Legal Counsel, Technology

JOB SUMMARY

To review, advise, draft and negotiate multi-country technology and commercial procurement contracts to ensure they meet the Group’s third-party contract standards and applicable law. This will include software, SaaS, market data and subscription licences, escrow agreements, hardware, equipment/device purchases and support/maintenance services, business process outsourcing, proof of concepts and other general goods and services agreements, including intragroup arrangements.

To provide helpdesk support for the Group’s Supply Chain Management team and Country Legal teams.

To analyse potential risks involved with specific contract teams and other risk owners.

To keep up to date with relevant policies, procedures and applicable law.

To provide stakeholders with accurate and timely information and advice regarding the status of technology and commercial contract matters.

To support with continuous improvement initiatives in relation to contract processes, workflow, guidance, playbooks and templates and provide training on contract legal issues.

To collaborate and coordinate with other legal teams across the Group to ensure appropriate overall matter management. Where external counsel is appointed, to manage the engagement, oversee the quality of work and effective delivery of legal support and to manage external legal costs.

To support on team management and administration tasks where required.

Responsible for adhering to the Group Contracts Policy, the Group process for supplier contracts and the Group’s third-party risk management framework.

Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.

Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.

Taking personal and team responsibility for achieving the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles.

Effectively and collaboratively identify, elevate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

• LCS Management Team
• Enterprise Legal and COO Management Team
• Relevant Business Units
• Supply Chain Management
• Technology Transformation and Operations
• Other Risk Owners, including CISRO, CISO, Chief Data Office, Group Data Protection Office, Financial Crime Compliance, Risk, HR and Group Internal Audit
• Disputes & Government Investigations Legal Team
• Country Legal teams

• Commercial: pragmatic, creative, practical and solution-oriented.
• Proactive: able to use initiative and ready to identify issues without being asked and provide advice accordingly.
• Flexible: able and willing to work long hours and, at short notice, travel to and work in challenging environments for prolonged periods of time (if required).
• Team player: personable, responsible, helpful.
• Organised: able to prioritise workload and manage conflicting priorities to meet deadlines. Strong attention to detail to highlight potential risks in contracts and errors.
• Reliable, tactful, discreet, diplomatic: able to work with board members, other senior staff and persons of different nationalities and from different cultures, have good judgment and strong decision-making skills.
• Self-motivated: able to operate independently with minimal supervision.
• Energetic: enthusiastic about the role, the function and the Group.

Must be a qualified lawyer in a common law jurisdiction (solicitor, attorney or barrister) with 8+ years’ post qualification experience.

• Good knowledge and understanding of technology and commercial contract requirements including intellectual property and data protection. Experience of outsourcing is preferred but not essential.
• Good knowledge in current technology and innovation trends as well experience in traditional technology procurement topics such as IP, Cloud, e-commerce, data privacy, information security.
• Experience in the banking industry (whether through in-house or private practice) is preferred but…