Head of Legal / Senior InHouse Legal Counsel

Job Description

As a Digital Transformation Partner, we accompany companies into the digital future. Our range of IT solutions includes consulting, implementation, services and the operation of IT systems. Our Customers benefit from our extensive expertise and our innovative portfolio that covers the IT requirements necessary for a successful digital transformation.Role Info:Head of Legal / Senior In-House Legal CounselWisborough Green, BillingshurstUp to £85,000 + BenefitsThe Role:We are now recruiting for a highly motivated legal professional to join our busy and well established UK-based in-house legal team.Whilst we are recruiting for a senior role, exceptional candidates with real ability and commercial nous but lower PQE will be considered.Commercial Contracts:+ Review, amend, draft and negotiate various types of commercial agreements including NDAs B2B IT agreements (IaaS NWaaS private cloud and public cloud agreements), MSAs, professional services agreements, SLAs, supplier agreements and various terms and conditions+ Maintain and regularly review standard terms and conditions for the company’s product and service offerings+ Maintain and regularly review standard supplier terms+ Advise on and produce additional terms and contract documents as required in response to new products and services+ Liaise with all relevant areas of the business during contractual negotiations, collate feedback and red-line contracts+ Liaise with Group Security on information security provisions in contracts+ Be the chief negotiator in customer and supplier contractual discussions+ Review SDDs and SoWs for consistency with contracts+ In conjunction with the Chief Commercial Officer, take risk-based decisions on the acceptance of contractual termsPolicies, tools and processes:+ Develop frameworks for effective contractual negotiations - including pre-agreed positions on commonly-negotiated clauses+ Maintain contract registers and advise the business on the principles of good contract management+ Implement an effective contract management system+ Ensure that the processes in the legal and commercial department are continuously improved with a view to improving the speed of on-boarding customers and suppliers in a risk-assessed manner+ Maintain up to date legal registers on legislation affecting the business+ Develop a system for assessing risk across commercial contracts+ Draft and own policies required by statute or reasonably necessary to comply with statute, for example: modern slavery and anti-briberySkills & Experience:+ The ideal candidate will be a qualified Solicitor or Barrister with solid commercial contracts experience (6 years relevant PQE+), gained in-house or within private practice:Essential:+ Excellent communication skills both oral and written+ Excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to work cross functionally and interact confidently with multiple stakeholders+ Excellent planning and organisational skills+ Accuracy and fastidious attention to detail+ Highly proficient in MS packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook have experience or be willing to learn to use a document management system+ Team player - understands the importance of teamwork+ Pragmatic - understand the wider commercial and business impact of decisions made+ Commercial - operates at all times with a view to promoting the business’ ultimate objectivesHighly Desirable:+ 4 years+ experience gained in B2B IT contracts+ Experience of responding to public sector tenders+ Experience of preparing tenders with procurement+ A keen interest in and/or a good understanding of B2B technology services+ Experience of reviewing international contracts+ Management experience.Additional Information:+ Must have the right to live and work in the UK.+ Due to our location, access to own transport is essential.To Apply:Please include a covering letter (which includes salary expectations) along with your CV outlining the skills and experience that make you the ideal candidate for this position.Interested Apply here for a fast-track path to the Hiring ManagerApplication notice… We take your privacy seriously. When you apply, we shall process your details and pass your application to our client for review for this vacancy only. As you might expect we may contact you by email, text or telephone. Your data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests in fulfilling the recruitment process. Please refer to our Data Privacy Policy & Notice on our website for further details.If you have any pre-application questions please contact us first quoting the job title & ref. Good luck, Team RR.