Senior Regulatory Legal Counsel

Join our team and what we'll accomplish together

Our Regulatory Affairs group advocates before the CRTC and other public bodies and advises our business on regulatory and public law matters. We are an interdisciplinary team of advocates, including lawyers, economists, and seasoned communications experts. Together, we apply regulatory and public policy principles along with technical knowledge to advance TELUS' interests within the Canadian communications industry.

Reporting to the Director, Regulatory Affairs, as a highly capable advocate, you will be responsible for leading TELUS’ legal and policy submissions on telecommunications, broadcasting, and copyright matters before the CRTC, ISED, the Copyright Board, the courts, and other public bodies. You will also be called upon to provide advice to our businesses, and will collaborate with team members across Canada to advance our interests. Combine your passion for the communications industry and technologies, including the competitive dynamics of telecommunications and broadcasting businesses, with your knowledge of regulatory frameworks, to make strategic decisions and advocate for government policies that will shape the future of our success.

What you'll do

• Drafting TELUS’ submissions for public proceedings conducted before administrative and government bodies such as the CRTC, the Competition Bureau, the Copyright Board, and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.
• Delivering timely analysis of regulatory rules and decisions and assessing proposed regulatory strategies.
• Meeting with senior regulatory and government officials to discuss TELUS’ positions on major public policy issues.
• Advising senior management and their business units on new regulations and supporting compliance activities.
• Supporting public affairs initiatives by providing strategic input and subject matter expertise.
• Embracing a culture that advances our strategic imperatives and corporate priorities, including our Customers First strategy.

What you bring

• 4+ years’ experience practicing law with experience in written advocacy. 
• Excellent written advocacy and oral communications skills.
• A demonstrated ability to manage complex files involving cross-functional teams, prioritize and deal with multiple assignments, and exercise judgment, often under significant time pressures.
• A demonstrated ability to balance business requirements against regulatory risks and to formulate solutions to advance the needs of business units.

Great-to-haves

• Experience in any of the following areas of law is an asset: telecommunications, broadcasting, copyright, administrative, competition, and civil litigation.
• Ability to read and communicate in French.

Advanced knowledge of English is required, because you will, most of the time, interact in English with external parties (clients, suppliers, candidates, external partners, etc.), interact in English with internal parties (colleagues, internal partners, stakeholders, etc.), as part of this position's main responsibilities, given its national scope.