Legal Operations Contract Specialist

OMERS; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Canadian pension plan is seeking a candidate for its Legal Operations team. The role involves contract review, creation, and data validation, requiring a minimum of 8 years of experience in contracting. Strong communication and stakeholder coordination skills are essential. They offer a flexible hybrid work model, requiring office presence at least 4 days per week. Join a diverse and dynamic workplace dedicated to member interests and community support.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of contracting experience.
• Experience with software and data protection agreements is essential.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Review and negotiate contracts.
• Create contract templates.
• Ensure compliance with internal requirements.
• Support various Legal Operations projects.

Skills

Contract drafting and review

Strong oral and written communication

Interpersonal skills

Stakeholder coordination

Insight drawing and idea conveyance

Self-starter

Tools

Contract Lifecycle Management platforms

iManage

HighQ

Job description

Choose a workplace that empowers your impact.

Join a global workplace where employees thrive. One that embraces diversity of thought, expertise and experience. A place where you can personalize your employee journey to be — and deliver — your best.

We are a purpose-driven, dynamic and sustainable pension plan. An industry leading global investor with teams in Toronto to London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe. We embody the values of our 600,000+ members, placing their best interests at the heart of everything we do.

Join us to accelerate your growth & development, prioritize wellness, build connections, and support the communities where we live and work.

Don’t just work anywhere — come build tomorrow together with us.

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Our team is looking for a candidate with a contracts background to join our OMERS Legal Operations team. Vice President, Legal managing the Legal Operations function at OMERS strongly believes in developing talent and is looking for a candidate that has a strong drive to learn and desire to help their colleagues succeed with their initiatives. If you are looking for a dynamic role, this is the one for you!

We believe that time together in the office is important for OMERS and Oxford, the strength of our employees, and the work we do for our pension members. Our flexible hybrid work guideline requires teams to come to the office a minimum of 4 days per week.

Responsibilities:

• Contract review and negotiations

• Contract template creation

• Contract data validation

• Enterprise third-party risk management

• Work closely with business leads and the procurement team to ensure that contracts meet internal requirements

• Maintenance of the Contract Lifecyle Management Platform

• Partner with team members in contract management efficiency projects

• Support the annual records retention process for the Legal group

• Support various Legal Operations projects

To succeed in this role, you bring the following:

• Strong contract drafting and review experience (including technology – inc. software - and data protection agreements)

• Minimum 8 years of contracting experience

• Strong oral and written communication skills and interpersonal skills

• Ability to work with and coordinate with multiple stakeholders

• Ability to draw insights, and convey ideas clearly and concisely

• Self-starter who works both independently and with a team, while fostering a collegial and creative team culture

• (nice to have but not required) Experience with Contract Lifecycle Management platforms, iManage, and/or HighQ

As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the members we proudly serve.

From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.