Legal Manager

SONY ELECTRONICS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangement

Comprehensive medical benefits

AWS and variable bonus

Special staff purchase rates

Flexible benefits

CSR time off

Milestone gifts

Wellness activities

Training programmes

Job summary

Sony Electronics (Singapore) PTE. LTD. seeks a senior in-house lawyer to lead Singapore-based legal matters and advise on APAC regulatory, privacy and AI governance issues.

You will have 8+ years’ in-house experience, an LLB (Hons), excellent English, and the ability to mentor juniors and coordinate with regional legal teams and external counsel. The role offers flexible benefits and a dynamic work environment.

Qualifications

• LLB (Hons) from the National University of Singapore and/or a recognized university in a common Asia Pacific law jurisdiction.
• Qualified lawyer with post-qualification experience in corporate/commercial work.
• Minimum of 8 years in-house legal, compliance and privacy advisory experience.
• Strong knowledge of commercial, corporate, privacy, compliance and technology laws in Singapore and APAC.
• Ability to lead junior members and provide clear guidance on legal, compliance, privacy and AI governance matters.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English.
• Data protection certifications such as CIPP, CIPM or equivalent would be advantageous.
• Experience in AI governance would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead legal matters for Singapore-based functions.
• Advise on compliance, privacy and AI governance for APAC regions.
• Draft, vet and negotiate commercial and corporate documents.
• Support company secretary matters.
• Conduct privacy impact assessments and maintain privacy framework.
• Assess compliance risks and support regional compliance activities.
• Lead and supervise junior team members on reviews, audits and investigations.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders and external counsel.

Skills

Legal expertise

Leadership

Communication

Privacy compliance

AI governance

Data protection certs

Education

LLB (Hons) – NUS or APAC equivalent

Job description

The successful candidate will support legal, compliance, privacy, and AI governance matters for business and operational functions in Singapore and other Asia Pacific region including:

What you will be doing

• Assuming the role as team lead for legal matters relating to Singapore-based functions.

• Advising and counselling on various legal, compliance, privacy, and AI governance matters for Sony's businesses in the Asia Pacific region, including advising internal stakeholders on business-related legal and regulatory issues.

• Drafting, vetting and negotiating a varied range of legal, commercial and corporate documents, as well as reviewing and advising on the company's rights and liabilities under existing commercial and corporate agreements.

• Supporting company secretary matters.

• Conducting privacy impact assessments, and provide solutions for products/services/activities from regional privacy regulatory perspective, and promote and maintain privacy management framework in regions..

• Assessing compliance risks and supporting reginal compliance activities to implement Sony's compliance policies and procedures, compliance training and ethics messaging, compliance reviews and audits, and internal investigations.

• Leading, guiding and supervising junior team members in contract drafting and reviews compliance reviews, privacy reviews, AI assessment, audits, investigations, legal research and policy implementation.

• Liaising with internal stakeholders, Sony legal colleagues in Tokyo and other countries, and external counsel on local and regional legal, compliance, privacy and AI governance matters.

What you should have

• LLB (Hons) from the National University of Singapore and/or a recognized university in a common Asia Pacific law jurisdiction.

• Qualified lawyer with post-qualification experience in corporate/commercial legal work, preferably gained in-house or through a combination of law firm and in-house experience.

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in legal, compliance and privacy advisory work as an in-house lawyer, preferably in the electronics hardware, software, data and retail business.

• Good working knowledge of commercial, corporate, consumer, privacy, compliance and technology-related laws in Singapore and/or other Asia Pacific jurisdictions.

• Ability to lead junior members and provide clear guidance on legal, compliance, privacy and AI governance matters.

• Excellent command of written and spoken English.

• Data protection certifications such as CIPP, CIPM or equivalent would be advantageous.

• Experience in the area of AI governance would be advantageous.

What will help you succeed

• Conscientious, meticulous, analytical and able to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with stakeholders across different functions, business units and jurisdictions.

• Confident, resourceful, proactive and able to work independently while managing multiple priorities.

• Strong leadership capability, including the ability to guide junior members and coordinate with regional or global legal teams.

• Good understanding of business directions, with a facilitative and commercial mindset.

• Experience working in or with different cultures across the Asia Pacific region would be advantageous.

Benefits you will have

• Flexible work arrangement (because we understand Life happens)

• Comprehensive medical benefits (including physical health screenings and term life insurance benefits)

• AWS and variable bonus

• Special staff purchase rates

• Flexible benefits (so you can claim for that staycay or gym membership you've been eyeing)

• Corporate social responsibility time off for 1 day each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice

• Milestone gifts (such as long service award and marriage gift because we want to celebrate both your professional and personal milestones)

• Wellness activities to promote healthy lifestyles

• Curated training programmes to encourage continuous professional development

At Sony, we strive to create a place for you to realise your potential and inspire you to make positive impact through innovation, smart collaboration and boundless curiosity. We are looking for people who believe that they can enrich lives and help us achieve our purpose - fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology.