Executive Director - Law

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks an Executive Director - Law to lead its legal efforts across Europe. This pivotal role involves providing comprehensive legal support on technology transactions, corporate governance, and compliance matters. The ideal candidate will have over 12 years of experience in a multi-national environment, demonstrating a proactive and results-oriented approach. You will collaborate with various business units and senior management, ensuring compliance with local laws while driving strategic projects. Join a dynamic team where your expertise will shape the future of legal practices in a fast-paced, innovative company.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in technology transactions for multi-national companies.
• Strong knowledge of commercial law and contract negotiation.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support across various business units and functions.
• Draft and negotiate complex agreements with major customers.
• Advise on corporate governance and compliance matters.

Skills

Commercial Law

Software Licensing

Cloud Services

Intellectual Property

Data Protection

Regulatory Compliance

Contract Negotiation

Corporate Governance

Education

Qualified Lawyer in UK

Job description

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NCR VOYIX Corporation (NYSE: VYX) is a leading global provider of digital commerce solutions for the retail, restaurant and banking industries. NCR VOYIX is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with approximately 16,000 employees in 35 countries across the globe. For nearly 140 years, we have been the global leader in consumer transaction technologies, turning everyday consumer interactions into meaningful moments. Today, NCR VOYIX transforms the stores, restaurants and digital banking experiences with cloud-based, platform-led SaaS and services capabilities.

Not only are we the leader in the market segments we serve and the technology we deliver, but we create exceptional consumer experiences in partnership with the world’s leading retailers, restaurants and financial institutions. We leverage our expertise, R&D capabilities and unique platform to help navigate, simplify and run our customers’ technology systems.

Our customers are at the center of everything we do. Our mission is to enable stores, restaurants and financial institutions to exceed their goals – from customer satisfaction to revenue growth, to operational excellence, to reduced costs and profit growth. Our solutions empower our customers to succeed in today’s competitive landscape.

Our unique perspective brings innovative, industry-leading tech to all the moving parts of business across industries. NCR VOYIX has earned the trust of businesses large and small — from the best-known brands around the world to your local favorite around the corner.

Title: Executive Director - Law

Location: London, UK (Onsite with some flexibility)

Position Summary

This role is a part of an integrated worldwide in-house legal team of NCR Voyix. You will be responsible for providing legal support in Europe, especially Northern Europe on a broad variety of legal matters and supporting a wide range of business units, functions and issues, including sales, field services teams, HR, procurement, dispute / litigation, regulatory matters, corporate governance for legal entities, Ethics and Compliance Office, M&A and strategic projects. The regions that you cover, and the business units and areas of support may be revised from time to time depending on the business needs of the company.

You will possess strong knowledge of commercial law in Europe especially in Northern Europe countries, including areas such as software licensing, cloud services, professional services, intellectual property, privacy and data security.

Key Areas of Responsibilities:

• Act as legal advisor to a broad range of management, sales and business clients.
• Support review of tenders and all aspects of contract formation in compliance with NCR policies, development/adaptation of NCR Voyix contract templates to ensure compliance with local laws and regulations.
• Review, draft and negotiate large and complex IT sales, services, licensing, subscription, SaaS, outsourcing and related agreements with major customers.
• Provide rapid, proactive, practical and business-oriented legal advice.
• Co-ordinate and advise in disputes and litigation matters (employment and commercial).
• Advise in complex company law projects such as acquisitions, divestitures and restructuring activities as well as day to day corporate secretarial matters for legal entities in the region.
• Advise in other areas such as employment matters (including TUPE), competition law, regulatory compliance including data protection and process improvement.
• Participate in the global law department activities including development of best practices, special projects and developing and maintaining templates that comply with company policies and local laws.
• Analyse and interpret law, rulings and regulations that affect company and recommend changes accordingly.
• Provide internal training on relevant legal issues to clients.
• Liaise with and manage outside legal counsel.

Requirements

• Fully qualified lawyer in UK.
• Minimum of 12 years of experience advising on technology transactions, preferably in the IT or other relevant technology sector for multi-national companies.
• Experience in working in a US multi-national company business environment.
• Experience in supporting multiple jurisdictions.
• Results-oriented thinker and a team player.
• Proactive, flexible, hands-on approach and a willingness to work on a broad variety of matters in a busy environment.
• Experience in guiding and managing a small team of in-house legal counsel.
• Experience in working with senior management and cross-functional collaboration.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, including a clear and concise drafting style.
• Occasional business travel is required.

Offers of employment are conditional upon passage of screening criteria applicable to the job