Senior Legal Counsel

Join Versent as a Senior Legal Counsel! – PERMANENT PART TIME

If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact and drive commercial success while ensuring legal protection and compliance, Versent is the place for you!

We are seeking a seasoned and proactive Senior Legal Counsel to join our team. As a key member of the Commercial team, you will play a pivotal role in enabling deals with key customers, partners, and suppliers, overseeing risk and compliance, and supervising the legal team. The Senior Legal Counsel will be a key driver of our success, ensuring we hit strategic goals while staying compliant with all laws and regulations.

In this role, you'll partner with various stakeholders, navigate complex legal issues, negotiate high-value contracts, and create legal strategies that drive our business forward. You’ll manage commercial contracts, offer expert legal advice across functions, and manage the risks tied to our operations.

This is a permanent part-time opportunity based in Sydney. The role requires availability for two and-a-half-day workweek, with flexibility on which days you work and the hours you choose. It’s ideal for someone looking for a part-time position with a shorter work week.

Key Responsibilities ;

• Support contract management, including negotiation, dispute resolution, and the preparation of necessary documentation.

• Primarily review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including client contracts, statements of work, vendor agreements, and partnership deals.

• Ensure compliance with legal obligations, effectively identify and manage legal risks, and align with the Group's business goals.

• Stay updated on and interpret changes in laws and regulations impacting the technology consulting industry, ensuring the company remains compliant with areas such as privacy regulations, modern slavery laws, AI, and legal innovation. This also involves liaising with our parent company to ensure policy and risk compliance is maintained.

• Recognize potential legal risks and recommend strategies to minimize them.

• Represent the company in negotiations and disputes with clients, vendors, and regulatory authorities.

• Collaborate closely with key stakeholders to offer legal support and advice.

• Mentor and supervise legal team member, providing guidance and support in their professional development.
   

Skills Required;

• A qualified lawyer with demonstrated expertise in commercial law

• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in commercial law, ideally with a focus on Technology, Consulting and In-house roles

• Extensive knowledge in commercial law, contract negotiation, data protection, intellectual property, and regulatory compliance

• Proven success in negotiating high-value, complex contracts

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex information to diverse audiences

• Strong analytical skills and sound judgment

• Ability to work proactively, independently, and effectively under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment

Life at Versent

We're a diverse team of motivated humans who think outside the box and strive to deliver what others might consider impossible. At Versent we truly care about our people and put real focus on cultivating a culture of learning, collaboration and growth.  We provide our teams with the space, trust, and support, to deliver the best work of their careers. To enable this, we have a culture that places a high value on continual feedback, excellence, and invention anchored in customer success.

We also offer our team:

• Flexibility: We give you the freedom to excel, providing as much autonomy and flexibility around when you work so you can manage your time in a way that best suits you to get the job done.

• Learning: We are passionate about continuous improvement and care about you investing in and developing your craft. Our Craft 180 Program is a holistic strategy for ongoing, meaningful skill and capability development with an ultimate goal to create an environment where people can learn and contribute in different ways to develop, practice and become masters of their craft.

• Access to Benefits: If you love to be rewarded, you’ll be excited by the scale of offers when you come on board with us. From access to the Telstra My Rewards Platform, to a paid device + plan and salary packaging, there is something for everyone.

• Health & Wellbeing Programmes: We focus on you as a whole person, with wellbeing initiatives that are to support you mentally, physically, emotionally and financially.

• Connection: Regular social activities across your team and the organisation.

• Recognition: We offer several reward & recognition programmes to acknowledge the amazing work that you do!

• Career opportunity: We provide the opportunity to work on diverse projects and initiatives that enable you to create a brilliant career.

At Versent, we don't adhere to a one-size-fits-all hiring strategy. We understand that you might not fulfill all the criteria for this position. Our celebration of diverse perspectives isn't just a value, it's a way to gain an edge. If you believe this opportunity is where you can thrive, don't be shy and apply! 

If you require any accommodations throughout the interview process, please get in touch with us by emailing [email protected].