Senior Legal Counsel - Brand & Commercial

ARC'TERYX • Vancouver, BC

4d • CA$126,000 - CA$165,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As Senior Legal Counsel, Brand & Commercial, you will be a strategic legal partner to the Arc'teryx Brand organization, helping bring global brand strategy to life across campaigns, collaborations, athlete and ambassador relationships, events, content, agencies, partnerships, consumer activations, and regional commercial execution. This role is embedded with Brand and works closely with Commercial teams where brand strategy meets the guest, including retail, ecommerce, wholesale, regional activations, guest programs, and other consumer-facing initiatives.

You will provide practical, business-oriented legal guidance that helps Arc'teryx move quickly, creatively, and responsibly. You will advise senior leaders and cross-functional partners on legal risk, commercial structure, brand integrity, advertising and marketing review, contracts, consumer-facing initiatives, and strategic projects. You will help the business make smart decisions early, reduce friction, and protect the premium trust that makes Arc'teryx different.

This is a role for the new type of in-house lawyer: entrepreneurial, pragmatic, commercially fluent, comfortable with ambiguity, and excited to operate inside a lean, high-performing, AI-enabled Legal team. You will help shape how Legal supports Brand and Commercial at scale. This role is based in Vancouver and is open to hybrid work. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.

Requirements

• You have a law degree, J.D., LL.B., or equivalent
• You are a member in good standing with a Canadian provincial bar, with British Columbia preferred
• You have 6+ years of legal experience, ideally with meaningful in-house experience at a consumer brand, retail, apparel, outdoor, technology, media, entertainment, sports, or fast-growing company
• You have strong commercial contracting experience and can draft, review, and negotiate agreements independently
• You have experience supporting marketing, advertising, brand, creative, sponsorship, talent, influencer, event, agency, licensing, ecommerce, retail, or consumer-facing initiatives
• You understand how to translate legal risk into practical, actionable business guidance for non-legal stakeholders
• You are comfortable advising senior business leaders and working directly with cross-functional teams
• You have strong business acumen and understand that great in-house legal advice helps the company move faster and smarter, not just avoid risk
• You are comfortable with ambiguity and can create structure where processes are still being built
• You have excellent judgment and know when to own a decision, when to escalate, and when to bring in specialist support
• You are a clear, concise communicator who can make complex legal concepts easy for business teams to act on
• You are proactive in identifying the root cause of issues, seeking practical solutions, and improving how work gets done
• You are collaborative, low ego, and able to build trust with creative, commercial, legal, and regional partners
• You are tech-savvy and excited to use AI and legal technology to improve the quality, speed, and consistency of legal work
• You have strong business acumen and understand that great in-house legal advice helps the company move faster and smarter while managing risk
• You thrive working independently, owning workstreams end-to-end, while collaborating effectively across teams when needed
• You have a business-oriented and pragmatic approach to problem-solving
• You remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity
• You inspire breakthrough thinking and continuous improvement
• Your passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it

Responsibilities

• Acting as a strategic legal partner to the Brand organization, advising on campaigns, creative concepts, athlete and ambassador relationships, sponsorships, collaborations, events, film tours, academies, social media, influencer programs, and other brand-building initiatives
• Partnering with Commercial teams where Brand strategy is executed across regions, retail, ecommerce, wholesale, membership, guest-facing programs, and other consumer-facing channels
• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a broad range of commercial agreements, including agency agreements, creative services agreements, production agreements, sponsorship and ambassador agreements, collaboration agreements, event agreements, licensing arrangements, vendor agreements, services agreements, and strategic partnership agreements
• Providing practical legal guidance on advertising, marketing, promotions, sweepstakes, contests, consumer protection, talent usage, content rights, publicity rights, trademark usage, and brand integrity
• Guiding Brand and Commercial leaders identify legal risks early and make business decisions with clear, risk-calibrated advice
• Partnering with the IP Director, Brand Protection, Privacy, Technology, Amer Sports legal colleagues, and external counsel where matters involve trademarks, IP ownership, content usage, privacy, consumer data, regional law, or litigation risk
• Leading regional and global commercial activations by helping teams navigate cross-border legal issues, local counsel input, approval requirements, and escalation paths
• Developing and improving templates, playbooks, workflows, and self-service resources so Brand and Commercial teams can move faster on routine matters
• Leveraging legal technology tools to improve contract review, research, drafting, playbook development, and legal operations
• Managing external counsel effectively, including scoping legal advice, translating external guidance into practical business recommendations, and controlling cost where outside support is needed
• Advancing Legal's broader mission to enable the business, protect the brand, and build scalable legal infrastructure as Arc'teryx grows

Benefits

• Extended health, dental, and vision coverage, including mental health support, fertility benefits, gender-affirming care and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• RRSP matching and eligibility for Arc'teryx Annual Incentive Plan and access to Employee Stock Purchase program (ESPP) where applicable
• Paid time off, wellness time, and No Wasted Day program (dedicated paid days to get outside & explore)
• Parental leave top-up and a nesting period for new parents
• Professional development opportunities, Arc'teryx Academies (outdoor skill-building events), Employee Belonging Councils, and access to employee discounts and Pro Deals (exclusive discounted pricing on gear)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree