Bilingual Manager, Instructional Design

McCarthy Tétrault is a leading Canadian law firm offering a full suite of legal and business solutions to clients in Canada and around the world. With offices in Toronto, Montréal, Québec City, Calgary and Vancouver, we provide challenging and rewarding career opportunities across the country. Recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for eleven consecutive years and one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers for fourteen consecutive years, our culture is guided by The McCarthy Way
—our shared approach to working with clients and with each other.

The McCarthy Way is built on four core elements:
Excellence
, through attracting and developing top talent committed to delivering on our Client Commitment;
Collaboration
, through seamless, integrated teamwork;
Inclusion
, through eliminating barriers to belonging and success; and Innovation
, through delivering maximum value by embracing leading-edge technologies and approaches. Together, these principles shape how we work, lead, and grow—every day.

We are recruiting for a Bilingual Manager, Instructional Design to join our team in our
Toronto
, Vancouver or Montreal office. The successful candidate must have a minimum of 5 years of experience in the design, development and delivery of professional education programs, ideally within a legal or professional services environment, and will be responsible for designing and delivering innovative lawyer development programs, leading AI-enabled learning initiatives, collaborating with firm leaders and subject matter experts to enhance curriculum, evaluating program effectiveness, and overseeing the successful execution of MT Academy programs.

McCarthy Tétrault employees benefit from a hybrid work environment.

The employee in this position will be part of a national team where they will be expected to collaborate with colleagues, stakeholders, and learners who communicate exclusively in either English or French. As the MT Academy team supports offices in Quebec, Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver, requests, communications, and training needs may be submitted in either official language. For the proper functioning of our operations and to ensure equitable access to training and resources, it is essential to have bilingual staff available at all times to respond effectively to these needs.

Bilingualism (French and English) is therefore a requirement for this position.

As a Bilingual Manager, Instructional Design, you will be:

MT Professional Journey Office – MT Academy

Designing, developing and continuously improving national lawyer education programs that comprise MT Academy curriculum including student, associate, income partner and equity partner programs, as well as targeted, experiential retreats for defined lawyer groups. Duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

• With the support of the MT Academy Director, designing, developing, overseeing effective delivery of, and continuously improving national Leadership and Business Development programs for lawyers at all career stages (from student to partner) as part of the MT Academy Professional Development programs at all stages of the lawyer development continuum in support of the MT Professional Journey.
• Lead the design and development of associate retreats for targeted lawyer groups including cohorts defined by call year, practice group, career stage or high-potential/leadership track, establishing the retreat learning objectives, curriculum and experiential agenda, and curating faculty and content together with the MT Academy Director and Head of the MT Professional Journey Office. Oversee the effective delivery of these retreats, providing direction to faculty and facilitators and ensuring a high-quality participant experience,…