Senior Privacy Impact Assessment PIA Specialist

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) Specialist to lead and support the delivery of Privacy Impact Assessments for complex enterprise information systems, digital platforms, and policy initiatives. In this role, you will evaluate whether new technologies, business processes, and software solutions meet statutory privacy requirements and Fair Information Practices. Working closely with cross-functional technical teams, business leaders, and legal advisors, you will analyze data flows, identify privacy risks, design mitigation strategies, and author comprehensive PIA reports and executive briefing materials to ensure full regulatory compliance.

Location: Toronto, ON (Fully Onsite – 5 days/week required)

Duration: 11-month contract.

Advantages
Strategic Privacy Leadership: Lead high-visibility Privacy Impact Assessments across large-scale digital platforms and IT modernization initiatives.

Multi-Domain Technical Exposure: Integrate privacy engineering principles with IT security, cloud architecture, and data flow modeling.

Executive Advisory Role: Brief senior decision-makers and guide cross-functional teams on complex privacy risks and regulatory strategies.

Dedicated Onsite Collaboration: Work alongside senior IT leads, architects, and business stakeholders in a focused 5-day per week workspace.

Responsibilities
End-to-End PIA Delivery: Lead, coordinate, and execute comprehensive Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) for new technologies, digital IT platforms, and program updates.

Privacy Risk Analysis & Mitigation: Analyze business architectures, data flows, and technical designs to identify personal information risks and propose actionable countermeasures to business leads.

Legislative & Policy Analysis: Interpret and apply relevant privacy legislation, regulations, directives, and jurisprudence to ensure full compliance across all information management lifecycles.

Data Flow & Process Mapping: Analyze and create detailed data flow diagrams and business process models to trace personal information collection, use, disclosure, retention, and disposal.

Cross-Functional Stakeholder Consultation: Consult, negotiate, and mediate across multidisciplinary groups—including IT security specialists, software developers, business leads, and legal advisors—to gather critical PIA input.

Report Authoring & Executive Briefings: Author formal Privacy Impact Assessment Reports, executive briefing notes, risk registers, and decision records for senior management review.

Privacy Education & Training: Develop and deliver privacy awareness materials, best-practice guides, and training modules to build privacy capability across client groups.

Records Management & Governance: Ensure information handling practices align with corporate records management standards, retention schedules, and information security controls.

Qualifications
Public Sector PIA Leadership: Proven experience leading, managing, or supporting Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) in a public sector environment (Strictly Required).

Privacy Legislation & Jurisprudence: Deep knowledge and practical experience applying Ontario privacy statutes (FIPPA, MFIPPA, PHIPA), regulations, and Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) jurisprudence (Strictly Required).

Privacy & Security Concepts: Strong expertise in privacy-enhancing concepts, security controls, risk management frameworks, and Fair Information Practices (Strictly Required).

Stakeholder Facilitation & Data Flow Mapping: Proven ability to lead cross-functional consultations, gather input from technical/business SMEs, and analyze data flow diagrams (Strictly Required).

Nice-to-Have Assets:
Hands-on experience delivering PIAs specifically for digital, cloud, or IT-based platforms.

Prior experience within an Ontario Public Service (OPS) or broader public sector context.

Familiarity with federal privacy laws (PIPEDA) or international privacy frameworks.

Summary
If you're interested in the "Senior Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) Specialist" role based in Toronto, we encourage you to apply online at www.randstad.ca.
Only qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps. We look forward to hearing from you!

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