Legal Counsel - Commercial Contracting

Rolls-Royce Corporation; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Private healthcare

Group life insurance

Glasses subsidy

Multisport card

Internet allowance

PPK contributions

Additional vacation days

Hybrid work model

Office in Krakow center

Job summary

Rolls-Royce Kraków, part of the Global Capability Centre, is seeking a Legal Counsel (Commercial Contracting) to provide practical guidance on procurement and customer contracting, draft and negotiate agreements, and support global initiatives.

You will manage matters independently, mentor junior colleagues, engage cross-functionally with Procurement and business teams, and shape a technology-enabled, compliant contracting function in a fast-paced, multinational environment.

Qualifications

• Polish law degree and jurisdiction qualification.
• Fluent written and spoken English with legal drafting ability.
• Relevant commercial contracting experience and ability to manage matters independently.
• Strong commercial judgment and ability to prioritise deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review and interpret supplier and customer contracts with practical, timely and clear advice.
• Support negotiations: provide positions and fallback options within scope of authority.
• Progress matters independently, with senior input when required.
• Identify and escalate legal and commercial risks early, with concise briefing.
• Collaborate with General Counsel, Procurement and customer teams; mentor juniors.
• Improve templates, playbooks and AI-enabled workflows.

Skills

Contract drafting

Negotiation

English proficiency

Commercial contracting

Education

Law degree (Polish Magister Prawa)

Job description

Job Description Legal Counsel (Commercial Contracting) Kraków, Poland Full time

Why join Rolls‑Royce?

At Rolls‑Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere. By joining Rolls‑Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world‑class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high‑performance culture.

As Legal Counsel (Commercial Contracting), you will join a growing legal team in the Rolls‑Royce Global Capability Centre in Kraków, working as part of our global General Counsel function. You will provide practical, timely legal support across supplier and customer contracting, including drafting and negotiation support and interpreting existing agreements. Your responsibilities will reflect your level of experience, with independent management of appropriate matters, guidance of junior colleagues and the opportunity to help shape a new technology‑enabled way of delivering legal services. You will support contracting activity across Rolls‑Royce businesses and functions, working with Procurement, customer‑facing teams and General Counsel colleagues. The portfolio will include supplier and customer agreements, with exposure to international stakeholders and complex commercial contracting matters.

What you will be doing:

• Draft, review and interpret contracts: Provide practical, timely and technically sound legal advice on procurement and customer contracting, including new agreements, renewals and amendments. Use approved templates and playbooks to produce clear drafts and mark‑ups, explaining legal issues and options in a way that supports business decisions
• Support negotiations: Prepare legal positions, clause comparisons and workable fallback options, and negotiate within agreed scope and authority. Identify associated legal risks and issues and provide legal input to procurement and customer‑facing colleagues, as part of a cohesive and collaborative Rolls‑Royce team
• Progress matters with sound judgement: Manage appropriate matters independently, within agreed scope and authority, seeking senior or specialist input when required. Establish the facts, commercial context, dependencies and deadlines, and apply the relevant contracting requirements to progress matters effectively
• Identify and escalation risk: Recognise material legal and commercial issues, uncertainties and urgent deadlines early. Assess their potential impact and prepare or contribute to concise, decision‑ready escalation briefs setting out the issue, options and recommendation. Propose practical ways to manage, minimise or mitigate risk while supporting the intended business outcome, seeking senior or specialist input when required
• Collaborate and develop: Build trusted relationships across General Counsel, Procurement and Customer contracting teams. Guide and review junior colleagues’ work, sharing practical advice and feedback to support their development. Contribute to training, knowledge management and the active sharing of contracting best practice across the legal function and the business
• Improve how we work: Keep accurate matter and decision records, protect privilege and confidentiality, share learning and help improve templates, playbooks and technology‑enabled workflows, including the responsible use of AI

Position requirements:

A law degree (Polish Magister Prawa or equivalent international law degree), a sound foundation in contract law and qualification appropriate to the jurisdiction in which you qualified Fluent written and spoken English, including legal English, with clear drafting, interpretation, analysis and communication skills Relevant commercial contracting experience and the ability to manage matters independently and guide junior colleagues. Around +5 years’ post‑qualification experience may be indicative of the level required, but applications will be considered based on the skills and experience demonstrated You will bring sound commercial judgement and business acumen, using these to solve complex problems and prioritise competing demands to meet challenging deadlines. You will communicate and influence confidently across functions and levels, building collaborative relationships. You will also be motivated, adaptable and comfortable working with appropriate autonomy in a fast‑paced environment

Preferred qualifications and experience:

• Experience with procurement, supply‑chain, customer or complex industrial contracts, ideally within a multinational organisation
• Exposure to English‑law or other common‑law commercial contracts; an England and Wales practising certificate is welcome but not essential
• Experience in an in‑house legal team, legal operations, shared services or a centre of excellence
• Commercial curiosity, collaborative judgement and an interest in responsible technology‑enabled legal delivery
• Experience in either German or New York law contracting is welcome but not essential

What do we offer:

• Annual bonus based on financial results and employee performance evaluation
• Employer financed private healthcare at LuxMed for employees. Additional packages can be purchased
• Group life insurance
• Subsidy for glasses/contact lenses worn for work, up to the amount of PLN 600 gross, every two years
• Subsidy for extra‑curricular activities within the cafeteria system on the myBenefit platform/subsidy for Multisport cards, up to the amount of PLN 100 gross per month
• Internet and electricity allowance for remote work, in the amount of PLN 100 gross per month
• Increased funding for the Employee Capital Plans (PPK) program; Rolls‑Royce Sp. z o.o. contributes 3% to this program
• Additional vacation days based on length of service
• Hybrid work model (min. 2 days from office)undefined
• Work in a modern office located in the Krakow center – the Unity Tower (ul. Lubomirskiego 20)

Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Rolls‑Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non‑discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.

Rolls‑Royce pioneers cutting‑edge technologies that deliver the cleanest, safest and most competitive solutions to our planet’s vital power needs.