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About the Role
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) is seeking an experienced legal executive to serve as Vice President, Enterprise Legal. This role provides strategic oversight of corporate and commercial law, procurement legal support, corporate governance, compliance, privacy, information governance, and enterprise legal policy, acting as a key member of the Legal leadership team and the CLIO’s principal delegate for enterprise legal matters.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Enterprise Legal portfolio, including corporate and commercial law, procurement legal support, corporate governance support, compliance and enterprise policy development.
- Serve as deputy to the CLIO on enterprise legal, governance and compliance initiatives, providing continuity of leadership and strategic support across the organization.
- Establish Enterprise Legal priorities, service standards, resource plans and operational objectives aligned with the CIB’s strategic direction.
- Oversee intake, triage, prioritization and allocation of enterprise legal work to ensure timely, consistent and high-quality service delivery.
- Provide strategic legal guidance on corporate, commercial, governance, compliance, procurement, privacy and emerging legal matters.
- Oversee the development, negotiation, standardization and risk management of commercial agreements and legal templates used across the organization.
- Lead legal support for procurement activities, including advising on contracting risks, procurement frameworks and exceptions to standard approaches.
- Manage external legal counsel and related legal budgets within delegated authorities.
- Provide governance-related legal support and advice regarding Board and Committee governance frameworks, delegations of authority and corporate policies.
- Lead the review and modernization of governance instruments, including by-laws, charters, delegations and governance policies.
- Identify and assess emerging legal, regulatory, operational and reputational risks, as well as recommend practical mitigation strategies.
- Support enterprise compliance programs, policy governance activities, information governance initiatives, privacy frameworks and ethics-related obligations.
- Monitor legal and regulatory developments affecting Crown corporations and advise on required organizational responses.
- Act as a trusted advisor to executive leaders on enterprise legal, governance, compliance and risk matters.
- Prepare executive briefings, governance materials, policy recommendations and Board-related legal documentation.
- Represent the Legal function on enterprise initiatives, governance forums, committees and cross-functional working groups.
- Build strong partnerships across Human Resources, Finance, Enterprise Risk, Information Technology, Investments and other business functions.
- Lead, develop and mentor members of the Enterprise Legal team while fostering a high-performance, collaborative and client-focused culture.
- Support succession planning, workforce planning, capability development and continuous improvement initiatives within the Legal function.
- Promote legal knowledge sharing, operational excellence and consistent legal standards across the enterprise.
Requirements
- LL.B., J.D. or equivalent law degree and member in good standing of the Law Society of Ontario or the Barreau du Québec.
- Minimum 12 years of progressively senior legal experience gained in a combination of leading law firms, in-house legal departments, Crown corporations, public sector organizations, financial institutions or similarly regulated environments.
- Demonstrated experience advising executive leadership teams and senior stakeholders on complex legal, governance, commercial, compliance and enterprise risk issues.
- Deep expertise in corporate governance, procurement, commercial contracting, compliance, policy development and enterprise legal risk management, with a strong understanding of the legislative and policy environment applicable to Crown corporations or comparable organizations.
- Proven ability to assess complex and emerging legal issues, balance legal, operational, reputational and business considerations, as well as provide practical, risk-based advice in a dynamic environment.
- Experience designing and implementing enterprise-wide governance, compliance, ethics or legal risk management frameworks and programs.
- Exceptional relationship-building and influencing skills, with the ability to establish credibility and trusted partnerships across executive leadership, Boards, government stakeholders, regulators, external counsel and business partners.
- Outstanding communication and presentation skills, including the ability to distill complex legal and governance issues into clear, actionable and decision-ready advice.
- Strong strategic, operational and people leadership capabilities, with demonstrated judgment, accountability, as well as a commitment to integrity, inclusion and the CIB’s public interest mandate.
Skills
- Corporate and commercial law
- Procurement legal support
- Corporate governance
- Compliance
- Privacy
- Information governance
- Enterprise legal policy
- Commercial agreements
- Legal templates
- Contracting risks
- Procurement frameworks
- Legal budgets
- Board and Committee governance frameworks
- Delegations of authority
- Corporate policies
- Governance instruments
- By-laws
- Charters
- Legal risk management
- Regulatory developments
- Crown corporations
- Executive advisory
- Stakeholder engagement
- Human Resources
- Finance
- Enterprise Risk
- Information Technology
- Investments
- People leadership
- Capability development
- Bilingualism in French and English
Location
- Toronto
- Other CIB office locations
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum 12 years of progressively senior legal experience
Education Level
- LL.B., J.D. or equivalent law degree
- Member in good standing of the Law Society of Ontario or the Barreau du Québec
About the Company
- Headquartered in Toronto, the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) is responsible for investing in new infrastructure projects.
- The CIB’s mission is to work with provincial, territorial, municipal, federal, Indigenous and private sector investor partners to transform the way infrastructure is planned, financed and delivered in Canada.
- For more information on our company, visit www.cib-bic.ca.
Equal Opportunity
- At the CIB, we are committed to diversity and equitable access to employment opportunities. If you require an accommodation for the recruitment/interview process (including alternate formats of materials, or accessible meeting rooms or other accommodation), please let us know at accessible@cib-bic.ca and we will work with you to meet your needs.