Roles & Responsibilities

• Working collaboratively with, and be accountable to the entire Legal function team in relation to their various initiatives and operational requirements.
• Defining, with key stakeholders, the scope of work, cost/budget, resources required, time schedule, and detailed work allocation and fully understand business requirements of the legal function,
• Engaging with stakeholders to optimise and simplify function tools and processes using and implementing appropriate technology to assist.
• Serving as the key contact for the project stakeholders, and an escalation point for project issues.
• Organising, monitoring and controlling activities to ensure achievement of plans and use of the available resources,
•  Ensuring projects and operations follow sound methodology and execution practices in accordance with internal directives and procedures.
• Keeping abreast of developments in the legal operations and legal technology space, and continually seeking to find way so of improving internal processes in consultation with key stakeholders. Provide updates to Legal exco.
• Development and production of Legal Management metrics,
• Planning and coordination of Legal training program with Global Legal Compliance and Operations Manager, HR and Shared Services Group and ensuring that the implementation of such programs are in line with prescribed requirements.
• Ensuring optimum usage of Legal activities/litigation/IP tracking database (Dilitrust) and ensuring it is kept up to date and working to implement periodic validation steps and processes to achieve this,
• Development and production of Legal Management metrics,
• Development of IP management system leveraging off the Dilitrust tool ,
• Development of and assistance with effective internal and external Legal Communications activities,

Desired Candidate Profile:

• Educated to degree level preferably in a relevant subject like IT, engineering, economics, business etc.
• A collaborative, solutions-oriented approach and team builder and player.
• Sound expertise and track record in project management work is must with exposure around legal projects.
• Operations management knowledge or experience interpreting business requirements and implementing them into tangible outcomes.
• Able to influence and work across business units/countries at all levels of seniority
• Creative thinker to new solution to business challenges
• Solid understanding of in-house legal departments is beneficial.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and contribute to team and individual targets
• Sound judgement, and can assimilate a large amount of information and reach a reasoned conclusion
• Exposure in handling global legal projects are preferred.