The Opportunity: Lead Maple Leaf Foods’ commercial contracting team, including the processes, standards and tools that deliver consistent, high-quality and timely commercial legal support. Facilitate, expedite and guide contracting, negotiation and escalation to the General Counsel, including cross-functional leadership of Grocery Code of Conduct compliance.

Act as commercial counsel to the business alongside other lawyers, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts, matters and disputes.

Lead Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). Develop and maintain the enterprise framework and facilitate risk identification, assessment, prioritization and reporting for senior leadership and the Board. Functional leaders retain ownership and management of risks in their businesses and functions.

Reason for vacancy: Existing Headcount

Snapshot of a Day-in-the-Life:

Commercial contracting: Lead enterprise commercial legal processes, standards, playbooks, training, service levels and portfolio prioritization. Advise priority clients on customer, supplier, technology and services agreements.

Commercial disputes: Oversee key disputes and external counsel, with the General Counsel’s sign-off to retain external counsel.

Legal operations: Own contracting intake, triage, approval routing, knowledge management and Icertis from a legal standpoint. Introduce practical AI and automation.

Grocery Code of Conduct: Lead cross-functional compliance and report to the General Counsel and senior leadership.

Enterprise risk: Maintain a practical ERM framework, lead periodic enterprise risk assessments and synthesize decision-useful reporting for senior leadership and the Board.

What You’ll Bring: Required qualifications and professional standing





Membership in positive standing with the Law Society of Ontario, or eligibility to be admitted.

Required experience

Substantial in-house and/or law firm experience in commercial contracting, including customer, supplier, technology and services agreements.

Experience in legal operations.

Experience working directly with senior business leaders, providing business-focused, practical and commercially sound legal advice.

Experience leading enterprise-wide programs, projects or initiatives.

Demonstrated experience leading or materially contributing to enterprise-wide risk management, governance, strategic risk assessment or another complex cross‑functional risk program, including engagement with senior executives and/or Boards.

Strong experience or interest in the use of AI in legal operations and practice.

Preferred experience

Experience leading or coordinating the work of other lawyers.

Consumer packaged goods, food or retail‑facing industry experience.

Experience developing or evolving an ERM framework, enterprise risk assessment, risk appetite or tolerance approach, or Board‑level risk reporting.

What We Offer at Maple Leaf Foods:

Being part of a high‑performance, people‑focused company that has an inspiring and unique vision to become the most sustainable protein company on earth,



and a deep commitment to sustainable protein across North America.

An inclusive company culture and a work environment that keeps our people safe, rewards excellence, and empowers everyone to learn and contribute their best.

Competitive Health and Wellness benefits that offer flexibility to meet your individual or family needs, including programs focused on improving mental health and wellbeing. These benefits start on your first day of employment.

Defined Contribution Pension Plan with company matching that starts on your first day of employment.

Learning and development opportunities, including workshops, ‘speaker series’ events, and resources that allow you to develop your skills and progress your career.

Comprehensive tuition reimbursement program that supports continuous learning and development of our team members through investment in eligible degrees, diplomas, professional certification, or trades programs.

Supporting our deep commitment to community impact, we offer up to two paid days annually to volunteer at a cause of your choice.

About Us: We’re a carbon neutral food company on a purposeful journey to Raise the Good in Food through better nutrition, safer food and workplaces, more humane animal care, and environmental sustainability efforts that protect our planet. We care about our communities and commit to reducing food insecurity in Canada. Join us on the journey. Let’s build a better future, together.

We’re passionate about food. For more than 100 years, we’ve made delicious, healthy protein that Canadians love under iconic national and regional brands, like Maple Leaf®, Schneiders®, and Greenfield Natural Meat Co.® We’re on a

📌 Associate General Counsel (Mississauga)
🏢 Maple Leaf Foods
📍 Mississauga