Hi! We're UW. We’re on a mission to take the headache out of utilities by providing them all in one place. One bill for energy, broadband, mobile and insurance and a whole lot of savings!
We’re aiming to double in size as we help more people to stop wasting time and money—big ambitions, to be delivered by people like you.
Got your attention? Read on…
We put people first. It’s all about you…
We're looking for a top notch Senior Legal Counsel, with a depth of commercial contracts experience to join our team, initially for a 6 month contract to help us through a busy period.
You'll need to be comfortable working across a range of commercial contract work and providing legal supervision to the less experienced members of the team. We're a fast paced, dynamic business so an ability to deliver quickly, advise pragmatically and navigate ambiguity is critical to success.
This role is initially for a 6 month contract with an immediate start.
Required Skills and Experience
To be successful in this role, you’ll need to demonstrate:
- You have a strong legal background, with relevant experience (preferably 6+ years PQE) working with or in a consumer facing business related regulated fields)
- In house experience is essential
- Experience working with or in a regulated industry (Ideally in financial services or insurance)
- You’ll be a savvy commercial negotiator, comfortable negotiating a wide range of commercial and technology contracts, including key supplier arrangements and managing internal teams to deliver a commercial outcome and drive contracts to completion
- You’ll have experience advising technology, product and marketing teams on their commercial arrangements and contracts
- You have a proven ability to run a large, complex agenda across a broad range of activities
- You have experience working with diverse teams (ranging from technology, product to administrative functions)
- Experience of utilising legal technologies and digital tools to deliver high quality work in the most efficient ways (CLM is our current key software)
- Ownership & accountability
- Agile thinking
- Collaborative working approach
- High levels of stakeholder management and influence
- Organisation and attention to detail
- Strong communication skills
We deliver progress. What you’ll do and how you will make an impact.
As a key member of our legal team, you will have the following responsibilities:
- Helping UW to achieve commercial outcomes across a wide range of commercial projects and key supplier arrangements across our business and helping us take an innovative approach to our product offering within a multi-regulated consumer facing environment.