Vice President of Legal and Compliance

Miratech; London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Miratech seeks a VP of Legal and Compliance to lead their legal team and ensure compliance across global operations. The ideal candidate will have extensive legal experience and leadership capabilities, providing strategic support to executive leadership while fostering a strong compliance culture.

Benefits

Global responsibility

Regular interactions with executive leadership

Collaboration with multinational companies

Dynamic work environment

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience with 2+ years in leadership in international settings.
• Extensive legal document drafting and review experience.
• Fluent in English; other languages are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Oversee, support, and develop the legal team and policies.
• Manage risk management and compliance strategy.
• Provide legal support on M&A and financing activities.

Skills

Negotiation

Interpersonal Effectiveness

Strategic Leadership

Education

JD or equivalent from accredited law school

Job description

Company Description

Miratech helps visionaries change the world. We are a global IT services and consulting company that brings together enterprise and start-up innovation. Today, we support digital transformation for some of the world's largest enterprises. By partnering with both large and small players, we stay at the leading edge of technology, remain nimble even as a global leader, and create technology that helps our clients further enhance their business. We are a values-driven organization and our culture of Relentless Performance has enabled over 99% of Miratech's engagements to succeed by meeting or exceeding our scope, schedule, and/or budget objectives since our inception in 1989.

Miratech has coverage across 5 continents and operates in 25 countries around the world. Miratech retains nearly 1000 full-time professionals, and our annual growth rate exceeds 25%.

Job Description

The VP of Legal and Compliance is a key member of CFO’s management team, serving as the strategic architect of the legal and compliance function and a trusted adviser to executive leadership. The successful candidate will oversee the legal landscape and manage the legal team, lead the company’s risk management and compliance processes and tools to meet the evolving needs of our customers, employees, shareholders, and suppliers. The VP will also oversee our corporate legal structure, supporting the various requirements in the countries where we operate.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee, support, and develop the Company’s legal team, policies, and procedures.
• Administer the Company’s legal infrastructure (European parent company and subsidiaries globally) including board and shareholder resolutions and various other requirements in accordance with good corporate governance practices.
• Oversee and enhance the company’s risk management and compliance strategy around insurance, personal data protection, cyber security, and business continuity.
• Support the Legal team, taking an active part in contract review and approval.
• Provide legal support on IP, international tax requirements, including corporate taxation and transfer pricing, immigration, and other matters as the business requires.
• Provide legal support in company M&A and financing activities.
• Perform other duties as may be required consistent with the purpose of this role.

Qualifications

• JD or its equivalent from an English, American, Canadian or EU accredited law school.
• 8+ years of experience including 2+ years of successful and proven leadership experience in a similar role in international environment.
• Experience applying international business, contract, IP, tax, corporate and common law in a global business environment.
• Extensive experience in drafting and reviewing legal documents.
• Strong negotiation skills and interpersonal effectiveness, with the ability to influence, build trust, and support leadership as a strategic partner.
• Fluent in English (reading, writing and speaking). Any other languages is a plus.
• Experience in professional services and/or IT-services business will be a plus.

We offer:

• A strategic position offering global responsibility within a fast-paced and dynamic work environment.
• Regular interactions with executive leadership.
• Collaboration with well-known multinational companies.
• Work with a truly international organization that fosters a culture of relentless performance, flexibility, and social responsibility.

Additional Information

Miratech is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status under applicable law.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.