Legal and Compliance Manager
Skills
Commercial ContractsCorporate GovernanceLegal AdviceLegal ComplianceLegal Document PreparationLegal RequirementsLegislative Relations
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- Min 5 years of relevant professional experience in a management consultancy law firm or legal/compliance department with a background as a fully qualified lawyer or business lawyer if possible
- Preferably a law degree with above-average success and an understanding of operational and business demands
- Strong project management organizational and communication skills
- Analytical creative problem-solving and business-focused personality
- Knowledge in IT law & data privacy law is a plus
- Fluent in English with Legal English focus
- German proficiency as a bonus
Nice to have
- Thorough understanding of laws
- Excellent drafting skills
- Analytical skills
- Communication skills
- Project management skills
- Organizational skills
- Problem-solving personality
- Business-focused personality
- IT law knowledge
- Data privacy law knowledge
- Legal English fluency
- German proficiency
Day to day
- Ensure that the company operates within legal and regulatory frameworks and provide the business with legal advice and support particularly in relation to commercial contracts
- Provide legal advice and guidance on regulatory compliance particularly focusing on Anti-Bribery Export Control Sanctions and evaluating potential legal risks
- Monitor legislative developments in relevant compliance areas and implement new legal requirements including in the field of AI
- Develop implement and maintain various in-house regulatory and compliance policies and procedures including whistleblowing anti-bribery & corruption AML conflict of interest competition/antitrust export control to mitigate compliance risks
- Handle compliance cases related to all topics in alignment with other internal units and coordinate investigations
- Provide data protection support with the assistance of the external Data Protection Officer including identifying internal data privacy gaps when new products are launched or improved
- Be a trusted advisor and business partner across the company by providing advice ensuring agreements are consistent with internal corporate policies and processes
- Review draft analyze and revise corporate and commercial documents including a variety of contracts with strategic partners SaaS/PaaS license agreements purchase and sale agreements service contracts statements of work DPAs and confidentiality agreements
Hiring process
- Submit CV
- Submit cover letter explaining motivation