Senior Legal Counsel

At SiteMinder we believe the individual contributions of our employees are what drive our success. That’s why we hire and encourage diverse teams that include and respect a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. Our diverse and inclusive culture enables our employees to bring their unique selves to work and be proud of doing so. It’s in our differences that we will keep revolutionising the way for our customers. We are better together!

What We Do…

We’re people who love technology but know that hoteliers just want things to be simple. So since 2006 we’ve been constantly innovating our world-leading hotel commerce platform to help accommodation owners find and book more guests online - quickly and simply.

We’ve helped everyone from boutique hotels to big chains, enabling travellers to book igloos, cabins, castles, holiday parks, campsites, pubs, resorts, Airbnbs, and everything in between.

And today, we’re the world’s leading open hotel commerce platform, supporting 50,000 hotels in 150+ countries - with over 130 million reservations processed by SiteMinder’s technology every year.

About the Senior Legal Counsel

This role will partner closely with the Tech, Product Data/AI & Security functions to support a more proactive approach to manage legal and regulatory risk in each of these departments.

What you will do...

• Provide commercially focused and pragmatic advice to our business clients on a wide range technology related matters and initiatives in a supportive and dynamic team environment.

• Support revenue growth by drafting, advising and negotiating commercial and technology agreements, ensuring that contractual terms align with Siteminder’s commercial objectives and compliance requirements.

• Contribute to the development and negotiation of strategic alliances, collab

• oration agreements and technology partnerships that underpin SiteMinder’s business model.

• Support the implementation of governance frameworks and policies that manage legal and operational risk in a technology and product -enabled environment, including data and AI governance frameworks.

• Experience advising on cybersecurity preparedness, incident response, data protection, privacy, spam, surveillance, and regulatory investigations.

• Provide product, engineering, technology, security, data and AI and other business teams, partnering from the earliest possible discussions, to provide pragmatic legal advice across many subject areas including data protection laws and regulations, international competition law frameworks, intellectual property laws, marketing laws and regulations, and other global legal frameworks. You are a generalist with sufficient genuine depth in these key areas that typically requires specialists.

• Able to read architecture diagrams, understand data flows, ask meaningful questions about system design, and recognize when engineering decisions have legal implications. You can spot issues that need to be flagged.

• Able to operate in grey zones where legal questions don’t have clear answers, providing risk calibrated guidance to help the business move forward.

• The opportunity to grow as a lawyer by developing a deep understanding of technology, product, security data/AI and innovation. You will partner deeply with technology, data and security teams to work at the intersection of law, business and emerging technologies.
  

What you have...

• Bachelor of Laws (or equivalent) and a current practicing certificate.

• At least ten years experience, ideally from top-tier practice experience and in-house tech or data sector experience

• Extensive experience advising on data governance and commercialisation, IT and commercial transactions, with at least four years of experience on cyber law, and demonstrable knowledge of AI

• Strong understanding of GDPR, Australian privacy law and global governance and AI regulatory frameworks

• Exposure to technology payment services is desirable

• Must be a self starter with high energy and a proven ability to roll up your sleeves to get things done. You thrive on taking initiative.

• You are a team player with a humble attitude and a hunger to make an impact in a role where the sky's the limit

• You have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills and the ability to interact with all levels of the organization from the most senior to most junior

• You are passionate about technology, data, and SaaS businesses with a passion for innovation and emerging digital technology

• Comfortable hitting the ground running in fast paced scale-up environments. Bonus points if you have had experience in global scale-ups

• Our Perks & Benefits…

  • Equity packages for you to be a part of the SiteMinder journey

  • Mental health and well-being initiatives

  • Groups (ERG) to help you connect and get involved
    

Does this job sound like you? If yes, we'd love for you to be part of our team! Please send a copy of your resume and our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch.

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