Privacy, Legal Counsel Manager

PwC Canada; Toronto; On-site; CAD 116,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC Canada is seeking a Privacy, Legal Counsel Manager within the Office of the General Counsel in Canada. You will provide strategic and practical advice on privacy, data governance, and information protection across the firm, including breach management and vendor arrangements.

This role collaborates with senior leadership, drafts privacy clauses, stays current on privacy laws (PIPEDA, GDPR, CASL), and supports IT solutions including AI deployments while balancing regulatory obligations with

Qualifications

• Member in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario, eligible to practice in Ontario.
• Professional certifications such as CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPM or AIGP are strongly preferred.
• Extensive privacy and data protection law experience in law firm, in-house, or regulatory environment.
• Fundamental understanding of privacy laws (PIPEDA, GDPR, CASL, provincial laws).
• Familiarity with AI governance frameworks, cross-border data transfer, and records management.
• Knowledge of intellectual property laws as they intersect with privacy and data protection.
• Ability to explain complex legal information to business partners clearly.
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills.
• Keen attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities independently.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic advice on privacy, data governance, and information protection, including breach management in the absence of the Privacy & Intellectual Property Lead.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to support the firm’s privacy and data protection program.
• Advise on IT solution onboarding, including AI deployments, assessing privacy and IP implications, and vendor arrangements for compliance with laws and governance standards.
• Develop and implement privacy-related policies, processes, risk assessments, training, and compliance monitoring.
• Deliver day-to-day privacy legal guidance for PwC’s Lines of Service.
• Draft and review contract clauses related to privacy and data protection and emerging technology.
• Maintain knowledge of federal, provincial, and international privacy laws and developments.
• Coordinate with internal and external counsel as needed.
• Act as Subject Matter Expert in privacy and data protection.

Skills

Privacy & data protection

Regulatory compliance

Contract negotiation

Communication with business partners

AI governance awareness

Cross-border data transfer

Education

Ontario Law License

Job description

Reporting to the Privacy & Intellectual Property Lead, this position is a member of the Office of the General Counsel and provides legal support to the firm’s privacy, data protection and intellectual property program. The role supports all facets of the firm’s enterprise-wide compliance with applicable privacy laws and internal policies and procedures. The successful candidate will provide strategic and practical advice on all aspects of privacy, data governance, and information protection, including data protection impact assessments, records retention, breach management, data loss prevention, individual access rights, commercial contracting, privacy training and awareness, and new ventures involving data. This role also supports intellectual property considerations where they intersect with the firm’s privacy and data governance objectives. As needed, this role will support continuity across all aspects of the privacy and data protection program, including breach management in the absence of the Privacy & Intellectual Property Lead. This position requires collaboration with internal stakeholders and leadership providing clear, solutions-oriented counsel that balances compliance with business objectives.

The Opportunity:

As a Privacy, Legal Counsel Manager, unlock your potential and embrace the chance to drive meaningful outcomes that’ll elevate your career.

Your role will include, but isn’t limited to:

• Providing strategic advice on privacy, data governance, and information protection, including breach management in the absence of the Privacy & Intellectual Property Lead
• Acting as a member of the Office of General Counsel and collaborating with senior leadership to support the firm’s privacy and data protection program
• Advising on IT solution onboarding, including AI deployments, assessing privacy, data protection, and related intellectual property implications of new technology, and evaluating vendor arrangements for compliance with applicable privacy laws and data governance standards
• Supporting the development and implementation of privacy-related policies, processes, risk assessments, training, and compliance monitoring
• Delivering day-to-day guidance and implementation of privacy legal advice for each of PwC’s Lines of Service
• Drafting and reviewing contract clauses related to privacy, data protection (including for emerging technology) and advising on applicable Canadian privacy regulatory requirements relevant to contract terms.
• Maintaining current knowledge of federal, provincial, and international privacy, data security, and information protection laws and emerging regulatory developments
• Collaborating with and advising internal stakeholders at a local and network level
• Preparing legal documents and coordinating requests between internal and external counsel
• Acting as a Subject Matter Expert in privacy and data protection

What You'll Bring:

Your skills, knowledge, and experiences are what set you apart. Here’s what we look for:

• Member in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario, with the ability to practice law in Ontario is required
• Professional certifications such as CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPM or AIGP are strongly preferred
• Extensive privacy and data protection law experience gained in a law firm, in-house legal department or regulatory environment and experience advising on CASL and Canadian federal and provincial privacy legislation
• Fundamental understanding of privacy laws (PIPEDA, GDPR, CASL, provincial privacy laws)
• Familiarity with AI governance frameworks, cross-border data transfer mechanisms, and records management principles
• Knowledge of intellectual property laws as they intersect with privacy and data protection
• Able to work across diverse projects intersecting privacy, data, technology and intellectual property in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Ability to explain complex legal and regulatory information to business partners in a straightforward, accessible manner
• Strong negotiating and influencing skills with the ability to build consensus among stakeholders
• Keen attention to detail, with ability to work independently and collaboratively while managing multiple priorities

This position ensures continuity and upholds our standards of excellence following the departure of a valued team member.

The salary range for this position is $116,400 - $166,400. The posted salary range represents the expected hiring range for PwC locations in major city centres. Given our national recruiting approach, ranges may vary for positions in other locations. At PwC Canada, base salary is determined by your skills, experience, qualifications and work location. In addition to base salary, eligible employees may have opportunities to participate in variable incentive pay programs which are designed to reward individual and firm-wide achievements. We are committed to offering competitive compensation and adhere to all relevant pay transparency legislation. During the hiring process, our Talent Acquisition team will provide details about our comprehensive total rewards package.

Why you’ll love PwC

We’re inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you’ll be a part of diverse teams helping public and private clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes. This meaningful work, and our continuous development environment, will take your career to the next level. We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life. Learn more about our Application Process and Total Rewards Package at: https://jobs-ca.pwc.com/ca/en/life-at-pwc

PwC Canada acknowledges that we work and live across Turtle Island, on the land that is now known as Canada, which are the lands of the ancestral, treaty and unceded territories of the First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples. We recognize the systemic racism, colonialism and oppression that Indigenous Peoples have experienced and still go through, and we commit to allyship and solidarity.

We’re committed to providing accommodation throughout the application, interview, and employment process. If you require accommodation to be at your best, please let us know during the application process.

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in recruiting is just getting started, so we know you have questions about how and why we use it. At certain points during our recruiting process, we rely on AI to improve your experience. This could be during resume review or curating personalized job recommendations, asking you clarifying questions via a chatbot or during our interview scheduling to improve your experience. Our use of AI helps ensure we combat bias by evaluating candidates equally and fairly, without seeing identity information, such as your name, or gender for example). AI also helps us better predict successful hires by reviewing all applicants for a role and the relationship between your skills, experience and likely success at PwC Canada. While AI supports parts of our recruitment process, final hiring decisions always involve human review. For more information about our use and protection of your data, please refer to our Privacy Policy (https://www.pwc.com/ca/en/privacy-policy.html).