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Being part of Air Canada is to become part of an iconic Canadian symbol, recently ranked the best Airline in North America. Let your career take flight by joining our diverse and vibrant team at the leading edge of passenger aviation. Air Canada is Canada's largest airline, the country’s flag carrier and a founding member of Star Alliance, the world's most comprehensive air transportation network. Air Canada provides scheduled service directly to more than 180 airports in Canada, the United States and Internationally on six continents. It holds a Four-Star ranking from Skytrax. Air Canada’s Aeroplan program is Canada’s premier travel loyalty program, where members can earn or redeem points on the world’s largest airline partner network of 45 airlines, plus through an extensive range of merchandise, hotel and car rental partners. Through Air Canada Vacations, it offers more travel choices than any other Canadian tour operator to hundreds of destinations worldwide, with a wide selection of hotels, flights, cruises, day tours, and car rentals. Its freight division, Air Canada Cargo, provides air freight lift and connectivity to hundreds of destinations across six continents using Air Canada’s passenger and freighter aircraft. Air Canada’s climate-related ambition includes a long-term aspirational goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. We have an innovative legal team that continues to earn the respect and confidence of our internal colleagues, participating as true business partners to support Air Canada’s strategic objectives. When you join Air Canada and its Legal Department, you’ll become a vital part of a team of driven professionals that fly the flag every day, sharing the best of Canada with the world.
Job Responsibility:
Advising and representing Air Canada in a wide range of privacy, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence matters, across multiple jurisdictions
Keeping abreast of developments in privacy, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and anti-spam laws
Working closely with various branches including Customer Experience, Cybersecurity, Procurement, People, Culture and Communications, Loyalty, IT, E-commerce, and Sales
Assisting commercial counsel and clients in analyzing the nature of the parties to vendor contracts and trans-border data flows
Representing and advising Air Canada in all matters pertaining to CASL and other applicable anti-spam laws
Requirements:
Minimum of three and up to five years of experience in a leading law firm or an established in-house legal/privacy department
Membership in the Bar of a province essential
Solid understanding of and practical experience with PIPEDA and CASL
Familiarity with the common law and civil law of privacy and provincial privacy laws, particularly Québec’s Private Sector Act
Knowledge of the GDPR, other international privacy laws, cybersecurity laws, AI laws
Strong analytical, negotiation, advocacy, written and oral communication skills
Ability to understand, anticipate and meet client needs
Be a leader, self-motivated and thrive on challenges
Drive for results and urgency and motivation towards achievement of goals
Good business judgment and be strategic, pragmatic, and thorough
Creativity and analytical ability
Capacity to work autonomously and under pressure
Inclination to take initiative and be proactive and resourceful
Have a passion for learning and gaining a deep understanding of the business
Strong desire to participate as part of a team
Facility in managing shifting priorities
Be supportive of innovation, and adaptable and flexible
Demonstrate punctuality and dependability
Bilingual (English and French)
Candidates must be eligible to work in the country of interest
Nice to have:
Privacy certification (CIPP/E, CIPP/C, AIGP, CIPM) an asset
Training in both common and civil law an asset
Experience before the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, and the Federal Courts strong assets
What we offer:
The selected candidate will often be required to work autonomously but will have the benefit of working closely and exchanging with senior counsel and internal clients
While demands are often as high as in private practice, workflow tends to be more predictable
The work is diverse and challenging and not monotonous
There are regular opportunities for exposure to new mandates
the range of available work is wide and quality is typically high