Senior Legal Counsel

As a Senior Legal Counsel within Sky’s Group Product Legal team, you’ll act as a trusted legal adviser and strategic business partner to stakeholders responsible for bringing Sky’s products to market.

Customer products sit at the heart of Sky’s strategy. From the hardware and software that power products such as Sky Glass, Sky Stream, Sky Broadband, Sky Mobile, Sky Home and Sky Protect, to the supply chain, strategic partnerships and compliance frameworks that enable those products to be designed, developed, manufactured, distributed and supported at scale, you’ll advise on some of Sky’s most important customer-facing initiatives.

Working closely with stakeholders across Product, Technology, Supply Chain, Product Compliance, Sustainability and Procurement, you’ll deliver high-quality, business-focused legal advice on complex commercial arrangements, product development initiatives, strategic supplier partnerships and regulatory compliance matters.

This role combines commercial contracting with strategic legal and regulatory advice, requiring sound judgement, strong commercial acumen and the ability to balance innovation, customer outcomes and risk management.

This role is based in the UK and offers the opportunity to work collaboratively with legal colleagues across the UK, Italy and Ireland as well as Comcast, supporting customer products and propositions that are developed, launched and operated across multiple markets.

What you’ll do

• Act as a trusted legal adviser and strategic business partner to senior stakeholders across Product, Technology, Responsible Supply Chain, Product Compliance and Sky Protect, helping deliver Sky’s strategic priorities.
• Lead the negotiation, drafting and execution of complex commercial, technology, supply chain and strategic supplier agreements with a high degree of autonomy, including arrangements relating to hardware, software, manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, insurance and strategic partnerships.
• Provide clear, pragmatic and commercially focused legal advice that enables innovation while appropriately managing legal, regulatory and commercial risk across the full product lifecycle, from design and development through manufacture, launch, delivery, installation and in-life support.
• Support strategic customer product and supply chain initiatives including advising on transformation projects, strategic partnerships and associated legal and regulatory considerations.
• Advise on product compliance, product safety, environment and sustainability requirements, cyber security, intellectual property, software licensing and other legal obligations affecting customer products and supply chains, including emerging legal and regulatory developments.
• Lead multiple complex matters simultaneously, exercising sound judgement to prioritise effectively and manage competing stakeholder demands.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the wider Legal department and partner with legal teams across the Sky Group and Comcast to deliver consistent, high-quality legal support.
• Instruct and manage work undertaken by Sky Legal's managed legal services provider and external counsel to deliver efficient, cost-effective legal support.

Essential criteria

• Qualified lawyer in a UK jurisdiction, or an equivalent common law jurisdiction.
• Proven commercial experience gained in a leading private practice and/or in-house legal team.
• Significant experience negotiating and advising on complex commercial contracts.
• Experience partnering directly with senior business stakeholders and influencing commercial outcomes.
• Experience independently leading significant negotiations and projects from instruction through to completion.
• Strong legal advisory skills with the ability to analyse complex issues and give clear practical recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Strong commercial judgement and experience balancing legal and regulatory risk with business objectives in a fast-moving environment.
• A collaborative and proactive approach.

Desirable skills and experience

• Experience negotiating agreements and advising on products within a regulated environment, in particular insurance products.
• Experience working across multiple jurisdictions.
• In-house experience within a large, matrixed organisation.
• Experience managing external legal providers.

Benefits and perks

There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to life at Sky: the perks. Here’s a taster:

• Free Sky TV, including Sky Sports and Sky Cinema
• Pension package with up to 9% employer contribution
• Private healthcare with mental health support
• Aviva Digital GP and dental insurance
• Discounts on Sky products, including Sky Mobile, Sky Broadband, Sky Glass and Sky Protect
• Sharesave and Tech schemes
• A range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences

How you’ll work

At Sky, we want to be a community that thrives by being together. Flexible working remains a key part of that. We want our people to have the best of both worlds: time working at home, as well as time in the office.

The hybrid working expectations for this role are 3 days in the office per week.

Your office base

Osterley

Our Sky Group HQ. Equipped with state-of-the-art technology and workspaces, there’s plenty of space to see your big ideas come to life. Here you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants and cafes. You can re-energise at our gym, catch the latest films at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.Our Osterley Campus is just a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station, or you can get one of our free shuttle buses from Osterley, Gunnersbury and Ealing Broadway stations. Plus, there’s free onsite parking available for cars, motorbikes and bicycles.

Who we are

We’re Sky, a leading media and entertainment company who connect millions with entertainment, sports, news and arts through innovative products and services. Working with us means you’ll be bringing the joy of a better experience to more people, every day. All so we can do better and deliver better for our customers, colleagues and society.

We’re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We're a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need as early as you can.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.

To be eligible for this role you are required to have the appropriate right to work in the UK. Please be aware Sky does not offer sponsorship for this position.

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Please note: We reserve the right to close this advertisement at any time once we have received a sufficient number of applications