Overview
In this role you will provide senior legal support for commercial technology contracting, guiding complex negotiations and risk-based advice in a regulated financial services setting. You will work with cross-functional teams to align contracting with governance, privacy, and security requirements, while building scalable playbooks and templates. Your focus includes software, SaaS, cloud, data, outsourcing, and AI-enabled solutions, shaping how the business engages with technology vendors. This position offers impact through improving contracting standards and enabling efficient, compliant business outcomes. You will lead, mentor, and coach Contract Managers and support resources to scale a高
Pay / Benefits
- Hybrid working
- Generous holiday policies
- Health and wellbeing benefits
- Tuition/qualification reimbursement
- Maternal/paternal leave and family services
- Volunteer time and social events
Responsibilities
- Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of technology and commercial agreements (software, SaaS, cloud, outsourcing, data processing, etc.)
- Lead negotiations on high-risk supplier arrangements, including outsourcing and fund services with access to systems and sensitive information
- Provide practical legal advice on liability, IP, data protection, confidentiality, security, audits, SLAs, termination, and regulatory considerations
- Advise on AI governance, data governance, model risk, cybersecurity, and related contracting risks
- Develop and maintain legal playbooks, clause libraries, templates, and training materials
- Supervise and coach Contract Managers and contracting support resources
- Coordinate with Strategic Sourcing and cross-functional teams to ensure compliant, commercially effective outcomes
- Support data privacy compliance (GDPR/UK GDPR/CCPA-CPRA) and DORA-related contracting requirements
- Manage trademark portfolio and brand protection activities
- Support process improvements, standardization, and automation of contracting workflows
- Provide training on contracting standards, privacy, DORA, and third-party risk
Key requirements
- Qualified lawyer in good standing with significant post-qualification experience in commercial technology contracting and financial services
- Experience drafting and negotiating complex technology, SaaS, cloud, outsourcing, fund services, and data processing agreements
- Strong knowledge of data privacy regulations (GDPR, UK GDPR, others) and contracting requirements
- Working knowledge of DORA, operational resilience, ICT third-party risk and regulatory access for financial services
- Ability to advise on AI, machine learning, and emerging technology contracting risks
- Experience developing playbooks, templates, and training materials for legal or contracting teams
- Experience supervising paralegals, Contract Managers or junior lawyers
- Excellent drafting, negotiation, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Strong stakeholder management and ability to communicate complex issues clearly
- Highly organized with ability to manage multiple matters and deadlines
- Strong stakeholder management
- Clear and practical communication
- Problem-solving orientation
- Technology contracting
- AI governance and risk
- Data privacy and protection
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