Legal Counsel
5 days ago
Every WestJet journey has the potential to enrich lives; a career with us is no exception.
WestJet arrived on the Canadian airline scene in 1996 and changed the industry for the better. We made air travel more affordable for Canadians and now we're going global.
Join us and love where you’re going.
Hybrid Role:
This is a hybrid position; you will be required to work at the WestJet Campus in Calgary approximately 2-3 days / week.
Candidates need to be located within Calgary Metropolitan Region.
You will work alongside the Associate General Counsel (and the other members of the legal team) and assist in providing pragmatic and timely advice on all manner of legal issues facing the WestJet Group. You will mainly work with the loyalty, digital, and IT teams assisting with all legal issues, including contract review, providing regulatory advice, and managing litigation. You will continue and strengthen an efficient and effective partnership between the various business units and the legal team.
You will have the passion, positive drive, and agility to deliver sophisticated advice in a high-volume and fast-paced environment for a variety of our internal clients. You will combine your strong business acumen and strategic legal counsel to partner with other members of the legal team, all levels of the organization as well as external legal counsel. You should have a pragmatic and professional nature, be able to establish and meet deadlines, and be a highly motivated, well-rounded self-starter with a high energy level. WestJet is also looking to you to be an active contributor to the business and take a value-added approach to the role.
Key deliverables include:
- Support loyalty, digital, and technology matters at WestJet and its affiliates;
- Provide pragmatic and timely advice to various departments on contractual and other legal issues;
- Partner with business units and the procurement team to review, vet, draft, negotiate, and revise and provide advice on contracts, and policies and procedures;
- Conduct and/or oversee the handling of some litigation files;
- Instruct and manage external counsel on a variety of files;
- Represent WestJet in negotiations and discussions and other dealings with counterparties and governmental agencies, as needed; and
- Provide general legal advice to all areas of WestJet and its affiliates.
Experience & qualifications:
- Must be a lawyer with at least 3 to 5 years of legal experience in a law firm or in-house counsel position and be a member in good standing of the Alberta Bar (or another provincial bar);
- Must have broad base of experience in commercial law;
- Broad base of technology and digital experience is an asset;
- Experience with trademark and patent infringement matters is an asset;
- Experience with privacy laws is an asset;
- Proven ability to deal with complex commercial legal issues involving multiple areas of the law and multiple jurisdictions;
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to interact with different departments and management levels across the company;
- Experience with delivering training on a departmental and enterprise basis is an asset;
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills required;
- Ability to excel in a fast-paced environment with changing deadlines and priorities;
- Committed team player with a great sense of humor; and
- Bilingualism (English/French) is an asset.
The benefits of being a WestJetter:
WestJet provides all WestJetters with a competitive total rewards package. On top of that, we offer:
- A fun and friendly culture with colleagues who work together to win
- Travel privileges for you and your family, effective from your start date
- Savings and Benefit programs that are flexible to meet your specific needs
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