visa sponsorship available for the right talent
• Full-time executive leadership position
• Opportunity to help build a new category of healthcare infrastructure
• Collaborative, mission-driven executive environment
• Paid time off and company holidays
• Professional development and continuing education support
• Opportunity to participate in a long-term national-scale healthcare initiative