Privacy Compliance Manager

About Us

Let us introduce ourselves. With 300+ employees across Canada, ivari is a company that s making a difference in the world of life insurance. How? By finding and hiring employees who are passionate about helping people protect their families, and by giving them the best, most supportive workplace possible.

ivari is part of Sagicor Financial Corporation, a leading financial services provider with over 185 years of history operating across the Caribbean, US, and Canada. We offer a wide range of products and services, including life and health insurance, annuities, pension administration and investment services.

At ivari, everyone is welcome! It is our mission to attract, develop, and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and the communities in which we do business. We offer an inclusive and accessible work environment where all employees and customers feel valued, respected, and supported.

Here s the job opportunity

This is a new position

As Privacy Compliance Manager, you will help lead ivari s privacy program and support the responsible handling of personal information across the organization. You will help maintain privacy frameworks, policies, tools, and training, while overseeing key Privacy Office activities such as incident response, privacy requests, complaints, regulatory reporting, and Privacy Impact Assessments.

In this role, you will act as the Business Unit Compliance Liaison for privacy, provide second-line oversight of privacy controls, and support reporting to senior management and the Board through the Chief Privacy Officer. You will also work closely with Legal, Information Security, IT, HR, and business teams to promote strong privacy practices and compliance with Canadian privacy laws. The responsibilities will include:

Privacy Compliance & Advisory

Apply Canadian privacy laws and organizational policies to realworld business initiatives

Advise business teams on compliant collection, use, disclosure, retention, and safeguarding of personal information

Support the Chief Privacy Officer in leading ivari wide regulatory change initiatives related to Privacy.

Identify privacy risks and recommend mitigation strategies aligned with a riskbased compliance approach

Governance, Documentation & Accountability

Maintain and enhance privacy compliance artifacts, including: Privacy impact assessment (PIA) determinations and tracking ongoing remediation

Privacy risk register and KPI tracking

Incident logs and breach documentation

Support ongoing compliance with Quebec Law 25 accountability and governance requirements

Contribute to development and maintenance of privacy policies, procedures, and standards

Ensure documentation of policies and procedures to comply with regulatory requirements and evidence controls

Produce quarterly reports for senior management and executive leadership

Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs)

Lead the design and enhancement of Privacy Impact Assessment tools and risk assessments for moderate to highrisk initiatives

Evaluate data flows, purposes, safeguards, and proportionality

Document findings, mitigation plans, and approvals in compliance records

Monitor completion of remediation actions arising from PIAs

Incident & Regulatory Support

Develop and maintain Privacy incident response plan

Investigate, analyze and handle all privacy incidents reported to the Privacy Office

Assist the Chief Privacy Officer and Legal with regulatory inquiries, audits, or investigations

Prepare compliance evidence and documentation for internal or external reviews

Stakeholder Enablement & Training

Is a Privacy subjectmatter resource for Compliance and business teams

Provide guidance and training to Privacy Analysts and operational teams

Support privacy awareness initiatives and compliance training programs

What we are looking for

Minimum six years of experience in privacy and regulatory compliance, risk advisory and reporting roles, preferably within financial services

Strong knowledge of privacy legislation, regulatory guidance, and emerging regulatory trends, with the ability to apply requirements pragmatically to business operations.

Demonstrated experience assessing privacy risk, conducting Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs), defining KRIs/KPIs, and recommending and implementing risk mitigation strategies.

Experience providing secondline oversight and challenge of firstline risk and control assessments.

Strong leadership, project management, and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to lead crossfunctional initiatives.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executivelevel reporting and presentations for senior management and Boards.

Strong analytical judgment, discretion in handling sensitive information, and a customercentric, ethical approach to privacy complaints and breach management.

IAPP Certified Information and Privacy Professional (CIPP) Canada or Europe, and/or Certified Privacy Manager (CIPM) and/or Canadian Risk Management Designation (CRM) highly desirable.

Certifications in privacy technology, data protection officer, or information systems security are an asset

Proficiency in French is an asset.

What we pay

Pay Range: $96,000 - $132,000

What's in it for you

At ivari, it's important for us to keep our people motivated, recognized and rewarded. We offer competitive base salaries plus a bonus, one of the many reasons ivari is a great place to work.

We also offer health and dental benefits for the entire family from Day 1! But that s just the beginning. When you join the ivari team you also get

A fantastic vacation plan and time off

A pension plan with 100% match by ivari

Employee savings plan with 75% match to help you save even more

Flexible and hybrid work arrangements

Opportunities for professional development

Recognition programs to cheer you on, motivate and reward

Wellness programs to keep you healthy and happy

Who you are

Someone who enjoys a culture where everyone is genuinely respectful and you can be your authentic self every day. Your contributions and opinions are not only sought, but valued. You know the importance of, and live by, our core values of

Bringing clarity and focus to your work

Taking ownership and doing what you say you will

Remaining flexible

Collaborating with others

Does this sound like you? We re looking for great people to join our team!

Our commitment to inclusivity is reflected in the safeguards, policies and commitments we have in place to remove barriers and provide equal opportunities to prospective and current employees, without discrimination.

To apply, please email your resume to: ...

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** ivari does not utilize AI in our recruitment process to screen, select, or assess applicants