Privacy Program Manager

Summary

Join Wealthsimple, Canada's largest fintech company, as a Privacy Program Manager! You will play a key role in developing and leading the company's privacy program, ensuring compliance with Canadian privacy legislation. This involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to build and maintain privacy policies, procedures, and controls. You will manage privacy projects, conduct impact assessments, and assess vendor compliance. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in privacy management, a deep understanding of Canadian privacy laws, and strong communication skills. Wealthsimple offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and a remote-first work environment.

Requirements

• 5+ years of work experience in privacy, information security, technology program management, compliance, or a related field
• Proven experience in managing, organizing, and coordinating technical privacy projects and process improvements
• Comprehensive understanding of Canadian privacy laws, regulations, and standards (e.g., PIPEDA, provincial privacy laws) and other relevant data protection frameworks, as well as information and data governance best practices
• Solid understanding of security principles (e.g., encryption, access control, data anonymization, pseudonymization, masking) critical to implementing privacy-by-design strategies
• Familiarity with emerging trends and technologies in the field of data privacy and protection
• Proficiency in privacy and data management platforms with the ability to implement, use, and maintain these tools effectively
• Strong communication skills with a proven ability to educate, inspire, and drive support for the privacy function

Responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional teams to develop, operationalize, and audit privacy policies, procedures, and other controls to ensure compliance with Canadian regulatory requirements
• Collaborate across departments to ensure compliance while building and improving products and features
• Partner with various teams to prioritize and plan for improvements and remediation where opportunities exist
• Manage privacy projects with internal stakeholders, establish roadmaps, and communicate timelines and deliverables effectively
• Support product reviews in close collaboration with product managers
• Manage and operationalize privacy impact assessment (PIA) processes and associated regulatory documentation
• Assess vendor data privacy compliance

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of emerging technologies, such as AI and machine learning, and experience integrating requirements related to these technologies into an information/data governance program
• Experience working directly with engineering teams on technical implementations
• Relevant certifications such as CIPM, CIPP/C, or other recognized privacy certifications

Benefits

• Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance
• Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple Work
• 20 vacation days per year and unlimited sick and mental health days
• Up to $1,500 per year towards wellness and professional development budgets respectively
• 90 days away program: Employees can work internationally in eligible countries for up to 90 days per calendar year
• A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)
• Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year