Legal Counsel - Business Contracting - #1686445

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At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.

What You’ll Do

We are looking for a pragmatic and collaborative commercial lawyer to support the sale of global products and services to large multinational companies headquartered in Europe. Key responsibilities include providing legal advice to business stakeholders and drafting and negotiating customer agreements.

• Provide accurate, effective, and timely legal advice, analysis, and support on commercial and contractual matters.
• Review, draft, and negotiate contracts for complex multi-national transactions with bespoke elements, including fixed and mobile services.
• Maintain effective contact with relevant individuals in other key functions, such as Regulatory, Privacy, Security, Tax, etc., influence and assist in discussions with such personnel to ensure the best legal solution to meet commercial objectives.
• Build and facilitate good-working relationships across operating companies; advise on multi-national deal governance and processes.
• Ability to manage own workload and to provide a significant contribution to Vodafone Business contracting initiatives and projects.
• Deliver training as needed to sales and service management colleagues.
  
  
  

Who You Are

• Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements with sophisticated customers.
• Fluency in languages other than English, and knowledge of legal systems in Europe is a plus.
• Able to meet the personal challenges of working with a fast paced and highly incentivised sales organisation.
• Able to deal with complexity and ambiguity in a dynamic working environment.
• Strong influencing, bridging, and negotiating skills (both internally and externally). Capable of working independently but with the confidence to identify areas where training, supervision or personal development is required. Positive and collaborative outlook with ability to work well with a team to propose solutions. Knows how to get things done.
• Ability to communicate effectively (both internally and externally) in a timely and customer-focused fashion.
• Experience working on multiple projects at once with an ability to prioritise and plan time effectively, provide accurate, pragmatic, and actionable advice to tight deadlines.
• Understand the technological and commercial challenges and recommend innovative solutions in a risk aware manner. Able to balance the need of the organization to achieve commercial goals with the need to adhere to governance.
  
  
  

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

What's In It For You

• Discretionary yearly bonus: 10%
• Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays + the opportunity to buy/sell/carry over 5 days/year
• Charity days: 5 days/year
• Maternity/adoption leave: 52 weeks out of which the first 13 weeks are fully paid followed by 26 weeks of half pay and 6 months - working 4 days, getting paid 5
• Paternity leave: 16 weeks fully paid
• Private pension: You can contribute up to 5% of your basic pay with 2:1 matching from Vodafone up to 10%
• Access to: private medical, private dental, free health assessments, share save scheme
• Additional discounts: Vodafone retail, gym, cinema, cycle to work, season ticket loan
  
  
  

Who We Are

We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.

Belonging at Vodafone isn't a concept; it's lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You'll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. ;We're committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, please refer to https://careers.vodafone.com/application-adjustments/ for guidance.

Together we can.