To be a highly effective business partner to the members of the leadership team based in APAC by providing strategic legal recommendations and implementation, using a solutions focused mindset to balance the management of risk and compliance with the requirement for a commercial and profitable business.
Requirements
- Hands-on in-house corporate experience of managing complex legal issues in a multi-faceted and demanding business environment.
- A generalist with broad experience (including experience with advising on data protection and corporate responsibility) who relishes the commercial and operational aspects of business.
- Solutions focused mindset, able to assess the risk and provide pragmatic options with appropriate mitigation to support a commercial output
- Experience advising senior executives on managing proprietary business risk
- Experience of mentoring and guiding more junior team members and intervening where escalation is requested or required.
- Exposure to international operations (with emphasis in APAC strongly preferred).
- Demonstrate ability to interact with all levels of a fascinating and highly complex business and understand its fundamental drivers, including different types of risks the business may face.
- Excellent writing skills, including an ability to explain legal concepts in plain English.
- Robust negotiator with the ability to persuade and convince and the facility to switch between commercial and technical arguments.
- Demonstrate emotional intelligence and cultural sophistication: an ability to moderate tone and language to engender trust and display insight so as to engineer positive outcomes for the business in negotiations with international clients and other parties.
- Diligent and conscientious, with strong analytical skills and excellent attention to detail, while understanding the commercial context behind an assignment.
- Demonstrate an understanding of all categories of risk – prioritizing business imperatives without jeopardizing the integrity of the organization and its employees or putting it at legal risk.
- Familiarity with international laws (with emphasis on APAC strongly preferred) in general
- Extensive experience and application of data protection laws, including personal data.
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Retirement Plan
- Visa Sponsorship
- Four Day Work Week
- Generous Parental Leave
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Relocation Assistance
