Consultant, Privacy Governance and Compliance

Join Deloitte Canada's Technology and Transformation, Digital Privacy and Trust team as a Data Privacy Governance and Compliance specialist and shape the future of privacy program deployments.

As a Data Privacy Governance and Compliance specialist, you will be at the forefront of Deloitte's mission to ensure data privacy and protection. Your day will revolve around designing, developing, and implementing privacy governance and operating models that meet our complex clients' privacy requirements. You will be responsible for program implementations, integrating into client processes, and enhancing client standards and controls. Your expertise in privacy tools and will be vital as you navigate through tasks in a fast-paced, Agile environment.

Our Digital Privacy and Trust team, part of Deloitte Canada's Technology and Transformation service line, is a dynamic group of professionals dedicated to ensuring the privacy and safety of our clients' data. We work with a diverse range of technologies and tools to design and implement data privacy programs and solutions. We value collaboration, continuous learning, and innovation. As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to work on challenging projects, develop your skills, and make a significant impact on our clients' businesses.

Tasks and Responsibilities:
• Develop and implement privacy program governance and operating models to ensure privacy policies are correctly implemented. The implementations should advance compliance with legal forms of data use as well as support business use of data.
• Work to align advanced technologies and Privacy by Design principles from the first stages of development and ensure that the data use meets established regulatory compliance needs.
• Collaborate with data product development teams creating new uses of data that employ privacy features.
• Interacting with internal privacy program managers, product development teams, legal, compliance, governance and data protection teams.
• Analyze, design and program enhancements for new data streams to help mitigate privacy vulnerabilities and prevent potential future privacy risks.
• Responsible for assisting with the management of the data privacy, data protection, data usability, performance and the integrity of the privacy solution.
• Interface with usability team to ensure user-facing privacy controls are usable
• Guide the development of new privacy products and features.
• Identify areas of improvement in local practices relative to managing data privacy.
• Performs regular privacy assessments of operational processes, identifying, and mitigating risks across the company through effective tools, training and guidance
• Communicates program progress, escalations, and issue analysis to key stakeholders

Knowledge and Skills:
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), ability to influence without authority.
• Ability to balance risks in ambiguous and complex situations.
• Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration skills, in particular in leading or contributing to global and multi-functional teams.
• Highly motivated to contribute and grow within a complex area of emerging importance.
• Experience implementing, or designing privacy processes, policies, standards, controls and/or programs
• Experience performing compliance assessments, gap assessments and rationalized frameworks.
• Data literacy: finding and managing data, cleansing data, manipulating data.

Qualifications:
• BS or MS degree in a related field of study.
• Experience implementing privacy programs, process improvement, standards and controls
• Exposure to any privacy automation solution a plus (Onetrust, BigID, Ketch … etc.)
• Excellent communication and presentation skills and the ability to effectively communicate designs, proposals, and results; and negotiate options at management levels
• 2-3 years' experience in privacy / data protection or a graduate degree or concentration in privacy engineering

Note: Due to the nature of the role having interactions with National & Global clients, bilingualism in French and English is required for this position.

The salary range for this position is $57,000 – $98,000, and individuals may be eligible to participate in our bonus program. Deloitte is fair and competitive when it comes to the salaries of our people. We regularly benchmark across a variety of positions, industries, sectors, targets, and levels. Our approach is grounded on recognizing people's unique strengths and contributions and rewarding the value that they deliver.

Our Total Rewards Package extends well beyond traditional compensation and benefit programs and is designed to recognize employee contributions, encourage personal wellness, and support firm growth. Along with a competitive base salary and variable pay opportunities, we offer a wide array of initiatives that differentiate us as a people-first organization. Some representative examples include: $4,000 per year for mental health support benefits, a $1,300 flexible benefit spending account, 38+ days off (including 10 firm-wide closures known as “Deloitte Days”), flexible work arrangements and a hybrid work structure.