Cloud Computing Legal Counsel

CLOUD COMPUTING LEGAL COUNSEL

Main tasks or activities:
* Collaborate with our internal Legal and compliance teams to drive forward cloud adoption .
* Drive forward all legal & compliance aspects for O365 and other cloud offerings, breaking down legal requirements into Tasks for the technical leads.
* Ensure that the technical solutions proposed by the technical leads adequately mitigate the risks and requirements stated within the legal and compliance statements.
* Ensure there is clear communication and guidance given to the business regarding process and legal & compliance requirements on our cloud platforms.
* Keep abreast of new regulations which could impact our cloud platforms and how we use it, work closely with legal and compliance to understand the impact and define steps to mitigate.

Job requirements:
* Experience in civil law jurisdictions
* Understand current regulatory initiatives and translate those into detailed requirements and tasks on IT and business level
* Be able to read and understand legal text and break this down into actionable tasks.
* Ability to set-up and implement policies and processes, describing risks and highlighting mitigating options
* Established competence and experience in assessing and negotiating Information Technology agreements with external service providers
* Demonstrated experience in multi-tasking in multiple projects with different scopes
* Experience in a multi-national enterprise, preferably with experience in the financial sector
* Very good understanding of IT and technology

Knowledge requirements:
* eCommerce and IT, Cloud technology, Outsourcing, Data Protection, Commercial law, Competition law, Service Management agreements
* General corporate and regulatory matters

Personal Skills
* Strong communication and negotiation skills
* Understanding clients/customer needs and interpretation to technical implications
* Work independently
* Strong analytical skills
* Fluent in English