Legal Director Asia Pacific – Sydney Job
http://careers.mcafee.com/job/Sydney-Legal-Director-Asia-Pacific-Sydney-Job-NSW/1206393/
Date: Mar 31, 2011
Location: Sydney, AU
About the Role and Responsibilities
Position Title: Legal Director Asia Pacific
Location: Sydney
About the Role:
The Asia Pacific Head of Legal Affairs role acts as a Trusted Advisor and minimises McAfee’s legal risk exposure whilst showcasing best in class counsel to the APAC business. This is a high profile legal department, looking at policies and procedures, managing external resources and arranging reporting lines. This role has internal and external responsibilities and requires the incumbent to manage the business requirements whilst also developing the careers of team members. The role involves working with front office sales teams, finance, HR, facilities and marketing teams, as well as with senior management and stakeholders. The Asia Pacific Head of Legal Affairs is an integral part of the Asia Pacific management team and participates in the management of the Asia Pacific organisation
Key Responsibilities:
– Be a Member of the Asia Pacific Management Team and be the point of contact for this team on all commercial contract and all other legal matters.
– Cooperate with the different functions in the organisation to indentify the best legal solutions.
– Liaise and coordinate with the McAfee corporate lawyers in the US to streamline policies and processes.
– Manage and develop a team of 2 to 5 Lawyers, Para Legal’s and support staff including work distribution, up skilling and stretch development
– Manage the interaction and cooperation between, the legal department and other sales support functions such as finance, revenue recognition, deal desk, HR and sales operations
– Manage the relationship with external counsel
– Regulatory advice particularly in relation to data privacy and consumer affairs
– Risk management
– Devise and deliver training programmes on legal regulatory matters for managers, sales and sales related functions, HR and other functions
Qualifications
Required Experience/Skills & Education:
– Qualified Lawyer with solid in-house industry relevant experience preferably within fast moving IT Sales Company
– Acutely aware and practiced in Asia Pacific’s diverse cultures, laws and legal practices
– Demonstrable experience acting as a Trusted Advisor to business leaders
– Experience of participating on the general management team of an organization
– Ability to build a strong relationship with the other Asia Pacific managers and business leaders
– Solution Provider and ‘best outcome’ focused approach applying legal framework
– Experience in a technology company setting with emphasis in software licensing work and contract drafting skills
– Knowledge of the principals of US GAAP and the revenue recognition rules within the software industry
– Experience managing a team of lawyers with ability to get the best out people
– Strong result and goal orientation
– Excellent communication skills
– Asian language abilities is an advantage
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Job: Legal
Primary Location: APAC-AUS-NSW-Sydney
Position Number: 310311
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