Global Legal Counsel, Technology

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis seeks to add an experienced legal counsel to its growing in-house legal team to support the Intelligence global business area. Our ideal candidate has legal experience in the professional services industry, including areas of consulting and digital services. The candidate must have excellent interpersonal skills, superior oral and written communication skills, an ability to anticipate and deliver legal support to satisfy the needs of a dynamic, diverse, and global business team, and the flexibility to manage an evolving variety of assignments. This role can be based in any office in the US and Canada.

The Global Legal Counsel, Technology will report to the GBA Legal Director Intelligence.

Role accountabilities:

Individual Accountabilities:

• Provide comprehensive legal services during the pursuit, negotiation, and delivery stages for complex, higher-risk projects using various delivery models across public and private markets.
• Provide legal advice as a trusted legal advisor to the Intelligence Legal Director, their management team, and senior leaders worldwide.
• Provide legal advice on privacy and data protection matters in Canada.
• Serve as a key contact to facilitate legal guidance on compliance with Arcadis policies, governance, entity management, labor & employment, intellectual property, and procurement laws.
• Develop proactive protocols to identify and manage routine project risks within the Intelligence business area and advise management of the same.
• Coordinate the efforts of outside counsel on a case-by-case basis as required.
• Support the development and implementation of policies and processes to improve efficiency and risk management.
• Collaborate across the Legal, Compliance, and Privacy departments for the professional growth and development of the legal team through formal and informal mentoring.
• Develop and implement role-related training programs for Intelligence global business area
• Perform other duties and responsibilities requiring general legal advice as required from time to time by the business.
  
  

Key Shared Accountabilities:

• Collaborate with stakeholders across the Intelligence business to support projects and initiatives driven by Intelligence
• Support the business with a review of legacy contracts for Intelligence
  
  

Qualifications & Experience:

Required Qualifications:

• Degree-qualified with a J.D. or LL.B. and have at least four years of post-qualification experience, preferably in-house or from a top law firm.
• Member in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario or an equivalent body.
• Demonstrates experience conducting legal research on public contracting laws, with experience negotiating and drafting complex agreements in a professional services sector and managing risk for related projects.
• Experience collaborating with stakeholders across a complex matrix-structured organization (ideally within a Professional and Digital Services company), and demonstrate being client-focused, proactive, and adaptable to business and client needs.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• International experience is desired, but not essential.
  
  

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

The salary range for this role is 134,190 – 167,738 CAD. The base salary represents Arcadis’ hiring range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as location, skills, experience, and qualification for the role.