Senior Commercial Counsel

Why work for us?

A career at Janus Henderson is more than a job, it’s about investing in a brighter future together.

Our Mission at Janus Henderson is to help clients define and achieve superior financial outcomes through differentiated insights, disciplined investments, and world-class service. We will do this by protecting and growing our core business, amplifying our strengths and diversifying where we have the right.

Our Values are key to driving our success, and are at the heart of everything we do:

Clients Come First - Always | Execution Supersedes Intention | Together We Win | Diversity Improves Results | Truth Builds Trust

If our mission, values, and purpose align with your own, we would love to hear from you!

• Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including software, SaaS, cloud, AI-enabled technology, market data, professional services, consulting, outsourcing, managed services, fund services, data processing, confidentiality, statements of work, order forms, amendments and renewal documentation.
• Lead negotiations on complex and higher-risk supplier arrangements, including outsourcing and fund services agreements and those involving access to Janus Henderson systems, confidential information, personal data, ICT services, critical business processes, AI/ML functionality or regulated outsourcing considerations.
• Provide practical legal advice on key contractual issues, including liability, indemnities, warranties, intellectual property, data protection, confidentiality, information security, audit rights, service levels, exit assistance, subcontracting, assignment, regulatory access, resilience and termination rights.
• Advise on emerging technology contracting risks, including AI governance, responsible use, model/output risk, vendor use of customer data, training data restrictions, explainability, human oversight, IP ownership, confidentiality, cybersecurity, bias, operational resilience and vendor accountability.
• Manage Janus Henderson’s trademark portfolio, including oversight of trademark registrations, renewals, clearances, brand protection matters, enforcement support and coordination with external counsel where required.
• Support alignment of supplier contracts with applicable data privacy and protection requirements, including GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA/CPRA and other relevant privacy and data protection regulations, as well as Janus Henderson data privacy standards and privacy-by-design expectations.
• Support DORA-related contracting and governance requirements for ICT third-party service providers, including review of contractual provisions relating to access, audit, information security, subcontracting, incident notification, service continuity, exit, termination and regulatory cooperation.
• Develop, maintain and improve legal playbooks, fallback positions, clause libraries, templates, guidance notes, risk matrices and training materials to support consistent contracting positions and scalable legal review.
• Provide day-to-day supervision, coaching and escalation support to Contract Managers and other contracting support resources, including guidance on issue spotting, drafting quality, negotiation strategy and appropriate escalation thresholds.
• Partner with Strategic Sourcing to support sourcing strategy, negotiation planning, supplier due diligence, renewal management and commercially effective outcomes for material vendor relationships.
• Collaborate with Information Security, Data Privacy, Compliance, Business Continuity, Records Management, Architecture and Technology teams to ensure supplier arrangements are reviewed and managed in accordance with applicable governance requirements.
• Help triage contracting requests, prioritize legal support…