Senior Manager, Legal Counsel (Canada)

Why Ryan?

• Hybrid and Remote Work Options

• Award-Winning Culture

• Generous Personal Time Off (PTO) Benefits

• Up to 20 Weeks of Parental Leave Top-up (Adoption Included

• Monthly Gym Membership OR Gym Equipment Reimbursement

• Health and Dental Benefit Eligibility Effective Day One

• RRSP with Employer Match

• Tuition Reimbursement After One Year of Service

The Legal Counsel for Ryan Canada is the primary lawyer responsible for supporting, and reports directly to, the regional Associate General Counsel on all legal matters relating to the company’s operations across Canada. This generalist role provides support in a wide range of legal areas, including contract review, drafting, and negotiation, ethics & compliance, labor and employment law, litigation and collections, regulatory matters like data privacy and Québec’s French-language requirements, corporate governance, mergers & acquisitions, and providing general legal support to the business team.

Legal Counsel (Canada)

• People: Maintains collaborative rapport with Canadian business teams.
• Client: Reviews, drafts, and negotiates a broad range of general commercial agreements in English and French, including client engagement, vendor, partner, referral, software agreements, NDAs and DPAs. 
• Value: Negotiates contracts and assists in preparing and revising contract templates in English and French. Supports and advises the company regarding compliance policies and procedures.
• Supports corporate governance and legal entity recordkeeping needs.
• Provides first line of support to local global shared service providers such as HR, Marketing, Operations with either support or direction from other members of the legal team.
• Instruct and manage internal litigation reporting and risk reporting and external counsel on assigned files

Education and Experience:

Undergraduate degree and law degree required, plus at least 4-7 years of relevant work experience in a corporate legal setting, preferably in-house. 

Bilingual ability in English and French is preferred.

Professional Skills:

• Superior teamwork, organizational, time management, and oral and written communications skills
• Enthusiasm for learning and using legal technology tools

Certificate and Licenses:

Holds an active law license in good standing from at least one province in Canada.

Work Environment:

Standard indoor working environment.

Long periods of sitting while working at computer.

Must be able to lift, carry, push, or pull up to 30 lbs.

Interface with employees at all levels, and vendors, clients, and governments

Independent travel requirement: less than 15%