Vice President, Legal Affairs

Alto is developing a high‑speed train link between Quebec City and Toronto, a collaborative project between the company and the Government of Canada.

The Vice President, Legal Affairs leads the integration and delivery of legal services across our organizational functions.

The role

The Vice President, Legal Affairs leads integration of legal teams – Transactions, Development, litigations, Ethics & Compliance – into a unified enterprise‑wide function, ensuring alignment with strategic initiatives. Reporting to the Chief Legal & Real Property Assets Officer, the role oversees multiple legal domains, ensuring delivery excellence, risk management, and regulatory compliance. The VP acts as senior legal advisor to executive leadership, enabling complex infrastructure projects, public‑private partnerships (P3s), and development initiatives.

The Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership for the Legal Affairs function.
• Lead and align Senior Directors to ensure strong performance and collaboration across legal disciplines.
• Set strategic priorities, governance frameworks, and resource allocation.
• Advise executive leadership on complex legal matters (infrastructure/P3, financing, real estate, Indigenous, environmental, regulatory risks).
• Ensure legal strategies support business decisions and align with corporate objectives and risk appetite.
• Oversee legal aspects of major initiatives, including partnerships, contracts and strategic transactions.
• Ensure consistency, quality and escalation of complex or high‑risk legal matters.
• Manage relationships and collaboration with internal teams, partners, governments and external counsel.
• Lead the ethics and compliance framework, ensuring regulatory alignment and promoting a culture of integrity.
• Identify and mitigate enterprise legal risks while overseeing governance, investigations, external law firms and development of high‑performing legal teams.

The Requirements

• Licensed to practice law in Canada and a member in good standing in Québec or Ontario.
• Minimum 15 years of legal experience, including at least 7 years in people‑leadership roles with direct supervision.
• Deep expertise in complex legal domains including infrastructure/major projects, P3, project financing and/or M&A.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and operate effectively in complex, multi‑stakeholder environments.
• Strong executive presence, sound judgment, influence and strategic thinking capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to perform and lead in fast‑paced, evolving environments, maintaining focus and delivering results.
• Decisive leadership style, driving execution, accountability and momentum across large‑scale initiatives.
• Highly effective relationship builder, with the ability to establish trust with internal and external stakeholders; politically astute and adept at navigating complex governance environments.
• Change leader, with a track record of driving transformation and leading change adoption across the organization.

Benefits

• Basic paid group insurance for you and your family: medical, dental, life, disability, etc.
• Access to wellness and health accounts.
• Flex‑Alto account of $500 to encourage healthy lifestyles.
• Retirement plan and savings options (RRSP and TFSA).
• Vacations based on experience, available upon hiring.
• An incentive compensation program.
• Flexible hybrid work mode.
• Work environment that encourages initiative, innovation, and forward‑thinking solutions.
• Unique opportunity to shape the future of transportation in Canada.

Inclusion Statement

At Alto, we believe in the power of diverse teams and aspire to provide an inclusive and equitable work environment where everyone can develop and flourish. Alto offers equal employment opportunities to all and invites qualified individuals, regardless of their identity, origin or situation, to apply.