Senior Counsel - Commercial and Compliance

About the role

• D-Wave is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Counsel Commercial and Compliance to join our Legal team. This is a key individual contributor role providing both expert commercial legal advice supporting complex business transactions across multiple business units and expertise in navigating compliance and regulatory requirements applicable to the company. Reporting to the Vice-President Legal you will collaborate closely with senior legal counsel and business leaders to manage contractual risk negotiate agreements and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations while enabling business growth and strategic initiatives. You will play an important role in enabling internal business teams by delivering practical business-focused legal solutions and fostering strong working relationships across the company.

What you'll do

• Independently draft review and negotiate a wide range of complex commercial agreements including procurement customer professional services SaaS confidentiality and collaboration contracts.

• Analyze and resolve complex legal issues arising from the company’s day-to-day operations with minimal supervision including providing timely clear guidance on commercial legal questions from multiple departments.

• Provide practical business-focused legal advice to internal clients to identify analyze and manage commercial and legal risks.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with teams such as Procurement Sales R&D and Finance to support contract management procurement processes and compliance matters.

• Identify mitigate and provide advice on legal and regulatory risks including compliance with privacy export controls cybersecurity and AI laws and regulations

• Contribute to the design development implementation and management of new and ongoing compliance and ethics programs including policies directives and procedures

• Keep informed of relevant laws regulations and industry trends affecting the company’s compliance landscape and provide advice accordingly.

• Support internal training and awareness of initiatives on commercial legal matters and compliance matters as needed.

• Work closely with senior legal counsel and business leaders to escalate critical issues address emerging compliance trends and risks and align legal strategies with corporate objectives.

About You

• Juris Doctor (JD) or Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.).

• Must be licensed to practice law in Canada or the U.S.A.

• 5-7 years’ experience at a top-tier law firm and/or in-house legal department.

• Proven track record drafting reviewing and negotiating a broad range of complex commercial and/or technology agreements including procurement customer professional services SaaS confidentiality and collaboration contracts.

• Solid understanding of commercial law and ability to align legal advice with business goals.

• Solid experience with developing and maintaining compliance programs and frameworks particularly privacy export controls cybersecurity and AI.

• Demonstrated ability to independently analyze complex legal and business issues and provide clear practical solutions.

• Experienced in managing competing priorities and high-volume workloads in global matrixed environments delivering high-quality work on time with minimal supervision.

• Excellent communication skills to effectively explain legal risks and concepts to non-legal stakeholders.

• Strong relationship-building skills with a proven ability to collaborate effectively across multiple business units and teams.

• Self-motivated proactive and goal-oriented with the ability to manage workload autonomously in a dynamic and fast-paced setting.

A D-Waver's DNA

• We look at the future and say “why not”; we see possibilities where others see problems or routines. We show the way ahead and are committed to achieving ambitious goals.

• We practice straight talk and listen generously to each other with empathy. We value different opinions and points of views. We ensure that we connect outside as well as inside to learn from others and inspire each other.

• We hold ourselves accountable for delivering results. We make decisions & take responsibility so that we can act & support each other.

• As leaders we motivate & engage our teams to undertake beyond what they originally thought possible by developing our teams & creating the conditions for people to grow and empower themselves through enabling & coaching.

Our Compensation Philosophy is Simple but Powerful:

We believe providing D-Wavers with company ownership competitive pay and a range of meaningful benefits is the start of creating a culture where people want to give the best they’ve got — not because they’re simply making money but because they’ve fallen in love with our vision mission values and team.

During the interview process your Recruiter will review our total rewards (base equity bonus perks benefit culture). The final offer is determined by your proficiencies within this level.

Inclusion:

We celebrate diverse perspectives to drive innovation in our pursuit. Our employees range from distinguished domain experts with decades of experience in their respective fields to bright and motivated graduates eager to make their mark. Our diverse and innovative team will make you feel appreciated supported and empower your career growth at D-Wave.

The Fine Print:

No 3rd party candidates will be accepted

It is D-Wave Systems Inc. policy to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of race color religion sex national origin age sexual orientation gender identity genetic information physical or mental disability protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state/provincial local law.