Job Overview

We are looking for experienced and strategic Corporate Lawyers to join our Executive Legal team. In these high-impact leadership roles, you will provide practical legal counsel, manage complex commercial and regulatory matters, and mitigate legal risks across emerging technologies, data privacy, strategic growth, and AI-driven solutions. Depending on your specialization and seniority, you will support global compliance initiatives, guide new product launches to market, structure ecosystem partnerships, or advise on enterprise data and GenAI governance.

Job Details

• Available Specializations / Tracks:

  • Compliance & Ethics Counsel Manager

  • Strategic Growth Initiatives Counsel Manager / Senior Manager (Services, Tech & Data/AI)

  • Ecosystems Counsel Manager

• Work Setup: Onsite / Hybrid in Mandaluyong or Quezon City

• Work Shift: Night Shift

• Salary Budget: Confidential (To be discussed during the job offer)

• Target Start Date: ASAP / Standard Notice Period

Job Requirements

• Licensure: Must be a Licensed Lawyer.

• Relevant Tenure (by Track):

  • Compliance & Ethics Counsel Manager: Minimum 7 years of experience in global data privacy law and practice within a global company, law firm, consulting environment, or the IT/technology sector.

  • Strategic Growth Initiatives Counsel Manager / Ecosystems Counsel Manager: Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in a corporate or law firm setting, ideally advising on technology services, emerging technologies, and data/AI offerings.

  • Strategic Growth Initiatives Counsel Senior Manager: Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in a law firm or as in-house counsel for a global technology company, advising on data usage, data products, internal data governance, agentic technology, GenAI/AI models, SaaS, PaaS, cloud, or software.

• Domain & Transactional Expertise: Depending on the track, proven experience in global data privacy compliance, technology transactions (drafting and negotiating SaaS, cloud, software/data licensing, or development agreements), or ecosystem/alliance agreements (teaming, subcontracts, agency resale, joint development, and third-party compensation models).

• Regulatory & IP Knowledge: Solid working understanding of data privacy regulations, data governance, Intellectual Property (IP) law, and general product development lifecycles, including the connection between inbound and client-facing agreements.

Other Requirements

• Proven track record of shaping deals, evaluating innovative commercial models, and developing trusted advisory relationships with senior business leaders.

• Strong analytical capability to assess complex facts, navigate evolving regulatory landscapes, and deliver practical risk mitigation strategies.

• Experience supporting M&A evaluations and post-merger integration strategies is a strong advantage.

• Amenable to working a night shift schedule in an onsite or hybrid setup in Mandaluyong or Quezon City.

Roles

• Strategic Risk & Regulatory Counsel: Conduct comprehensive legal and regulatory risk assessments for new and evolving services, platforms, data products, and AI/GenAI capabilities to prepare them for compliant market launch.

• Contracting & Deal Enablement: Draft, negotiate, and provide SME guidance on complex commercial, technology, alliance, and ecosystem agreements, while creating templates and playbooks to empower sales and delivery legal teams.

• Data Privacy & Governance: Provide subject matter expertise on global data privacy compliance, privacy-by-design, privacy reviews, and responsible data usage across internal and client-facing technologies.

• Cross-Functional & M&A Collaboration: Partner closely with business units, product development, tax, controllership, compliance, and marketing teams to address multi-disciplinary risks, and support data-led acquisitions, joint ventures, and post-merger integrations.

• Leadership & Innovation: Mentor junior legal team members, drive continuous improvement in legal review methodologies, and support the implementation of GenAI/AI tools to streamline legal operations.