Senior Privacy & Compliance Program Manager

TL;DR

Senior Privacy & Compliance Program Manager: Coordinate privacy and compliance program work for products and operations with an accent on vendor/subprocessor reviews, data governance, and DSAR/user-rights workflows. Focus on translating privacy/security/compliance requirements into practical processes, maintaining data inventories and records of processing, and supporting audit readiness and incident response coordination.

Company

hirify.global builds privacy-respecting communication and productivity tools through the Thunderbird ecosystem.

What you will do

• Coordinate privacy and compliance program planning, recurring reviews, risk tracking, documentation, and leadership reporting.
• Translate privacy, security, and compliance requirements into practical processes across products, infrastructure, support workflows, vendor ecosystem, and operating model.
• Coordinate vendor and tool reviews, documenting data flows, subprocessors, and privacy/security/contractual/operational considerations.
• Support privacy operations and data governance, including DSAR workflows, records of processing, retention practices, and privacy policy maintenance.
• Develop and maintain data inventories and data maps (what data is collected, where it is stored, how it is used, involved vendors/systems, and retention).
• Support compliance and audit readiness (e.g., ISO-related readiness), incident response readiness, and create lightweight guidance/checklists/templates/training.

Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant professional experience in software/SaaS/technology or technical product environments.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in privacy operations, compliance program management, GRC, legal operations, security compliance, vendor governance, or data governance.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional programs across legal, engineering, product, support, finance, and operations, including working with external counsel/advisors/auditors/consultants/vendors.
• Experience with vendor/tool/subprocessor reviews and privacy/security/legal/operational risk considerations.
• Experience supporting privacy operations and user-rights workflows for international users (e.g., GDPR/EU privacy requirements, DSARs, deletion/export requests, records of processing, retention, access controls, privacy policy maintenance).
• Location: Remote Canada; applicants must reside in and have permanent work authorization for Canada; no visa sponsorship.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote, full-time role with cross-time-zone collaboration and regular overlap with Eastern Time working hours.
• Company-provided laptop, monthly remote work stipend, and annual professional development stipend.
• Annual bonus program and access to Coursera learning platform; support for industry conferences.
• 24 days PTO per year (prorated), birthday and year-end shutdown, wellbeing days, and paid parental/sick leave.
• RRSP contributions and health/dental/vision insurance, disability and life insurance, and an employee assistance program.

Hiring process

• Submit application with cover letter/screening questions; responses are reviewed carefully.
• Interviews and evaluation of privacy/compliance program experience and cross-functional execution.

Salary: Canada $100,000 - $125,000