Manager - Privacy Program

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Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. Using smart technology we take financial services that are often confusing opaque and expensive and make them transparent and low-cost for everyone. We’re the largest fintech company in Canada with over 4 million users who trust us with more than $50 billion in assets.

Our teams ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We're looking for talented people who keep it simple and value collaboration and humility as we continue to create inclusive and high-performing teams where people can be inspired to do their best work.

About the Role:

We’re looking for a Privacy Program Manager who will support the Director of Legal Privacy in developing and leading Wealthsimple’s Privacy Program with the goal of ensuring compliance with all applicable Canadian federal and provincial privacy legislation.

In this role you will have the opportunity to:

• 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.

Skills and experience we’re looking for

• 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.

Bonus Points For:

• 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.

Why Wealthsimple?

🤑 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 $1500 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

We’re a remote-first team with over 1000 employees coast to coast in North America. Be a part of our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions — join us!

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DEI Statement

At Wealthsimple we are building products for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to do that successfully. We strongly encourage applications from everyone regardless of race religion colour national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status or disability status.

Accessibility Statement

Wealthsimple provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond please let us know and we will work with you to provide the necessary support and make reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.