Legal Counsel - Technology

The Legal Counsel (“Counsel”) reports to Senior Counsel – Technology, Telecoms & Procurement and provides primary legal support to the Technology and Technology Procurement teams.

The primary responsibility is for:

• Providing direct legal support to Technology teams on contracting, development, licencing, purchasing and Tesco Labs
• Providing legal and commercial input into planning, pipeline and strategy
• Assisting with the development and implementation of Group legal policy and assisting with the delivery of the compliance agenda in Technology
• Leading on contracting matters and negotiations
• Managing external law firm delivery

Technology – working closely with senior Technology stakeholders, program managers and purchasers to ensure the delivery of Technology contracting, licencing and development including statements of Work, agreements and amendments for domestic and international contracts, including Statements of Work relating to cloud services, SaaS, consulting/implementation services, maintenance agreements and renewals, software license agreements and non-disclosure agreements as well as maintaining up to date knowledge of legal issues pertaining to software implementation, licensing, cloud and data.

Procurement- The Procurement team manages all goods not for resale purchased across the Tesco Group. Counsel provides strategic transactional and legal advice to the purchasers on best practice on contracting and RFP’s and works. We have three dedicated procurement lawyers who support critical procurement initiatives.

The role will have a high level of internal and external visibility. A strong level of experience working in a fast paced environment with sound commercial judgement and the ability to work effectively in a matrixed environment is required.

Counsel will be an experienced lawyer with a suitable mix of Technology and commercial experience and a high degree of adaptability to new areas. Experience with GDPR/Cloud/product development would be beneficial.

A firm grasp of commercial issues and contract law is required.

Counsel must be able to identify and deliver innovation and think critically about how legal services are delivered in an agile manner in the context of changing delivery methods within Tesco.

There is a strong requirement to build credibility quickly with Legal and Commercial stakeholders.

We will consider lawyers from private practice with suitable experience wishing to make the transition to a fast paced, delivery focused organisation.

We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work.  These include but aren’t limited to:

• An annual bonus scheme which you can achieve up to 3.5% of base salary
• Privilegecard (including a 2nd card for a family member) after 6 months service with 10% off most purchases at Tesco
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day
• A retirement savings plan - 4%-7.5% contribution rate
• Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
• Buy As You Earn Scheme
• Save As You Earn Scheme
• Deals & Discounts through Tesco including Tesco Mobile & Tesco Bank
• Deals and Discounts through many other external businesses

We’re proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone is welcome and truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings to enable us to serve our shoppers a little better every day. We strive to create a workforce that reflects our customers not only here in the UK, but worldwide. Our aim is to attract and welcome a diverse range applicants from all walks of life and we’d love to hear from you!