Head of Legal

The role Location: This hybrid role requires 3 days on-site at our Burnaby, BC office and 2 days remote per week. Welcome to Specsavers – where we’re not just about eyecare and eyewear, but changing lives through better sight. Ranked the 5th Best Workplace™ in Canada and 12th globally by Great Place to Work®, we’re proud of our optometrist-owned model that makes high-quality, eyecare and eyewear accessible to all Canadians. Founded 40 years ago in the UK by visionary husband and wife optometry duo Doug and Mary Perkins, Specsavers has remained privately owned since day one. Today, we are a $7.8 billion global business with over 45,000 colleagues across more than 2,700 retail optical locations. In Canada, our support office is based in Burnaby, BC. Since entering the market in 2021, we’ve been scaling rapidly, now with over 270 locations nationwide. With advanced clinical equipment and a wide range of affordable, high-quality eyewear, we’re transforming the way Canadians experience eyecare. If you’re passionate about making a difference and want to be part of a values-driven organization, join us as we continue to grow. Together, we can change lives through better sight. What You’ll Do As a senior legal leader, you'll provide strategic and practical legal advice to support Specsavers' continued growth in the Canadian optical and optometry market. Partnering closely with leaders across the business, you'll help drive commercial initiatives, manage legal risk, and enable informed decision-making across a broad range of corporate and commercial matters. You'll play a key role in shaping the legal strategy for the Canadian business while delivering hands-on support on day-to-day legal issues. Working closely with the Legal & Risk Director (General Counsel, Canada), you'll lead and develop members of the Canadian Legal Team, helping ensure the effective delivery of legal priorities and fostering a high-performing team. This is an opportunity to combine strategic leadership with practical, business-focused legal guidance in a fast-paced, evolving, and growth-oriented environment. Key Responsibilities Lead the day-to-day delivery of legal services by the Canadian Legal Team, working closely with the Legal & Risk Director to align delivery with the function’s strategic priorities. Provide strategic and day-to-day legal advice across the Canadian business, including in relation to commercial contracts, franchising, joint ventures, leasing, corporate governance, regulatory matters, privacy and data protection, marketing, employment and broader business initiatives. Proactively identify, assess and communicate legal risk, and partner with the business to develop proportionate, practical mitigation strategies that support informed decision-making and commercial outcomes. Oversee and, where appropriate, lead the drafting, review and negotiation of complex and strategically significant commercial, franchise, joint venture, partnership and leasing arrangements. Act as a trusted business partner to senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders, including Finance, Operations, Business Development, Regulatory, Marketing, Human Resources, Information Security, Information Technology, Product, Procurement and Data teams, building strong relationships through open communication, clear advice and updates, meaningful follow-through, healthy debate and constructive challenge. Lead, develop and empower members of the Canadian Legal Team by setting clear objectives and priorities, allocating work effectively, monitoring capacity and performance, and ensuring consistent, high-quality service to the business. Coach and develop team members through regular feedback, career development and succession planning, fostering an inclusive, engaged and accountable culture that encourages collaboration, knowledge sharing, constructive challenge and continuous improvement. Support the Legal & Risk Director…

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