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Job Description

• This role involves delivering structured, pragmatic, and risk-based legal and privacy support primarily to Sage’s AME operational business. As part of the broader Sage multinational organization, you will collaborate with legal, functional, and business colleagues globally to support strategic and tactical legal, compliance, and privacy initiatives.
• We are looking for the successful candidate to work from the office 2-3 days a week.

What's in it for you:

• Stepping into this role offers numerous benefits, including professional growth through enhanced expertise in legal and privacy accountabilities, and the opportunity to become a recognised subject matter expert.
• Your work will have a direct impact on the success of Legal services and the broader business.
• You’ll collaborate closely with a dedicated Legal team and build strong relationships across the business, positioning yourself as a key player within the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver comprehensive legal and privacy support by building strong relationships with AME Leadership and global colleagues, managing multi-jurisdictional legal initiatives, and ensuring compliance with POPIA and other privacy laws.
• Support global privacy initiatives and AI strategy, collaborate with the Privacy Centre of Excellence, and participate in Regional Privacy Meetings.
• Work with the Legal Services team to maintain harmonised legal assets and best practices, ensure governance and compliance, and manage legal and privacy risks.
• Provide clear legal advice on projects, contribute to the development of the Legal function and Privacy Centre of Excellence, and mentor less experienced team members.

Skills required:

• We are seeking a candidate with strong commercial and technology legal experience and a proven track record of delivering commercially sound legal solutions to complex matters.
• You must have a solid understanding and application of data privacy principles (including POPIA), excellent communication and analytical skills, and the ability to operate unsupervised while consistently producing high-quality deliverables.
• Excellent project management skills and the ability to systematically apply lessons learned are essential.
• You should demonstrate effective collaboration in a multi-territory legal context, analyse legal and commercial issues, and provide clear explanations of legal matters with relevant commercial advice to businesses.
• The ability to embrace, cope with, and manage change at pace with enthusiasm in a fast-moving and complex environment is crucial.
• We are looking for someone with the drive and determination to deliver outstanding results and valuable outcomes, as well as being a strong and resilient influencer.

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Job Description

• In this role, you will lead our AME Legal Team, overseeing the management of regional legal risk, ensuring compliance with relevant laws, and offering practical business-focused solutions to legal challenges.
• You will be responsible for managing and advising on a range of legal matters affecting our business operations within the AME region.
• This includes providing legal support for local strategic projects, drafting and negotiating contracts with customers, channels, and suppliers, establishing internal policies and governance frameworks, validating commercial strategies, handling third-party disputes, and providing guidance on data privacy and other compliance issues.

What’s in it for you?

• In this role, you'll closely support the Sage AME leadership, ensuring comprehensive legal support for all AME Operations and Business Units, including Sales, Sales Operations, Services, Channel, Distribution, Product, and Marketing, as well as other functional teams.
• Additionally, you'll collaborate on broader Legal initiatives beyond the AME region, contributing to the global delivery of legal services.
• This position offers an opportunity to play a pivotal role in guiding legal strategy and ensuring compliance while supporting the growth and success of Sage in the AME region and beyond.
• The successful candidate will also be required to work from the office 3 times a week.

Key Responsibilities 

• In this role, your day-to-day activities involve effectively leading the AME Legal Team, including providing line management and fostering professional development for direct reports. As a member of Sage AME's Extended Leadership Community, you contribute to leadership decisions and strategic priorities.
• You provide comprehensive legal advice across commercial, regulatory, and compliance areas, collaborating with the Data Privacy Office on data privacy matters.
• This includes advising and negotiating contracts to ensure maximum value delivery while meeting commercial objectives and deadlines.
• You proactively manage legal disputes and external advisor costs, seeking opportunities to simplify legal delivery processes and documentation.
• Additionally, you support the application of Sage's internal governance framework, ensuring legal compliance and managing legal risk within defined tolerances.
• Your role also involves supporting high-value and complex legal negotiations, capturing know-how to build scalable legal assets and processes, and fostering strong relationships with key business stakeholders. Furthermore, you oversee regular legal training and provide support on cross-functional initiatives.

Minimum qualifications:

• Demonstrated track record of effective leadership, coaching, and communication skills.
• Candidates should possess substantial legal expertise, particularly in providing pragmatic advice in commercial, technology, SaaS, and privacy law.
• They should have a proven ability to deliver sound legal guidance to business leaders as a trusted partner, leveraging excellent analytical skills to consistently achieve high-quality outcomes.
• Experience in leading and executing large legal initiatives, along with comprehensive analytical abilities and a strategic mindset, are essential.
• Additionally, candidates should have a strong understanding of legal compliance and policy implementation in a business context, along with a proven ability to drive change and innovation in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in managing specialist legal teams and collaborating with stakeholders across various business functions is also required.
• Preferred qualifications include a detailed understanding of contract law in a technology context and extensive experience in resolving complex commercial challenges effectively.

Technical / professional qualifications:

• Candidates for this role should hold a degree from a reputable institution and be admitted as an Attorney or Advocate with a minimum of 8 years of post-qualification experience within a multinational organisation.