General Counsel APAC

Company Overview

Sinchis a global leader in the growing market for Communication Platforms as aService (CPaaS) and mobile customer engagement. We are specialists in allowing businesses to reach everyone on the planet, in seconds or less, through mobile messaging, email, voice, and video.

With presence in more than 60 countries, whether you know us or not, you’vedefinitely used our tech. We reach every phone on earth, with over 147 billion conversations every year.

Sinch'score values are Make it Happen, Dream Big, Keep it Simple and Win Together.

These values describe how our global organization works and inspire every ofour more than 4,000 employees across the globe.

The APAC General Counsel is part of the Group Legal Leadership Team and reports into the Chief Legal Officer. The Group Legal,Compliance and Audit team is responsible for legal and regulatory, ethics &compliance, risk management and internal audit, and includes approximately 35team members globally.

The APAC General Counsel is a key business partner and advisor to the Executive Vice President, APAC and a member of the APACLeadership Team. The APAC General Counsel manages a team of lawyers across

Australia, Asia and India and advises the business on a range of legal issues affecting Sinch’s subsidiaries operating across APAC. The APAC General Counsel works closely with colleagues from various business lines including Sales,Marketing, Operations, Finance, Product and Technology.

This role requires a highly experienced General Counsel who has operated at an executive level and has a demonstrated capability to effectively lead a varied and challenging portfolio in a large,regulated global listed business.

• Build and sustain a highly effective and collaborative APAC based legalteam to deliver high quality legal advice in a timely manner.
• Act as the primary point of contact for the APAC EVP and be part of theAPAC Leadership Team advising on legal strategies, opportunities and risks.
• Negotiate complex customer and partner contracts.
• Advise on changes in go-to-market models in the business and changes inlaws or regulations.
• Manage external counsel, legal proceedings and represent the company infront of regulators.
• Provide APAC legal advice on telecommunications regulatory and compliance matters.
• Provide support for centralised Group Legal projects relating to avariety of matters including privacy, ethics & compliance, mergers &acquisitions, AI, legal operations, and product development.
• Develop and deliver training to a variety of business stakeholders.
• Act as a role model in the use of Legal AI.

• Degree in law with current practising certificate as applicable in theAPAC region.
• Extensive post-qualification legal experience, a substantial portion ofwhich should be in the APAC region.
• Managing an international team working across multiple locations and timezones.
• General corporate commercial experience in contract law and legal compliance including competition, privacy and consumer protection laws.
• Sound commercial and solution-orientated attitude towards legal and compliance issues and ability to influence through clear and concise written and verbal communication.
• Specialist expertise in telecommunications.
• Experience liaising with regulators and facilitating cross-functional input into regulatory investigations and requests.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects and contributing tomulti-jurisdictional advice.
• Experience collaborating with the business and supporting stakeholders,local management teams, regional and global stakeholders.
• Proven ability to influence and deliver outcomes in a global organisation.
• Proficiency in Legal AI tools and rolling out programs in that area.

• WHEREYOU WORK MATTERS:
  We understand the benefit of a flexible schedule where youcan best impact both your personal and work life, so we offer a hybrid working arrangement, work from home set up reimbursement and a global mobility policy.
• TAKEA BREAK:
  Enjoy a generous annual leave program. We value balance and understand that performance at work requires time to rest at home and/or rejuvenate on vacation.
• STAY HEALTHY:
  Physical wellness supports mental wellness, so we offer wellness programs
• TAKETHE NEXT STEP:
  Coaching and career development support, including access to arange of online professional development courses
• CAREFOR YOURSELF:
  Take advantage of our free virtual counselling resources throughour global Employee Assistance Program. Your mental health is as important asyour physical health.
• TREAT YOURSELF:
  Access to rewards programs that offers a wide range of discounts anddeals across retail, entertainment and much more.

If youare looking for the next opportunity in your career and want to work for apeople focused, growing tech company, then Apply Now.