Job Description
Our client is seeking a in-house counsel focused on Privacy & Data Governance Counsel to serve as a strategic legal advisor supporting a highly customer-focused, data-driven business.

This individual will partner closely with privacy, compliance, product, technology, commercial, and customer experience teams to navigate complex privacy, data governance, artificial intelligence, and regulatory matters.

Reporting to senior legal leadership, this role will be responsible for providing practical guidance on customer data usage, privacy compliance, product innovation, emerging technology initiatives, and evolving privacy regulations.

The successful candidate will combine strong legal expertise with business acumen, enabling stakeholders to make informed decisions while supporting growth and innovation.

The ideal candidate is a pragmatic and highly collaborative privacy lawyer who understands both the legal and business implications of customer data usage.

They are comfortable advising senior stakeholders in a fast-paced technology environment, can independently assess risk and recommend solutions, and are passionate about helping organizations innovate responsibly.

The successful candidate will be intellectually curious, commercially minded, and excited by the evolving intersection of privacy, data governance, artificial intelligence, digital products, and customer trust.

This is a director-level individual contributor position with significant visibility across the organization.

This role requires 5 days on-site in Mississauga
We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day.

We are an equal chance/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters.





Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.

If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].

To learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/.

Skills and Requirements
- 7-10+ years of corporate commercial legal experience a focus on privacy and/e-commerce technology experience
- JD/LLB and membership in good standing with a Canadian law society.
- Significant experience advising on privacy law, data governance, consumer protection, and customer data usage.
- Proven experience supporting customer-facing businesses that collect, manage, or leverage consumer data.
- Deep understanding of privacy compliance obligations related to the collection, use, disclosure, retention, and protection of customer information.
- Experience advising on data subject rights requests,



including access, deletion, correction, portability, and other privacy-related inquiries.
- Experience supporting consent management programs and advising on lawful bases for data collection and processing activities.
- Strong understanding of privacy notice development, customer disclosures, consent language, and customer-facing privacy communications.
- Experience partnering with compliance teams to update and maintain privacy policies, privacy notices, and governance frameworks.
- Demonstrated experience advising business stakeholders on the privacy implications of launching new products, services, digital capabilities, and customer experiences.
- Strong understanding of technology, ecommerce, digital platforms, customer-facing applications, and data-driven business models.
- Experience negotiating complex commercial, technology, software, data-sharing, and strategic partnership agreements.
- Draft, negotiate, and advise on commercial, technology, vendor, data-sharing, and strategic partnership agreements.
- Monitor privacy, consumer protection, technology, and artificial intelligence regulatory developments and translate those changes into actionable business guidance.
- Advise stakeholders on the lawful and responsible collection, use, sharing, retention, and governance of customer data.
- Provide guidance regarding customer consent mechanisms, preference management programs, and privacy compliance requirements.
- Support the review, investigation, and response process for data subject rights requests and privacy-related inquiries.
- Partner with compliance teams to draft, review, and maintain privacy notices, customer disclosures, policies, and governance documentation.

📌 Commercial Lawyer - Privacy Law and Data Governance (Mississauga)
🏢 Insight Global
📍 Mississauga