Legal Manager

Legal Counsel Manager (12-month FTC)Location: UK / HybridContract: 12- month FTC An established UK business operating in a regulated, tech-driven environment is seeking an experienced and commercially focused Legal Counsel Team Manager to join on a 12-month FTC.This is a senior in-house role offering a varied workload, combining hands-on legal advisory work with people management, data protection ownership and close collaboration with senior stakeholders across the UK and Europe.The RoleReporting into Group Legal, you will lead the UK legal function and provide pragmatic, solutions-focused advice across a wide range of commercial and regulatory matters. The role offers real autonomy, visibility and the opportunity to influence business decision-making.Key responsibilities include:Leading, mentoring and developing a small UK-based legal teamActing as the UK Data Protection Officer, with responsibility for GDPR and UK DPA complianceAdvising the business on privacy risk, data incidents and regulatory requirementsSupporting and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts, including technology-focused agreements (e.g. software, cloud/hosting and strategic suppliers)Working closely with Group Legal on contracts, compliance, regulatory matters and wider group initiativesAdvising on UK regulatory issues including consumer law, intellectual property, competition and sanctionsLeading UK compliance activities such as anti-bribery and modern slavery obligationsContributing to ..... full job details .....