Senior Privacy Analyst

At Lyft, our mission is to build a more connected world, ride by ride.

Lyft connects people to transportation to change the way we live and get around our communities. Our drivers and passengers entrust Lyft with their personal information and travel details to get where they are going and expect us to keep that data safe. Lyft’s Privacy team is comprised of engineers and analysts dedicated to ensuring that appropriate data protection measures are applied at all times. We conduct privacy risk assessments, consult with organizational stakeholders, maintain Lyft’s privacy program, develop privacy policies, and advise on all matters related to privacy.

We are looking for a highly motivated, organized, and passionate individual to join our Privacy and Compliance Team. As a member of this team, you will engage in our privacy-by-design process to ensure that privacy and security are built into our products by default. Every day, you’ll partner with stakeholders across the company working on exciting new projects, help de-risk their product development, conduct risk assessments, and serve as a trusted adviser to teams across Lyft. You’ll help our team stay organized, on track, and ensure both us and teams across Lyft are meeting their strategic goals.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives on building structure and takes pride in keeping complex, fast-moving programs organized. You're someone who loves building/improving systems, documenting processes so others can follow them, and maintaining visibility across many workstreams at once. You get energized by cross-functional collaboration and find satisfaction in being the connective tissue that helps teams stay aligned, accountable, and moving forward.

Responsibilities:

Drive operational excellence across the privacy team by streamlining workflows, eliminating redundancies, and building scalable processes that improve team efficiency and output quality

Develop and track meaningful program metrics to establish accountability, measure effectiveness, and communicate program health to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders

Build and maintain team expertise in tooling and operations software, ensuring consistent adoption and optimal utilization across the program

Conduct privacy risk assessments of new and existing Lyft products, services, and processes

Assess third parties for security and data protection controls, and provide risk assessments and mitigation recommendations

Support and improve the team’s planning and reporting procedures

Build strong cross-functional relationships with product and engineering teams and advise them on complex data privacy-related issues

Communicate risk to both technical and non-technical stakeholders across the business and negotiate risk mitigation strategies

Develop and maintain internal privacy policies, guidelines, and best practices for Lyft

Experience:

Knowledge of a broad range of privacy concepts and demonstrated ability to apply them to real-world situations

Experience conducting privacy risk assessments, third party risk assessments, and and risk mitigation

Experience with privacy regulations (e.g., CCPA, GDPR, PIPEDA)

Experience with security compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, SOC 2)

Experience using Jira for project and task tracking, reporting, and program performance monitoring

Experience driving operational improvements within a privacy, security, compliance, or risk function, including process design, metrics development, and tooling adoption

Strong cross-functional communication and leadership skills, with the ability to initiate and drive projects proactively

Strong teamwork and collaboration skills

Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Ability to own and manage multiple tasks and high priority projects

IAPP privacy certifications (e.g., CIPP, CIPM, CIPT) a plus

Benefits:

Extended health and dental coverage options, along with life insurance and disability benefits

Mental health benefits

Family building benefits

Child care and pet benefits

Access to a Lyft funded Health Care Savings Account

RRSP plan with company match to help save for your future

In addition to provincial observed holidays, salaried team members are covered under Lyft's flexible paid time off policy. The policy allows team members to take off as much time as they need (with manager approval). Hourly team members get 15 days paid time off, with an additional day for each year of service

Lyft is proud to support new parents with 18 weeks of paid time off, designed as a top-up plan to complement provincial programs. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible.

Subsidized commuter benefits and Lyft ride credits

Lyft is committed to creating an inclusive workforce that fosters belonging. Lyft believes that every person has a right to equal employment opportunities without discrimination because of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, pardoned record of offences, or any other basis protected by applicable law or by Company policy. Lyft also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind. Accommodation for persons with disabilities will be provided upon request in accordance with applicable law during the application and hiring process. Please contact your recruiter if you wish to make such a request.

Lyft highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule — Team Members will be expected to work in the office at least 3 days per week, including on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Lyft considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role. Your recruiter can share more information about the various in-office perks Lyft offers. Additionally, hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year. #Hybrid

The expected base pay range for this position in the Toronto area is CAD $136,000 - CAD $170,000, not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.

Lyft may use artificial intelligence to screen applicants, however, Lyft employees make the ultimate selection and hiring decisions.

This job fills an existing vacancy.