Legal Counsel – Commercial Technology, Maternity Cover (FTC)

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General
We require a qualified technology/commercial lawyer to provide Maternity Cover for a wide range of legal activities across the business.
This role will report into the YouView Legal Director as part of a two-person Legal Team. The intention is to have a month-long handover.

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Key responsibilities*

• Work alongside the Legal Director by supporting various workstreams through the provision of expert advice in a variety of areas.
• Own and manage YouView’s commercial contracts portfolio, by taking the lead on contract creation, review and negotiation with both customers and suppliers and all parts of YouView’s ecosystem.
• Review, draft and negotiate technology contracts (SaaS, cloud infrastructure, software licences (incl. open source), statements of work).
• Manage and advise on data protection issues and provide data protection training within the business; and
• Support the Legal Director in Company Secretarial tasks including Companies House filings and preparation of Board Papers.
• Manage YouView’s internal risk committee.

This role would suit:

• A self-starter who is already working in-house but wants to develop their general legal knowledge in a collegiate and collaborative environment; and
• A mid-level, self-motivated lawyer who is not afraid of autonomy and who is looking to make their mark in a growing tech business.

The successful candidate

• Qualified lawyer with 3-5 years’ post qualification experience or equivalent.
• Direct experience in negotiating technology, SaaS and cloud infrastructure contracts.
• Experience in data protection law and its application within a consumer-driven, data-rich environment.
• Excellent analytical, team-working and communication skills.
• An ability to understand and respond to the varied needs of different stakeholder and/or shareholders across projects.
• A passion for delivering excellence.
• Confidence in working autonomously and managing projects alongside business lead; and
• An understanding of broadcasting technology (helpful though not essential).

Benefits:

• Competitive Salary on offer
• Annual Bonus
• London City location, currently working from home until Jan 2022
• Flexible working, hybrid remote working
• Pension Plan
• Private Healthcare
• Holiday purchase programme
• Season Ticket Loan
• Free Set Top Box
• Staff Discount Scheme

About us:
YouView launched in summer 2012, brought BT Sport over IP in 2013, an upgrade to 4k and the launch of Netflix in 2014, partnered with Sony to offer the UI for its TVs in 2015 and brought the first UHD device to the UK. YouView launched a major upgrade to its underlying platform in 2017 with an award winning UI in the UK with a powerful cloud back office providing new data and insights into how consumers watch and find TV. It recently announced the launch of Amazon Prime with BT and the arrival of Sky Atlantic in early 2019.

YouView continues to innovate and is working with the BBC to trial a UHD version of BBC iPlayer. YouView has won a number of major industry awards including Advanced TV Innovation of the Year at the 2017 Content Innovation Awards and Best Platform at the annual T3 Awards and most recently winner of the National Technology Awards for TV, Film and Broadcasting Technology of the Year.

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Job Type: Contract