IT Legal Counsel (all genders)

VIG IT Digital Solutions; Wien; Hybrid; EUR 58,000 - 71,000; Full time

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Job summary

VIG IT Digital Solutions GmbH in Austria seeks an experienced IT contracts lawyer to manage provider relationships and draft complex IT agreements. You will advise business units on IT procurement, software development, and data protection issues while ensuring compliance with ERP, AI, and security regulations.

The role requires strong negotiation, analytical thinking, and the ability to work independently within a diverse team.

Qualifications

• Degree in law or business law.
• Several years of IT contract law or outsourcing experience.
• Experience drafting and negotiating complex IT contracts (cloud/SaaS, managed services, licensing).

Responsibilities

• Commercial and legal management of provider relationships from contract drafting to extensions.
• Advising IT and business units on IT contract law, procurement, and software development.
• Ensure billing, SLAs, KPIs, and change requests are monitored; resolve issues with providers and stakeholders.
• Drafting provisions on scope of services, acceptance, warranties, liability and rights of use.
• Handling IT legal issues and drafting opinions on data protection, AI and IP matters.
• Implementing DORA, NIS2, AI Act, GDPR, data protection and outsourcing requirements.
• Supporting IT tenders and provider evaluations with contractual assessments.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to ensure legal soundness of technology projects.

Skills

German and English

IT contract law

SLA/KPI management

Negotiation skills

Analytical thinking

Independent teamwork

Education

Law or business law degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

• More than 50 insurance companies and pension funds
• Operating in 30 countries
• Around 34,000 employees
• Around 36 million customers
• VIG share listed on the Vienna, Prague and Budapest stock exchanges
• Standard & Poor’s rating: A+ with positive outlook

We stand for diversity and respect, which is why we see it as enriching to employ people from different backgrounds, ages, genders, sexual orientations, religions and abilities. Become part of the diverse team at VIG IT Digital Solutions GmbH, a proud member of Vienna Insurance Group!

Your Tasks

• Commercial and legal management of existing provider relationships – from contract drafting and maintenance, through addenda, service changes and extensions, to successful implementation in both traditional and agile project environments.
• Advising the requesting business units (primarily from the insurance sector), senior management and other teams on all matters relating to IT contract law, IT procurement and software development.
• Ensuring and monitoring billing, SLA/KPI, change request and performance verification regimes; resolving contentious issues with providers and internal stakeholders.
• Drafting and negotiating provisions relating to scope of services, acceptance, warranty, service levels (SLAs), liability, and rights of use and exploitation
• Handling complex IT legal issues and drafting legal opinions, in particular on data protection, artificial intelligence
• and intellectual property (especially copyright) in connection with software development.
• Implementing national, EU and group-internal requirements in IT contracts, in particular regarding DORA, NIS2, the AI Act, data protection, information security and outsourcing.
• Supporting IT tenders, RFI/RFP-style procedures, benchmarks and provider evaluations, including the contractual assessment of service models, prices and risks.
• Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the legal soundness of innovative technology and digitalisation projects.

Your Profile

• Drafting, further developing and adapting model contracts and General Terms and Conditions (GTCs) for IT-related services and procurement.
• A degree in law or business law; having passed the bar exam or having relevant in-house or law firm experience would be an advantage.
• Several years’ relevant professional experience in IT law, IT contract law, IT sourcing and provider/outsourcing management – ideally gained in a law firm, legal department or regulated organisation.
• Substantial experience in drafting and negotiating complex IT contracts with major providers, in particular cloud/SaaS, managed services, outsourcing, licensing, maintenance and project contracts.
• A very good understanding of the interplay between legal, commercial and technical aspects – in particular SLA/KPI management, pricing/indexation, audit rights, exit scenarios and the contract lifecycle.
• Knowledge of, or a strong willingness to familiarise oneself with, relevant IT regulations in the finance/insurance sector, in particular DORA, NIS2, the AI Act, the GDPR, data protection and IP/copyright law.
• A strong sense of responsibility, the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Analytical thinking, precision, assertiveness and strong negotiation skills.
• Good knowledge of MS Office; experience in legal tech and contract management would be an advantage.
• Very good command of German and English
• 38,5 Working Hours, Flexi Time & Home-Office
• Learning & Development
• Life Balance & Family Specials
• Modern Workspace & Canteen
• Health & Sports Offers
• More Benefits

The annual gross salary (full-time) for the position is at least EUR 64.554,--. Do you have extensive experience and expertise? If so, we're happy to offer a salary above this amount in recognition of your qualifications.

This full-time position is to be filled as soon as possible.