Legal Counsel

SAP SE; Greater London; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000

Job description

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

What you'll do:

SAP is looking for a commercial lawyer to support all legal matters affecting the SAP business in the United Kingdom. The lawyer will work as a member of the SAP UK team and will be based in the SAP offices in Clockhouse Place, Bedfont Road, Feltham, Middlesex, TW14 8HD.

The required legal advice will range across cloud, software licensing and consulting contracts, and general legal topics. This role would particularly suit a commercial lawyer from within the Technology Services industry.

The successful candidate will:

• Report to the Head of the UK Legal team and Deputy Regional General Counsel in EMEA.
• Be part of the UK legal team and work closely with the UK business.
• Be primarily responsible for legal work to one of the UK sales divisions.
• Act as the primary negotiator for complex commercial contracts with SAP customers and partners and provide trusted legal advice to SAP’s management.
• Ensure that company business strategies are applied in recognition of legal implications and risks.
• Ensure that all contracts are in compliance with SAP’s legal, contractual and business processes and policies.
• Report legal disputes, legal aspects of customer escalations, and interact with outside counsel as necessary.
• Contribute to the overall success of SAP’s business and be recognized as a business partner with an understanding of SAP's business objectives and cloud strategy.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships and partner with account executives and sales managers.
• Work closely with SAP’s Office of Ethics & Compliance, ensuring appropriate internal governance is in place in relation to transactions and other business activities.
• Understand and work according to the commercial pressures of a sales business in a high-pressure environment.

What you bring:

• A qualified English lawyer with excellent working knowledge of Contract and IT Laws with 2-5 years post admission experience.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and drafting skills.
• IT and IP legal experience.
• Working knowledge of Data Privacy and Data Protection Laws such as GDPR.
• Experience in negotiating commercial contracts with customers/partners.
• Works well with other UK lawyers and operates as a team.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment and cope well with pressure.
• Works independently and creatively, collaborates well with different parts of the global organisation, and responds effectively to SAP’s sales and management teams.

We win with inclusion

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.

Requisition ID: 405594 | Work Area: Legal | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.