Country Data Privacy Leader

IKEA Gruppe; Burlington; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness days

Extended health, dental, and vision

RRSP with IKEA matching

Annual bonus eligibility

Merchandise and restaurant discounts

Job summary

IKEA Gruppe in Canada seeks a Country Data Privacy Leader to lead local privacy and data protection activities, ensuring compliance with policies and laws. You will perform PIAs, privacy reviews, and risk assessments for new and existing solutions and data management activities.

You will respond to privacy inquiries, manage incidents and risk registers, and collaborate with Legal, IT, and business teams to embed privacy-by-design.

Qualifications

• University degree with 4+ years of related privacy, compliance, risk management, legal, information security, or a related field.
• Experience responding to privacy inquiries from customers, employees, and stakeholders.
• Experience conducting Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) and privacy reviews for new technologies, systems, processes, and data management activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the execution of local privacy and data protection activities, ensuring compliance with organizational policies, privacy requirements, and applicable legislation.
• Conduct Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs), privacy reviews, and risk assessments for new and existing solutions, technologies, processes, and data management activities.
• Respond to privacy-related inquiries from customers, employees, suppliers, and business stakeholders, providing guidance and recommendations to support compliance and risk management.
• Investigate and manage privacy incidents and data breaches, coordinating containment, risk assessment, documentation, stakeholder communications, regulatory obligations, and corrective actions.
• Maintain and update privacy risk registers, identifying emerging risks and implementing mitigation measures to support the organization's privacy strategy and objectives.
• Support the management of privacy requirements throughout the supplier lifecycle, including vendor assessments, onboarding, monitoring, and ongoing compliance activities.
• Collaborate with Legal, Information Security, IT, Risk Management, and business teams to embed privacy-by-design principles and strengthen privacy governance across the organization.
• Build privacy awareness and maturity by guiding stakeholders on privacy requirements, policies, best practices, and evolving legislative obligations.
• Monitor changes in privacy legislation, regulatory expectations, and industry trends, recommending improvements to processes, controls, and ways of working.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve privacy practices, governance frameworks, and operational processes while supporting industry-standard best practices.

Skills

PIAs

Privacy governance

Data protection

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Privacy-by-design

Policy interpretation

Analytical problem-solving

Education

University degree

Job description

Why we will love you

• University degree and 4+ years of related experience, or 8+ years of related experience in privacy, compliance, risk management, legal, information security, or a related field.
• Experience responding to privacy and data protection inquiries from customers, employees, and business stakeholders, providing guidance on privacy requirements, compliance obligations, and risk mitigation.
• Proven experience conducting Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) and privacy reviews for new technologies, systems, business processes, and initiatives.
• Experience managing privacy incidents and data breaches, including investigation, risk assessment, containment, documentation, stakeholder communications, and remediation planning.
• Strong understanding of privacy legislation, regulations, and industry best practices, with the ability to interpret and apply requirements within a business environment.
• Experience partnering with Legal, Information Security, IT, Risk Management, Procurement, and business teams to embed privacy-by-design principles and strengthen privacy governance.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to assess privacy risks and recommend practical, business-focused solutions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence and educate partners at all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining a high level of accuracy, confidentiality, and attention to detail.

What you'll be doing day to day

• Lead the execution of local privacy and data protection activities, ensuring compliance with organizational policies, privacy requirements, and applicable legislation.
• Conduct Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs), privacy reviews, and risk assessments for new and existing solutions, technologies, processes, and data management activities.
• Respond to privacy-related inquiries from customers, employees, suppliers, and business stakeholders, providing guidance and recommendations to support compliance and risk management.
• Investigate and manage privacy incidents and data breaches, coordinating containment, risk assessment, documentation, stakeholder communications, regulatory obligations, and corrective actions.
• Maintain and update privacy risk registers, identifying emerging risks and implementing mitigation measures to support the organization's privacy strategy and objectives.
• Support the management of privacy requirements throughout the supplier lifecycle, including vendor assessments, onboarding, monitoring, and ongoing compliance activities.
• Collaborate with Legal, Information Security, IT, Risk Management, and business teams to embed privacy-by-design principles and strengthen privacy governance across the organization.
• Build privacy awareness and maturity by guiding stakeholders on privacy requirements, policies, best practices, and evolving legislative obligations.
• Monitor changes in privacy legislation, regulatory expectations, and industry trends, recommending improvements to processes, controls, and ways of working.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve privacy practices, governance frameworks, and operational processes while supporting industry-standard best practices.

About this work area

We're the ones who make it possible for people to have a smarter life at home and a hassle-free and rewarding shopping experience. Together we work to find new digital solutions for every business need to help make IKEA a great and efficient place to work. We like to think of ourselves as innovative and modern, and we believe that nothing would actually work without us.

Why you will love us

Here at IKEA, we want to ensure that we are creating a better everyday life for the many people, including our co-workers. We also believe that a job should be so much more than a job. That's why we focus on having an inclusive work environment where we celebrate your uniqueness, live our values, and ensure that we walk the talk when it comes to co-worker development.

In addition, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package to all co-workers including:

• Wellness days (in addition to your vacation days!)
• Extended health, dental, and vision coverage (for you and your family)
• RRSP with IKEA contribution matching options
• Eligibility for our annual IKEA bonus incentive plan
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Merchandise and restaurant discounts (plus free drinks and different healthy meal options in the co-worker restaurant, where available)
• Parental leave
• Bereavement leave
• Employee assistance program (that helps you support your mental, physical, and financial wellbeing)

In the IKEA world, this position is officially referred to as Country Data Privacy Leader.

The starting rate/ salary for this position ranges from 75,303 CAD to 103,542 CAD and will be based on relevant work experience.