VP, Legal (North America)

T-Net British Columbia; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 225,000 - 295,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in cloud-based archiving seeks a Vice President Legal to lead its global legal operations. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in legal matters within dynamic business environments, focusing on compliance, data protection, and strategic leadership. This role offers a competitive salary package and emphasizes diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Comprehensive extended health benefits

Annual vacation days

Paid sick days

Corporate bonuses

RRSP contribution matching

Subsidized meal program

Qualifications

• Qualified to practice law in British Columbia with 12+ years of experience.
• Experience in coaching a legal team in a business environment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee recruitment and performance reviews for the Legal team.
• Provide legal advice on compliance and risk issues.
• Manage disputes and resolve customer complaints.

Skills

Excellent drafting skills

Analytical skills

Effective communication

Negotiation skills

Intellectual curiosity

Understanding of SaaS

Privacy and data protection

Education

Qualified to practice law in British Columbia

12 years of relevant legal experience

Job description

For over 20 years, Global Relay has set the standard in enterprise information archiving with industry-leading cloud archiving, surveillance, eDiscovery, and analytics solutions. We securely capture and preserve the communications data of the world's most highly regulated firms, giving them greater visibility and control over their information and ensuring compliance with stringent regulations.

Though we offer competitive compensation and benefits and all the other perks one would expect from an established company, we are not your typical technology company. Global Relay is a career-building company. A place for big ideas. New challenges. Groundbreaking innovation. It's a place where you can genuinely make an impact - and be recognized for it.

We believe great businesses thrive on diversity, inclusion, and the contributions of all employees. To that end, we recruit candidates from different backgrounds and foster a work environment that encourages employees to collaborate and learn from each other, completely free of barriers.

We encourage you to apply if your qualifications and experience are a good fit for any of our openings.

Your role:

Are you a dynamic leader, looking to be part of a world-class global organization providing a critical service to the world's largest financial institutions?

As the Vice President (VP), Legal you play a pivotal role in overseeing and creatively collaborating with the many lawyers at Global Relay, who support all legal operations and services in our rapidly growing offices around the world. You are comfortable navigating legal risks, managing disputes, providing legal and regulatory guidance in a variety of areas applicable to the organization, participating in key contract negotiations, and overseeing legal operations internationally.

Reporting directly to the Chief Legal Officer (CLO), you will assist in strategic leadership of Global Relay's Legal team, including development of the Legal team strategy to ensure Global Relay's numerous teams are supported effectively.

As VP of Legal, you will be immersing yourself in the hottest tech trends and issues of the day. Big data. Artificial Intelligence. Surveillance and cyber security. Privacy protection. Data sovereignty. And that's just for starters.

You will be involved in every major aspect of the business from customers, to vendors, to the world's largest technology companies we partner with. You will deal with issues related to compliance archiving, data protection, eDiscovery, and business continuity of highly regulated industries.

If you like the idea of working with an established leader in cloud-based archiving, messaging, and eDiscovery, we like the idea of meeting you.

Your responsibilities:

• Oversee recruitment, promotions, performance reviews, and improvement plans for the Legal team in partnership with HR
• Lead and develop the team through performance management, mentoring, and strategic coaching to drive individual and team excellence
• Keep the CLO informed of material legal, compliance, and operational matters identified during day-to-day management of the Legal Team
• Review, negotiate, and draft complex customer agreements, policies, partner agreements, vendor agreements, and related business or legal negotiations, and provide oversight and support to other Legal team members and serve as an escalation point on such matters, to help advance the business forward
• Provide business-minded and practical legal advice on high-priority matters
• Advise various internal teams on legal, compliance, and business risk issues, including privacy, data residency, matters, compliance policies & rules for various industries, intellectual property, employment, HR and human rights issues
• Provide legal support for the business teams including in relation to customer retention, renewals, and other related legal/accounting issues, including managing and resolving disputes and complaints with high value customers
• Provide business support in the development of Global Relay's sales, marketing and business development strategies, new go-to-market strategies, product design, deployment, and positioning to help maximize revenues of the business team
• Provide operational support with Global Relay's internal policies, communications, training, and education on Global Relay services and general governance
• Respond to litigation and threats of litigation, warrants, subpoenas, and other legal process, resolving internally where possible, and otherwise managing external counsel to respond to or initiate and advance legal claims
• Manage Global Relay's governance, compliance, privacy, risk management, and data sovereignty obligations
• Collaborate with the Data Services team and Global Relay's technical design teams to provide guidance on the design of eDiscovery review features and other similar legal workflows for Global Relay's product/service offerings

About you:

• Qualified to practice law in British Columbia, Canada, with a minimum of 12 years of relevant legal experience
• Experience developing and coaching a legal team in a dynamic business environment
• Experience managing external counsel
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills
• Effective analytical skills to balance pragmatic problem solving with risk management
• Effective communication skills to explain and advocate Global Relay's position
• SaaS, licensing, telecommunications, and IP experience is essential
• Privacy and data protection experience is essential
• In-house and business experience is essential
• Intellectual curiosity, passion and integrity
• Strong work ethic with matching sense of humor

Compensation:

Global Relay advertises the pay range for this role in compliance with British Columbia's pay transparency laws. Individual pay rates are determined by evaluating factors such as expertise, skills, education, and professional background.

The range below reflects the expected annual base salary, which is only one element of our comprehensive total rewards package designed to reflect our company pay philosophy, culture and values. We aim to foster an inspiring work environment and support employees' work-life rhythms. We provide a comprehensive extended health benefits program, including virtual healthcare and a wellness allowance. Employees also receive annual allotted vacation days, which increase based on tenure. Other benefits include: Paid sick days, maternity/parental enhancement program, corporate bonuses, and an RRSP contribution matching program.

For Vancouver-based employees, we provide a subsidized meal program, courtesy of our talented in-house culinary team!

British Columbia - Base Salary Range:

$225,000 - $295,000 CAD

What you can expect:

At Global Relay, there's no ceiling to what you can achieve. It's the land of opportunity for the energetic, the intelligent, the driven. You'll receive the mentoring, coaching, and support you need to reach your career goals. You'll be part of a culture that breeds creativity and rewards perseverance and hard work. And you'll be working alongside smart, talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with complementary knowledge and skills.

Global Relay is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

We seek to ensure reasonable adjustments, accommodations, and personal time are tailored to meet the unique needs of every individual.

We understand flexible work arrangements are important, and we encourage that in our work culture. Whether it's flexibility around work hours, workstyle, or lifestyle, we want to ensure our employees have a healthy work/life balance. We support and value a hybrid work model that blends collaboration with the team in the office and focus time from the comfort of your home.

To learn more about our business, culture, and community involvement, visit www.globalrelay.com.

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