PG Country Legal / Integrity Manager, Riyadh
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Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaPosted 5 years ago59People have clicked1 open position
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- Legal advice
- Provide legal advice and council to ABB management and oversees all dispute and litigation matters. Drives and ensures consistency in legal services and advice provided by the local in-house lawyers in his/her country. May also have oversight of legal team in smaller countries. Acts as advisor to the country manager as well as country Functions/Divisions
- -Contract negotiation
- Negotiates frame agreements and other contractual terms in collaboration with relevant business managers.
- -Legal strategies
- Anticipates and identifies legal issues of concern to management and proactively develops effective legal strategies and practical solutions. Monitors legal affairs, including but not limited to litigations and activity reports and organizes regularly meetings with country team
- -Governance
- Ensures good corporate governance in the area of accountability in the country, manages implementation of the code of conduct and ongoing integrity training, and assists in investigation and resolution of any integrity issues that arise.
- -Company guidelines and instructions
- Identifies need for and implements new or updated company directives/guidelines based on local legislations and directives. Contributes to the development of ABB group legal and integrity strategy, policies and programs. Ensures both local and group legal directives and instructions are implemented in area of responsibility, and monitors ongoing integrity.
- -Intellectual Property ( IP)
- Monitor Intellectual property (trademarks and patents), taking advice and guidance if necessary from external lawyers and working with colleagues within the IP function
- -External service providers
- Manages, liaises with and oversees use of external service providers , including external counsel.
- -Training
- Plans and coordinates qualification and training for region and country legal and integrity teams. Ensures legal and integrity training is carries out for employees in the business.
- -Budget
- Participates in defining the annual budget for area of responsibility and is accountable for managing performance against agreed financial targets and constraints .
- -People leadership and development
- Ensures that the area of responsibility is properly organized, staffed, skilled and directed . guides, motivates and develops direct and indirect subordinates
Job Requirements
- Ideally you would have a Masters degree in Law.
- At least 10 years of working experience working in a corporate legal capacity within a fast-paced, fast-evolving and dynamic environment, preferably working as a Senior Lawyer.
- The Head of Legal must also have successful experience leading negotiations on complex, high value, contracts, and agreements.
