The Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) Specialist will lead the evaluation of applications, systems, or programs to ensure compliance with privacy legislation such as FIPPA, PHIPA, and PIPEDA. This includes assessing privacy risks, developing mitigation strategies, and ensuring alignment with legal, policy, and technical standards. The specialist will work with cross-functional teams to provide privacy guidance and develop PIAs for online and mobile digital solutions, including those involving personal and health-related data, integrating systems, and cloud or mobile technologies.
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Advantages
•Direct involvement in shaping privacy compliance for new and innovative digital services
•Work with a multidisciplinary team of policy makers, architects, and technical experts
•Opportunity to apply knowledge of privacy legislation to impactful, real-world projects
•Exposure to digital identity frameworks and emerging security/privacy technologies
•A role focused on both policy and technical aspects of privacy, offering career growth
Responsibilities
•Lead and conduct privacy impact assessments for digital systems handling personal and health information
•Evaluate risks in web, mobile, cloud, and legacy system integrations
•Ensure compliance with access and privacy legislation and standards (FIPPA, PHIPA, PIPEDA)
•Provide security-by-design and strategic privacy maturity guidance
•Interpret technical documents (architecture, process flows) to identify privacy issues
•Collaborate with policy teams to ensure privacy alignment in policies and legislation
•Engage in stakeholder sessions to gather requirements and document findings
•Provide detailed recommendations and present findings to senior executives
•Coordinate PIA sign-offs and maintain related documentation
Qualifications
•Extensive experience conducting PIAs in digital environments involving health or personal data
•Strong understanding of FIPPA, PHIPA, PIPEDA, and related privacy regulations
•Familiarity with privacy risks in mobile, cloud, API-based, and digital wallet solutions
•Experience with technical privacy controls, encryption, and architecture principles
•Demonstrated knowledge of digital identity standards like NIST, FIDO, and SAML
•Ability to interpret complex technical and policy documentation
•Strong communication, documentation, and leadership skills
•Professional certifications in privacy, IT security, or architecture
Summary
This role is ideal for an experienced privacy professional ready to lead assessments and advise on privacy strategy for modern digital solutions. It combines legal, technical, and communication expertise to ensure compliance, mitigate risk, and promote responsible information practices.
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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The Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) Specialist will lead the evaluation of applications, systems, or programs to ensure compliance with privacy legislation such as FIPPA, PHIPA, and PIPEDA. This includes assessing privacy risks, developing mitigation strategies, and ensuring alignment with legal, policy, and technical standards. The specialist will work with cross-functional teams to provide privacy guidance and develop PIAs for online and mobile digital solutions, including those involving personal and health-related data, integrating systems, and cloud or mobile technologies.
Advantages
•Direct involvement in shaping privacy compliance for new and innovative digital services
•Work with a multidisciplinary team of policy makers, architects, and technical experts
•Opportunity to apply knowledge of privacy legislation to impactful, real-world projects
•Exposure to digital identity frameworks and emerging security/privacy technologies
•A role focused on both policy and technical aspects of privacy, offering career growth
Responsibilities
•Lead and conduct privacy impact assessments for digital systems handling personal and health information
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•Evaluate risks in web, mobile, cloud, and legacy system integrations
•Ensure compliance with access and privacy legislation and standards (FIPPA, PHIPA, PIPEDA)
•Provide security-by-design and strategic privacy maturity guidance
•Interpret technical documents (architecture, process flows) to identify privacy issues
•Collaborate with policy teams to ensure privacy alignment in policies and legislation
•Engage in stakeholder sessions to gather requirements and document findings
•Provide detailed recommendations and present findings to senior executives
•Coordinate PIA sign-offs and maintain related documentation
Qualifications
•Extensive experience conducting PIAs in digital environments involving health or personal data
•Strong understanding of FIPPA, PHIPA, PIPEDA, and related privacy regulations
•Familiarity with privacy risks in mobile, cloud, API-based, and digital wallet solutions
•Experience with technical privacy controls, encryption, and architecture principles
•Demonstrated knowledge of digital identity standards like NIST, FIDO, and SAML
•Ability to interpret complex technical and policy documentation
•Strong communication, documentation, and leadership skills
•Professional certifications in privacy, IT security, or architecture
Summary
This role is ideal for an experienced privacy professional ready to lead assessments and advise on privacy strategy for modern digital solutions. It combines legal, technical, and communication expertise to ensure compliance, mitigate risk, and promote responsible information practices.
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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