Legal, Compliance & Governance Manager

Talents Sea | تالنتس سي; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Talents Sea | تالنتس سي in Riyadh seeks a Senior Legal, Compliance & Governance Manager to oversee legal, regulatory, and corporate governance functions across the organization. You will steer contract management, risk assessment, and compliance initiatives, ensuring alignment with Saudi laws, industry standards, and internal policies.

You will review complex agreements, coordinate with external counsel, lead governance reporting, and support independent audits.

Qualifications

• Fluent in Arabic and English; strong analytical and communication skills.
• Ability to interpret laws and regulations and provide practical guidance.
• Experience in risk assessment and regulatory compliance management.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal and contractual advice to management and relevant teams.
• Review, draft, negotiate, and manage commercial contracts, agreements, and service contracts.
• Monitor compliance with contractual obligations and identify risks across the organization.
• Coordinate with external counsel and authorities on regulatory and governance matters.
• Develop and maintain compliance and governance registers and policies.
• Lead internal audits and ensure proper documentation of key governance decisions.

Skills

Arabic language

English language

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Law

Job description

The Legal, Compliance & Governance Manager will be responsible for providing legal, contractual, compliance, risk management, and corporate governance support across the organization.

The role will ensure that organizational activities are conducted in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, contractual requirements, internal policies, and recognized standards of good governance. The position will also oversee contractual matters, claims, disputes, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and legal risk management.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide legal and contractual advice to management and relevant teams.
• Review, draft, negotiate, and manage commercial contracts, agreements, subcontracts, purchase orders, consultancy agreements, and service agreements.
• Review contractual obligations, rights, liabilities, warranties, indemnities, limitations of liability, insurance requirements, and termination provisions.
• Monitor compliance with contractual obligations and identify potential legal, commercial, and operational risks.
• Support relevant teams in managing claims, variations, extensions of time (EOT), delays, disruptions, and other contractual matters, where applicable.
• Review formal notices, contractual correspondence, claims submissions, responses, and other official communications.
• Advise management on potential disputes and recommend appropriate risk mitigation and dispute resolution strategies.
• Coordinate with external legal counsel, consultants, government authorities, clients, and other relevant stakeholders as required.
• Monitor and advise on compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and government requirements.
• Develop and maintain legal, contractual, and compliance registers.
• Establish procedures for identifying, assessing, monitoring, and mitigating legal and regulatory risks.
• Review organizational policies, procedures, delegations of authority, and governance frameworks.
• Ensure compliance with established approval processes for contracts, commitments, variations, settlements, and other material decisions.
• Support management in corporate governance matters and ensure proper documentation of key decisions.
• Conduct legal and compliance reviews of significant transactions, agreements, and business arrangements.
• Monitor regulatory developments and assess their potential impact on the organization’s operations and business activities.
• Provide legal guidance on employment, supplier, service provider, and other contractual matters in coordination with relevant departments.
• Support compliance with applicable data protection, confidentiality, intellectual property, and information security requirements.
• Ensure the proper protection, handling, and management of confidential organizational, client, employee, and business information.
• Develop and maintain compliance policies, procedures, checklists, and internal controls.
• Conduct periodic compliance assessments and internal reviews.
• Identify non-compliance issues and coordinate corrective and preventive actions.
• Investigate reported compliance concerns and escalating material issues to senior management.
• Support internal and external audits relating to legal, contractual, compliance, and governance matters.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date legal records, contracts, licenses, permits, approvals, claims, disputes, and regulatory documentation.
• Prepare periodic legal, compliance, risk, and governance reports for senior management.
• Deliver training and awareness sessions on contractual obligations, compliance, ethics, and corporate governance requirements.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Law
• 6–10 years of relevant experience in legal, compliance & governance
• Fluency in Arabic and proficiency in English

Preferred Qualifications

• Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree
• Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP)
• Corporate Governance certification
• Certified Professional Contract Manager (CPCM)