LEGAL COUNSEL PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY

Who is Allstate:

Allstate Insurance Company of Canada is a leading home and auto insurer focused on providing its customers prevention and protection products and services for every stage of life. The company is proud to have been named a Best Employer in Canada for nine consecutive years and prioritizes supporting employees and fostering an inclusive, welcoming corporate culture. Allstate is committed to making a positive difference in the communities in which it operates through partnerships with charitable organizations, employee giving and volunteerism. Serving Canadians since 1953, Allstate strives to provide reassurance with its "You’re in Good Hands®" promise.

Through our Employee Value Proposition, Opportunity, Flexibility, Community, Diversity and Family, we have worked hard to develop and nurture a culture where employees feel valued, experience personal growth, have career options and truly enjoy the work they do.

Role Designation: Hybrid

Benefits to joining Allstate

• Flexible Work Arrangements
• Employee discounts (15% on auto and property insurance, plus many other products and services)
• Good Office program (receive up to 400$ back after purchasing office equipment)
• Student Loan Payment Matching Program for Government Student loans
• Comprehensive Retirement Savings Program with employer matched contributions
• Annual Wellness allowance to support employees with improving health and wellbeing
• Personal reflection day
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Working within the community and giving back!

Job Description:

Allstate Canada Group (ACG) is looking for a Legal Counsel, Privacy and Technology to join its Law & Regulation Department. We are looking for a creative and high energy legal counsel interested in working at the nexus of law, business, technology, data, and consumers. ACG’s Law and Regulation department is growing to enable our service businesses to thrive as well as support matters across the business as to technology, cybersecurity, privacy, data management, and intellectual property.

Successful candidates for this role should have the significant knowledge of Cyber, AI, Privacy, Emerging Technologies, Insurance Products, and Incident Management.

Accountabilities:

• Provide solutions-oriented strategic legal counseling to enable business units to achieve business objectives in compliance with applicable law and regulations.
• Provide Privacy and Technology legal counseling to all business areas, with a focus on emerging technologies and new technology products.
• Complex research as to applicability of pertinent laws, statutes, regulations, rules, and other legal authority; ability to summarize concisely and collaborate with other areas of company to determine impact of new legal authority on business and enable action plans.
• Support regulatory response and strategy for privacy, security, and data programs and incident response/investigations.
• Proactive strategic recommendations to enhance compliance with legal/regulatory requirements and use a risk/return framework to help mitigate future risks to ACG.

Skills and attributes for success

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, as well as advocacy
• Experience in the following areas: privacy, cybersecurity, technology, international, intellectual property, M&A, strategy, commercial, data, and/or highly regulated sectors
• Demonstrated strategic and data driven mindset.
• Ability to build relationships across multiple areas of the business.
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders and navigate competing priorities and agendas successfully.
• Ability to adapt and integrate own experience with Enterprise-wide strategy
• Continuous improvement mindset

Qualifications:

• Law degree from a Canadian law school or equivalent
• Member of the Ontario Bar in good standing
• 3 + years of Privacy, Technology and/or relevant Corporate Law experience
• Experience in a highly regulated environment
• French language ability preferred, but not required.

Allstate Canada Group has policies and practices that provide workplace accommodations. If you require accommodation, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.