Senior Privacy Impact Assessment PIA Specialist

Randstad Canada; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading staffing agency is seeking a Senior Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) Specialist for a strategic 3-month contract in Toronto. You will lead the development of PIAs for new technologies and ensure compliance with stringent privacy requirements. The ideal candidate should have over 7 years of experience in conducting PIAs and possess deep expertise in privacy legislation. This role involves engaging with senior stakeholders and presenting risk mitigation strategies in a high-profile public sector environment.

Benefits

Potential for contract extension

Professional visibility with senior executives

Qualifications

• Expert Legislative Knowledge of privacy laws and standards.
• Proven track record of conducting Privacy Impact Assessments.
• Demonstrated experience in assessing digital integration privacy risks.
• Ability to interpret business process diagrams effectively.
• Security Awareness related to data protection principles.
• Excellence in communication for diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation of comprehensive Privacy Impact Assessments.
• Identify and evaluate privacy risks for personal health information.
• Interpret complex technical documentation for privacy impacts.
• Engage stakeholders to clarify business processes.
• Review policies against privacy standards to ensure compliance.
• Document findings and present strategies to senior management.

Skills

Deep expertise in FIPPA, PHIPA, and PIPEDA

Minimum 7+ years of experience in PIAs

Experience assessing privacy risks in backend integrations

Ability to create data flow diagrams

Strong understanding of encryption standards

Superior writing and presentation skills

Job description

We are seeking a highly specialized Senior Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) Specialist for a strategic 3-month contract in Toronto. This role is critical for evaluating new technologies and digital health solutions to ensure they meet stringent provincial and federal privacy requirements. You will be responsible for identifying privacy risks, determining mitigation strategies, and ensuring compliance within a complex, multi-stakeholder environment.

Advantages

• Strategic Impact: Influence the privacy posture of high-profile digital identity and health initiatives.
• Complex Tech Stack: Gain experience assessing modern integrations involving cloud solutions, APIs, and legacy system synchronizations.
• Professional Visibility: Work directly with senior executives and policy leaders in a highly dynamic public sector environment.
• Potential for Extension: While the initial term is 3 months, there is a strong potential for the contract to be extended based on project needs.

Responsibilities

• Privacy Leadership: Lead the development of comprehensive Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) for new technologies, information systems, and proposed policies.
• Risk Mitigation: Identify and evaluate privacy risks associated with personal information (PI) and personal health information (PHI), providing actionable recommendations to bridge compliance gaps.
• Technical Analysis: Interpret complex technical documentation, including architecture design documents, API integration flows, and cloud-based data structures, to assess privacy impacts.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Lead discovery sessions with technical teams, business architects, and senior executives to elicit details of business processes and digital solutions.
• Policy Alignment: Review and compare internal policies against provincial (FIPPA, PHIPA), federal (PIPEDA), and international privacy standards to ensure adequate protection.
• Reporting: Document findings and present high‑level risk mitigation strategies to senior management to inform critical decision‑making.

Qualifications

• Expert Legislative Knowledge: Deep expertise in FIPPA, PHIPA, and PIPEDA, including an understanding of Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) jurisprudence.
• Proven PIA Track Record: Minimum 7+ years of experience leading and conducting PIAs involving digital/online solutions and third‑party service providers.
• Digital Integration Skills: Demonstrated experience assessing privacy risks in backend integrations (APIs), cloud‑based platforms, and web applications.
• Technical Literacy: Ability to create and interpret data flow diagrams (DFDs) and business process diagrams to track the lifecycle of personal information.
• Security Awareness: Strong understanding of encryption standards, identity trust frameworks, and information security architecture principles.
• Communication Excellence: Superior writing and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex technical privacy issues into plain language for non‑experts.

Summary

If you are a privacy expert who thrives in agile environments and has a track record of securing complex digital transformations, we encourage you to apply online at www.randstad.ca.

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