Director, Enterprise Privacy

3 weeks ago


London, Canada The Canada Life Assurance Company Full time

Permanent Full Time

We are looking for a **Director, Enterprise Privacy**

Given the size and scope of our organization, we have the flexibility for this position to be located in the following head office locations: Montreal, Toronto, London, Winnipeg.

Role description

Are you passion about privacy and data protection?

As the **Director of Enterprise Privacy**, you will oversee our global privacy framework, ensuring the privacy program aligns with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and emerging privacy risks. You’ll lead the privacy capability roadmap, own the privacy technology product lifecycle, and foster a community of privacy advocates across our global organization. This position is also responsible for data governance oversight for the Canadian segment. Reporting to the Chief Privacy Officer, you’ll work cross-functionally to drive a culture of privacy, build strong and efficient privacy practices, and strengthen our proactive approach to data protection.

**What you will do**:

- Direct and continually enhance the enterprise-wide privacy framework and program, ensuring compliance with global privacy and data protection laws.
- Establish, track, and report on privacy performance metrics and KPIs to measure program effectiveness and progress.
- Develop and own the strategic roadmap for privacy capabilities, aligning with segment goals and regulatory changes.
- Identify, prioritize, and implement initiatives that build privacy maturity and resilience and drive cross-country efficiency, including product ownership for privacy technologies.
- Develop and lead data governance oversight for the Canadian segment and share best practices across segments.
- Act as an expert, coach and advisor for all privacy risk screening and risks assessment across the Canadian segment.
- Build, maintain, and empower a community of global privacy champions and practitioners.
- Facilitate the global privacy leadership forum and other regular communications, training, and engagement activities to promote privacy awareness and privacy culture.
- Act as the primary point of contact for regional privacy leads, fostering alignment and collaboration across all regions.
- Lead incident response for global privacy incident matters, in coordination with security and legal teams, ensuring timely response to data breaches.
- Represent the organization as a privacy and data protection expert in industry forums and collaborate with external partners to advocate for best practices and influence privacy standards.

**What you will bring**:

- Post-secondary degree in a related field or equivalent experience; CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPPT, or CIMP professional designations are preferred.
- Experience in data governance and / or knowledge of privacy law supported by a minimum of 5 years’ experience in an insurance/financial services industry with inherent compliance related accountabilities.
- Knowledge of data security and data protection protocols for safeguarding personal information
- Proven ability to understand new technological programs, processes and provide effective guidance related to complex technical projects and regulatory requirements.
- Ability to evaluate policies, processes and systems to identify business risks and control gaps.
- Demonstrated strength in effectively building relationships and influencing change effectively with a broad range of individuals and groups.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a niche in story telling
- Very good organizational skills with strong attention to detail, ability to prioritize, multi-task and meet deadlines.
- Ability to effectively use Microsoft products (Teams, Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Power BI as asset).The base salary for this position is between $89,800 - $166,300 annually. This represents base salary only and does not represent other variable compensation components of our total compensation ( i.e. annual bonus, commission etc). If you are selected to move forward in our recruitment process, your recruiter will be able to discuss additional details of our total rewards program with you.

Be your best at Canada Life

Being a part of Canada Life means you have a voice. This is a place where your unique background, perspectives and talents are valued, and shape our future success.

You can be your best here. You’re part of a diverse and inclusive workplace where your career and well-being are championed. You’ll have the opportunity to excel in your way, finding new and better ways to deliver exceptional customer and advisor experiences.

Together, as part of a great team, you’ll deliver on our shared purpose to improve the well-being of Canadians. It’s our driving force. Become part of a strong and successful company that’s trusted by millions of Canadians to do the right thing.

Canada Life serves the financial security needs of more than 13 million people across Canada, with additional operations in Europe and the U



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