Legal Director - Commercial Technology

Taylor Root; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global technology services consultancy is seeking a Legal Director - Commercial Technology to lead their in-house legal team. The role involves managing 7 lawyers and handling complex commercial deals, primarily for Government and Public Sector clients. The ideal candidate has over 10 years PQE and substantial experience in public sector agreements. This position offers hybrid working along with an excellent salary and benefits package.

Benefits

Excellent salary

Benefits package

Hybrid working

Qualifications

• Over 10 years PQE as a commercial technology lawyer.
• Experience managing a team of lawyers.
• Proven knowledge of public sector agreements.

Responsibilities

• Lead legal advisement for Government and Public Sector contracts.
• Manage a team of 7 commercial lawyers.
• Engage at Partner level and influence contracting strategy.

Skills

Commercial technology law

Public procurement regulations

Team management

Negotiation skills

Commercial acumen

Education

Qualified lawyer with over 10 years PQE

Job description

Leading global technology services consultancy seeks Legal Director - Commercial Technology to join their highly skilled in-house legal team.

This is a newly created position to join a supportive and dynamic team, in a strategic role to be the Government and Public Sector legal lead on complex commercial deals and manage a team of 7 commercial lawyers. It will be to engage at Partner level in order to influence strategy and approach to contracting on both the client and supplier side, in addition to substantive legal advisory work and negotiations.

Offering interesting and broad spread of project work (IT system implementation agreements and outsourcing/managed services agreements) and client contracts (engagement agreements, MSAs, framework agreements), including cross-border complex tech, digital transformation, licensing, cloud and managed services, outsourcing, government and public sector agreements, tenders, RFP responses and supplier agreements.

You will have over 10 years\' PQE and proven experience as a commercial technology lawyer, with excellent knowledge of public sector agreements and public procurement regulations, from a top tier City law firm and/or in-house. In addition, you will have demonstrable experience managing a team of lawyers and of working with technology/T&T businesses.

This will suit a self-starter with gravitas, commercial acumen and who can improve processes across the business. A calm and proactive attitude is important in this collaborative team, so the ideal candidate will be versatile, efficient, credible, persuasive, with the ability to prioritise and adapt to changing circumstances in a challenging, fast-paced environment.

Hybrid working, excellent salary and benefits package on offer.

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