VodafoneThree – Legal Counsel

Overview

In this role you support Vodafone Business by shaping complex commercial deals and providing trusted legal guidance. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to balance opportunity and risk, delivering pragmatic advice across admissions, compliance and governance. You’ll help negotiate contracts and bids, supporting growth while ensuring regulatory alignment. This is a chance to contribute to a fast-evolving tech and telecoms landscape within a collaborative, inclusive culture. You’ll join Corporate, a central support function driving digital growth and responsible leadership.

Pay / Benefits

• bonus scheme
• up to 28 days holiday + bank holidays
• pension plan
• learning tools
• parental leave policies
• disability-inclusive recruitment scheme

Responsibilities

• Support negotiation and delivery of contracts, bids and tenders across Vodafone Business sales segments
• Provide pragmatic, solution-focused legal advice on commercial, operational and compliance matters
• Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders across legal, commercial, finance, security, product, technical and regulatory teams
• Assess legal and regulatory risks and develop mitigation strategies
• Contribute to governance activities, legal training and guidance
• Support automation, simplification and scalable legal processes for greater efficiency
• Collaborate with customers, suppliers, external counsel and strategic partners to align legal support with commercial goals
• Stay informed on legal, regulatory and industry developments to strengthen legal delivery

Key requirements

• Qualified lawyer with in-house or private practice experience
• Experience in telecommunications or technology is desirable or a strong interest to develop in these sectors
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to balance risk with business objectives
• Ability to manage workload and take ownership of legal matters
• Ability to build trusted relationships with diverse stakeholders
• Strong negotiation, communication and influencing skills or potential to develop them
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities with pragmatic solution delivery
• Proactive, self-starting mindset with focus on continuous improvement and collaboration
• Team player with willingness to share knowledge and support colleagues
• Commitment to personal development in a collaborative environment

• negotiation
• communication
• influencing
• contract negotiation
• commercial law
• regulatory compliance

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