Legal Advisor - fixed-term contract
ABOUT TEMENOS
Temenos powers a world of banking that creates opportunities for billions of people and businesses everywhere. We have been doing this for over 30 years through the pioneering spirit of our Temenosians who are passionate about making banking better, together.
We serve over 3000 clients from the largest to challengers and community banks in 150+ countries. We collaborate with clients to build new banking services and state-of-the-art customer experiences on our open banking platform, helping them operate more sustainably.
At Temenos, we have an open-minded and inclusive culture, where everyone has the power to create their own destiny and make a positive contribution to the world of banking and society.
VALUES
Care about transforming the Banking landscape.
Commit to being part of an exciting culture and product evolving within the financial industry.
Collaborate effectively and proactively with teams within or outside Temenos.
Challenge yourself to be ambitious and achieve your individual as well as the company targets.
THE ROLE
The Junior Legal Advisor – Global Procurement supports the Legal team in providing timely, practical, and business-focused legal advice to the Global Procurement function. The role focuses primarily on supplier contracting, template management, and legal support throughout the procurement lifecycle, under supervision. This role helps ensure business risk mitigation, process efficiency and compliance with governance, policies, and applicable laws while supporting timely delivery of procurement objectives.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Draft, review and negotiate procurement-related agreements (supplier agreements, NDAs, framework, reseller, consultancy, recruitment, novation, subscription agreements), using approved templates as a first approach.
- Draft, review and negotiate data processing agreements and coordinate with DPO, Chief Compliance Officer and AGC–Regulation & Privacy regarding personal data matters.
- Identify legal and contractual risks, escalate issues and prepare summaries for senior review.
- Support contract lifecycle activities including amendments, renewals, breach notifications, letters of demand and termination documents.
- Coordinate with Senior Legal Advisor and Global Procurement on prioritisation and management of timelines.
- Provide guidance and explanations on legal positions and risk mitigation under supervision.
- Prepare risk assessments of supplier legal terms and communicate actions for risk mitigation.
- Set up supplier agreements in DocuSign for execution.
- Assist with NDA review.
- Support compliance and governance processes with DPO and Legal colleagues.
- Assist with supplier due diligence, risk assessments, AI compliance, data protection, IP and confidentiality considerations.
- Maintain consistency in contractual positions across Global Procurement.
- Support template drafting and updating with Senior Legal Advisor.
- Conduct legal research and maintain procurement templates, playbooks and standard positions.
- Contribute to process improvement and efficiency initiatives for Procurement stakeholders.
- Assist with internal guidance materials, presentations and training content.
- Collaborate with Global Procurement, IT Security, Finance, CSR, Data Protection and other teams.
- Support collaboration with senior in-house and external counsels including document preparation and follow-up.
SKILLS
- Bachelor degree in Law from an accredited university.
- 3–5 years of relevant legal experience (in-house or law firm) with exposure to commercial/procurement contracts.
- Familiarity with GDPR, governance, privacy, commercial and IP law, procurement and contract negotiation in an international environment.
- Strong commercial contract understanding, drafting and review skills.
- Fluency in English (written and spoken); additional languages are an advantage.
- Advanced MS Office skills and legal research tools; familiarity with AI legal tools is a plus.
- Proactive, organised, detail-oriented, strong communicator and collaborative team player.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks under supervision and work with diverse stakeholders.
SOME OF OUR BENEFITS include:
Maternity leave: Transition back with 3 days per week in the first month and 4 days per week in the second month
Civil Partnership: 1 week of paid leave if you're getting married. This covers marriages and civil partnerships, including same sex/civil partnership
Family care: 4 weeks of paid family care leave
Recharge days: 4 days per year to use when you need to physically or mentally needed to recharge
Study leaves: 2 weeks of paid leave each year for study or personal development
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