In this exciting role in the Contracts department, you will be responsible for practicing commercial law in a technology context. Reporting to the Senior Manager, you will provide regulatory and contractual advice which facilities the IT needs of the business and complies with Qatar Airways’ procurement, contracting, legal, IT and financial policies. Perform and be responsible for a wide variety of complex legal tasks to support Qatar Airways Group function and its IT operating divisions. Key Accountabilities: Strategic Develops a contracting and negotiating strategy to attain informed negotiating positions and creative solutions to commercial and IT issues. Identifies potential risks to the business or IT infrastructure /security and proposes appropriate mitigation plan to higher management in respect of the same. Identifies and recommends new strategies for creating high level of performance in the department and enhancing productivity targets. Keeps abreast of increasingly complex IT regulatory environment and development of technological advances. Operational Practise commercial law in a technology context – reviewing, negotiation and drafting of IT agreements including but not limited to the provision, installation and maintenance of IT Infrastructure, data servers, websites, data communication and social networking. Identify and work with relevant stakeholder departments to mitigate regulatory, commercial and IT issues as they relate to IT infrastructure, cloud services, software licensing agreements, e-commerce legal management, SaaS licencing agreements and software development agreements. Manage and protect the Group’s interests relating to the monitoring, licensing and protection of IT intellectual property; Research and keep abreast of increasingly complex regulatory environment of the internet including cyber law, hacking and GDPR as it relates to IT and keep the department and business advised accordingly. Work with IT and Risk/Compliance departments to put comprehensive risk management systems in place to deal with risk issues such as breach of confidentiality and cyberattacks; Development, review and audit of IT policies, processes and contract templates, making appropriate change recommendations where required. Identify issues that need to be escalated to senior management and manage to resolve in a timely manner. Management of contracts disputes as they arise, working with relevant stakeholders to resolve. Provide legal interpretations on agreements and standard terms and conditions. Develop scope of services documents to support tender process and technical tender evaluations. Encourage and mentor colleagues to interact with external department counterparts. Perform other department duties related to his/her position as directed by the Head of the Department About You
The ideal candidate for this role is required to have a minimum of 8 years relevant experience in commercial contracts in an IT context and competence in Aviation Law. Be a qualified lawyer with a relevant law degree. Experience in a multi-cultural environment in contracts and legal management is preferred. You must have experience and a track record of successfully having negotiated complex, high profile contracts with specific reference to the aforementioned types.
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