ANZ Legal Counsel in North Sydney, Australia

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SAP is seeking an experienced lawyer with 5 years post qualification legal experience to work as part of the SAP Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) legal team, with a focus on the SAP Australia and New Zealand market unit (the Market Unit or MU). You will work closely with and as part of the regional APJ legal team and your primary responsibilities will include drafting and negotiating technology cloud, license, service and related agreements to help achieve SAPs business growth strategies and objectives. All legal work must be carried out within SAPs risk tolerances, while maintaining SAP policies, and complying with applicable laws. In addition, the position will work with other internal lines of business/practice areas such as finance, marketing, procurement, and bid management. You will provide legal advice and counseling on a wide variety of matters, including intellectual property, licensing, data privacy, and license compliance matters.

The role involves working with sales and services professionals, pricing and revenue recognition teams, and others, in a fast-paced environment. The ability to work with a team across a wide organization is critical. Experience in the Cloud (software as a service) and with Australian government contracting is beneficial.

The key accountabilities of the role are to:

• Work with local and regional deal support teams to draft contracts, resolve issues and streamline deal support for transactions.

• Work as part of the ANZ and APJ legal teams to manage and respond to requests for legal support and participate in regional legal initiatives.

• Ensure compliance with applicable laws and work closely with the SAP Office of Ethics and Compliance on compliance topics.

• Draft, redline, and negotiate terms and agreements with customers, including software-as-a-service agreements, software licensing, professional services agreements and data processing agreements in support of SAPs Cloud and Services business.

• Work closely with internal Sales and Deal Support teams during the drafting and negotiation process.

• Work with sales, finance, and operations teams to ensure that contractual terms are compliant with legal, regulatory, and company policies and risk preferences.

Education and Skills

• Graduation from accredited law school

• Qualified to practice law in Australia.

• Preferably you have experience in negotiating Software as a Service agreements and/ or other technology related agreements.

• You are a team player and able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

• You understand and are able to work according to the commercial pressures of a sales business in a dynamic and at times high pressure environment.

• You think critically, are able to identify issues and are confident to discuss these with team members and legal management to enable quick resolution.

• You are creative and demonstrate the ability to think outside of the box, meaning that you know when to follow established guidelines, but you are also able suggest and seek approval for alternative approaches that further the objectives and goals of the Company within our risk and compliance framework.

• You build and maintain collaborative relationships with peers, internal clients, and external customers and clearly convey processes, policies, and advice in a manner that others can easily grasp, both in terms of the rationale used and the consequences of proposed solutions.

• You are able to represent SAP to external customers on specific subject matter topics within your field of expertise.

Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves.At SAP,you can bring out your best.

We win with inclusion

SAPs 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. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.

SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com

For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy (https://one.int.sap/me@sap/jobs_at_sap#17498858-1050-415e-8d82-21f91655666b_96fc) . Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

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

Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

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