Privacy Program Manager Sr

Dayforce US, Inc.; Minnesota; Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in human capital management is seeking a Senior Privacy Program Manager to oversee the global privacy program. The role involves ensuring compliance with privacy laws, managing data risk, and improving privacy practices across the organization. The successful candidate will bring significant experience in privacy and risk management, demonstrating analytical skills and the ability to communicate effectively at all organizational levels. Join us to make work life better!

Benefits

Comprehensive wellness initiatives

Excellent time away from work programs

Opportunities for professional growth

Qualifications

• 6 - 9 years of experience in privacy/data protection or compliance functions.
• IAPP certification preferred.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the execution of the Privacy Data Management Risk Framework.
• Perform data privacy impact assessments of operational business processes.
• Provide privacy guidance and ensure compliance with privacy laws.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Risk management

Agile methodologies

Education

Post secondary education certificate or university degree in related discipline

Job description

Posted Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM | Expires Friday, July 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM

Dayforce is a global human capital management (HCM) company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, with operations across North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA), and the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region. Our award-winning Cloud HCM platform offers a unified solution database and continuous calculation engine, driving efficiency, productivity and compliance for the global workforce. Our brand promise - Makes Work Life Better TM - Reflects our commitment to employees, customers, partners and communities globally.

Location :Work is what you do, not where you go.For this role, we are open to remote work in Canada.

About this opportunity

As a key member of Dayforce’s Global Privacy Office, the Senior Privacy Program Manager is engaged in the design, implementation, and maintenance of the components of Dayforce’s global privacy program. They will be responsible for advising internal stakeholders- to enable the business to comply with privacy laws and internal policies, industry best practices and further enhance Dayforce’s privacy posture in the marketplace. This role reports to the Senior Director of Operations, Global Privacy Office.

What you’ll get to do

• Experience in the design, implementation, and maintenance of Dayforce’s global privacy program, and lead components including, but not limited to data subject rights, third party risk management, complaints, and privacy initiatives impacting Dayforce’s workforce and customers.
• Govern and oversee the execution of the Privacy Data Management Risk Framework, including maintaining the privacy risk register, driving critical enterprise data management and privacy data risk management goals, best practices, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Provide privacy guidance and advice to internal business partners to ensure that privacy is built by design, into Dayforce’s products, services, and processes independently.
• The ability to identify areas of improvement in practices relative to managing of personal data. The ability to design strategies to address the area of risks to improve Dayforce’s privacy posture.
• Independently performs data privacy impact assessments of operational business processes, IT tools and applications including Dayforce’s 3 rd party partners vendors to identifying and mitigating risks.
• Devising innovative programs and strategy to make work life better that support the organization’s objectives.
• You would act as a cross-functional champion for privacy and play a critical role in key privacy & compliance program initiatives.
• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs), key risk indicators (KRI’s)and metrics to track the success and maturity of the privacy program.
• Provide regular reports and updates to senior leadership and other stakeholders on privacy program status, risks, and improvements.
• Oversee privacy audits and assessments, ensuring ongoing compliance and identifying areas for improvement.

Skills and experience we value

• 6 - 9 years of experience in privacy / data protection, risk management or related compliance functions
• Post secondary education certificate or university degree in related discipline required.
• IAPP certification preferred.
• Experience managing technical programs and/or cross-functional enterprise programs highly desirable.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills
• Inquisitive minded individuals
• Embraces challenging situations with a solutions-oriented mindset; able to quickly build trust and influence stakeholders.
• Possess persuasive communication skills (verbal, written and presentation), particularly the ability to communicate with diplomacy, credibility, and confidence at all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated business acumen and successful experience managing aspects of a privacy or compliance program, including managing activities as per a project plan, communicating with stakeholders, and bringing together cross-functional teams and resources to execute towards a common goal.
• Ability to exercise good judgement, critical thinking, and balance risks in ambiguous and complex situations.
• Working in an agile environment
• Possess good understanding of global privacy laws and regulations, and best practices and how they apply to the SaaS business model.
• Knowledge of ISO and NIST frameworks as they relate to personal data and the privacy program.
• You are creative and enthusiastic about privacy, an initiative taker who can work as well independently as well as in team settings, and a believer in continuous improvement.

What would make you really stand out

• Demonstrate experience in being a transformative change agent within the organization to promote privacy principles.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing new processes, procedures, and/or technology to operationalize privacy within an organization.
• Experience working in a cloud-based SaaS organization.
• Enjoyment in untangling complexity.
• Comfort with leveraging privacy software technologies to help scale privacy operations.
• Ability and desire to understand technical aspects of our business.

What’s in it for you

Dayforce is fueled by the diversity of our talented employees. We are an equal opportunity employer and consider and embrace ALL individuals and what makes them unique. We believe our employees should be happy and healthy, with peace of mind and a sense of fulfillment.

We encourage individuals to apply based on their passions.

Dayforce encourages personal and professional growth. We offer excellent time away from work programs, comprehensive wellness initiatives and recognition through competitive pay and benefits.

With a commitment to community impact, including volunteer days and our charity, Dayforce Cares we provide opportunities for you to thrive both in your career and personal life. Our focus is not just on your job but on supporting you to be the best version of yourself.

About the Salary Ranges

Please note that the salary range mentioned in this job description should serve simply as a guide. The final compensation offered may vary based on a variety of factors, including bonuses and/or incentives, or a candidate’s experience, skills, budget and location. Our company is committed to providing a fair, equitable, and competitive package that reflects the value an individual brings to the organization.

Proficiency in English is required for this position as this role will regularly interact with English-speaking stakeholders, co-workers, managers and/or clients across the world. Further, our back office support teams, including but not limited to Human Resources, are primarily English speaking. Employees need to be able to communicate with these departments in English to appropriately administer their business relationship. Due to the significant high volume of interactions with these English-speaking co-workers, managers, stakeholders and/or clients, which is inherent to this position, it is not possible to reorganize the company's activities to avoid this requirement.

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