Bilingual Senior Privacy Advisor

Location: Ottawa and Toronto, ON (Remote but open to professionals who would like to work on site in Kanata or Toronto offices) 
Language: Strong written and spoken English and French communication skills
Duration: Contract through to March 2027
Background Check Requirement: Background checks are required as a condition of the assignment

About the Opportunity
Altis is grateful to partner with an organization on the recruitment of a Bilingual Senior Privacy Professional to support the continued implementation of its enterprise privacy program. This is a specialized role focused primarily on conducting Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) across a broad range of business functions.

You’ll join a team of senior privacy professionals and work independently to manage multiple PIA workstreams from initial scoping through documentation, analysis, recommendations, and completion. You’ll engage directly with leaders, employees, business teams, and technical stakeholders across the organization to understand processes, identify privacy risks, and help move a time-sensitive privacy program forward.

Federal government experience is strongly preferred, and this opportunity is well suited to an experienced privacy professional who is confident leading PIAs independently within a large, complex organization.

What’s In It for You
You’ll gain exposure to enterprise-wide privacy initiatives spanning diverse business functions, technologies, and data environments. You’ll work alongside experienced privacy professionals while having the autonomy to lead complex PIA workstreams and provide practical guidance on privacy risks, data governance, emerging technologies, and AI-enabled processes.

This is an opportunity to make a direct impact on the continued implementation of an enterprise privacy program while partnering with stakeholders across business, technical, HR, marketing, IT, and other functional areas.

Your Responsibilities

• You’ll conduct Privacy Impact Assessments across a broad range of business functions located across Canada.
• You’ll lead PIAs from initial scoping and stakeholder identification through documentation, analysis, recommendations, and completion.
• You’ll engage directly with employees and leaders at different levels of the organization to understand business processes and privacy risks.
• You’ll identify and coordinate with the appropriate stakeholders required to complete each PIA.
• You’ll organize meetings, interviews, working sessions, and follow-ups with business and technical teams.
• You’ll review significant volumes of business, process, system, and technology documentation.
• You’ll assess how personal information is collected, used, stored, shared, retained, and protected.
• You’ll identify privacy risks and recommend appropriate mitigation strategies.
• You’ll document findings in an IT automated system and ensure PIA requirements and deliverables are completed thoroughly.
• You’ll work independently to manage the remainder of each PIA once the appropriate stakeholders and information have been identified.
• You’ll collaborate with the broader Privacy team and support the continued implementation of the enterprise privacy program.
• You’ll provide guidance on privacy considerations associated with new processes, technologies, and business initiatives.
• You’ll identify where emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, need to be considered as part of a PIA.
• You’ll assess how AI-enabled tools collect, process, use, and potentially retain personal information.
• You’ll support PIAs involving automated decision-making, AI-enabled systems, and technology-driven business processes.

Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of progressive privacy experience.
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills in both French and English
• Significant hands-on experience conducting Privacy Impact Assessments.
• Experience managing PIAs independently from scoping through completion.
• Strong understanding of privacy principles, privacy risk assessment, and data governance.
• Federal government experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience working with large, complex organizations is an asset.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills.
• Experience working directly with business leaders, technical teams, HR, marketing, IT, and other functional areas.
• Strong written documentation and analytical skills.
• Comfortable reviewing large volumes of documentation and translating findings into clear privacy risks and recommendations.
• Strong understanding of technology and data flows.
• Knowledge of artificial intelligence and its privacy implications is a significant asset.

Why Partner with Altis
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We appreciate the time and effort all applicants invest in their submissions. Please note that only candidates shortlisted for this role will be contacted directly. However, your profile will remain under consideration for future opportunities that align with your experience and career goals.All qualified applicants will receive fair consideration for employment. We welcome individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities including those who identify as women, members of racialized groups, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. If you require an accommodation, please review our accessibility policy and reach out to our accessibility officer with any questions. Our human recruiters review all applications and always make the final hiring decision. On occasion, we also use AI-assisted tools to help review applications.