Electronic Arts

Join us at Electronic Arts and help shape workplace strategy for a global leader in interactive entertainment. You will guide our Canadian operations, partnering with our People Experience team and business leaders to provide practical counsel across employment and labour matters. We value creativity, inclusion, and continuous improvement, and you will play a key role in supporting our innovative growth. You will report to our Senior Managing Counsel, Global Employment Lead and work with us on-site in Vancouver at least three days per week.

Responsibilities:

• You will advise our People Experience partners and business leaders on Canadian employment law strategy and risk management for operations in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec.

• You will provide strategic advice on:

  • Employee relations matters and workplace investigations

  • Performance management, disciplinary actions, and separations

  • Organisational changes and workforce restructurings

  • Employment agreement drafting and review

  • Leaves of absence and leave administration

• You will partner with internal litigation counsel and external counsel to manage employment litigation risk and respond to pre-litigation demands.

• You will provide employment law expertise in connection with mergers, acquisitions, reorganisations, and integrations.

Required Qualifications:

• LL.B. or J.D. and active membership in good standing with a Canadian provincial law society (British Columbia preferred).

• 7+ years of employment and labour law experience at a law firm and/or in-house, providing multi-jurisdictional Canadian advice. 

• Knowledge of Canadian employment standards, human rights legislation, labour relations frameworks, occupational health and safety requirements, and workplace investigations.

• Experience advising businesses in a wide array of employment and labour matters and disputes, complex terminations and organizational restructurings.

• Ability to report to our Vancouver office at least three days per week and travel occasionally for work.