Position Summary... Senior Counsel supports the legal and compliance requirements of the business by providing expert labour and employment legal advice, managing complex matters, and developing best practices within the Legal team. This role may also involve leading cross-functional initiatives and educating internal stakeholders on legal matters.

What You'll Do...

• Senior Counsel creates and builds labour and employment capabilities within the Legal team for this area of legal expertise, ensuring significant cross-functional impact. This role involves setting and achieving clear objectives and key results (OKRs) for the legal domain, while staying current with legislative, legal, and regulatory changes. Regular updates, summaries, and analyses of these changes are provided to key stakeholders
• The position may involve planning, developing, and delivering internal education to the Legal team and broader business on specialized legal areas. This includes developing a comprehensive knowledge bank of training materials and related documentation. Senior Counsel builds best-in-class processes and templates to mitigate risk, reduce costs, and improve efficiency. Responsibilities may include assigning tasks within the cross-functional team and providing regular performance feedback.
• Senior Counsel manages complex legal matters, negotiates and drafts intricate legal agreements, and provides ongoing legal advice to business units. The role also involves representing the company in legal proceedings before civil courts, administrative tribunals, or other regulatory bodies as required. Additionally, the position supports cross-functional initiatives through the provision of legal and business advice, effectively managing external counsel when engaged.
• Educating and training business units on legal and compliance requirements is a key responsibility, often conducted in partnership with business stakeholders and compliance teams. Senior Counsel identifies and implements efficient ways of working both within and outside the legal department, ensuring alignment on overall legal strategies and approaches.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of labour and employment law experience at a leading law firm and/or in-house legal department dealing with a variety of labour & employment matters, including human rights matters.
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills, as well as the ability to prioritize competing demands.
• Strong business acumen and interpersonal skills

Licensing & Other Qualifications

• LL.B/J.D. and member in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario.

Behavioural Expectations Respect the Individual:

Contributes to a high-performing team; seeks, and embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas and experiences; supports a workplace and experiences where all associates feel seen, supported and connected through culture of belonging so associates thrive and perform; drives a positive associate and customer experience for all.

Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively and cross-functionally to achieve objectives; and communicates and listens attentively, with energy and positivity to motivate, influence, and inspire commitment and action.

Acts With Integrity Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance; models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture; supports Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by taking action to advance opportunity, sustainability, community, and integrity (e.g., creating fair opportunities for associates and suppliers, driving local giving efforts).

Follows the law, our Code of Conduct and company policies; promotes an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns, and models our culture of non-retaliation; listens to concerns raised by associates and takes action, and enables others to do the same; holds self accountable for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values.

Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self-aware.

Serve Our Customers Delivers expected business results while putting the customer first and consistently applying an omni-merchant mindset and acting with an Every Day Low Cost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customers.

Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights, and different parts of the business when making plans and implementing strategies.

Strive For Excellence Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve; demonstrates curiousity and a growth mindset; seeks feedback, asks thoughtful questions, and fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation, learning from mistakes, and intelligent risk-taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks.

Drives continuous improvements, engages in the adoption of new technology, and supports digital disruption in line with Walmart’s business model.

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Minimum Qualifications... Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications. Age - 16 or older

Preferred Qualifications... Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications. Walmart will accommodate the disability-related needs of applicants and associates as required by law.

Primary Location… 1940 Argentia Rd, Mississauga, ON L5N 1P9, Canada

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