Senior Legal Counsel

Position Title

Senior Legal Counsel, Pacific

Department

Legal

Location

Sydney or Melbourne

Reports To

Head of Legal & Company Secretary, Pacific

Role Type

Hybrid

Company Information

Ingenico is the global leader in payment acceptance and services. We support our customers, and their customers to do more with payments.

From the bustling streets of Tokyo to the quaint local shops in London, we make your everyday purchases simple and seamless. Ingenico is not just a company, we’re the invisible link that connects you with the things you love. We're not just for the big players - we aim to cater to everyone, including retail, banks, payment companies, and more.

With more than 40 years of experience, innovation is integral to Ingenico’s approach and culture, inspiring its large and diverse community of experts who anticipate and help share the evolution of commerce worldwide.

Mission Statement

We exist to transform the commerce ecosystem through purpose-led innovation that enables our customers and their customers to do more with payments.

Position Purpose

The purpose of the Senior Legal Counsel, Pacific role is to be a strategic business partner and play a key role in providing legal leadership to create value, contributing to strategic and business decision making and achieve the Company’s growth objectives. 

Key Responsibilities & Duties

Legal Advisory & Commercial Contracting

• Provide strategic legal advice on complex issues to business stakeholders
• Partner with global legal team to deliver unified business solutions
• Advise on commercial-legal aspects across business functions
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders (Sales, Finance, R&D, Professional Services, Operations) to achieve business objectives
• Manage high-stakes legal matters autonomously, including contract negotiations, corporate advice, and potential disputes
• Draft and negotiate diverse commercial agreements (MSAs, SOWs, procurement, licensing, software development agreements)
• Advise on governance and company policies

Strategic Legal Leadership

• Identify emerging legal trends and proactively advise on risks and opportunities
• Work with stakeholders to implement new contract frameworks
• Execute strategic legal projects within budget and timelines
• Improve efficiency in legal operations
• Deliver educational sessions to raise awareness of policies and processes

Digital Transformation & Innovation

• Support legal department digital transformation initiatives
• Optimise legal workflows through technology adoption
• Support innovative business models and product launches

Regulatory Compliance & Data Privacy

• Strong understanding of global privacy regulations (GDPR, Privacy Act)
• Conduct privacy impact assessments
• Manage cybersecurity risk from a legal perspective
• Coordinate timely responses to privacy, security, or confidentiality breaches

Collaboration & Change Management

• Work effectively in matrix environments with cross-functional teams
• Adapt to changing priorities using agile methodologies
• Guide stakeholders through significant legal or regulatory changes with effective communication of complex legal matters to non-legal teams
• Build consensus across diverse stakeholders
• Deliver quick, pragmatic legal solutions under time constraints

Essential Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Strong ability in end-to-end contract negotiation including drafting, attention to detail and negotiating skills with demonstrated problem solving experience.
• Proven track record of providing strategic legal counsel and leading complex legal matters.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and persuade at all levels.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Capable of building trusted relationships with internal and external clients using balanced insights and impactful communication to influence decisions and actions.
• Practical and solutions-oriented. Works to be a proactive problem solver with a commercial approach.
• Willing and able to work in a fast-paced, emerging payments technology company environment, including, if necessary and where required, managing a small team.
• Previous in-house technology (cloud infrastructure, software platforms, hardware, software applications, network infrastructure) and payments sector experience, particularly enterprise business is highly desirable.

Direct Reports

N/A

Compliance

• Contribute to health and safety at work by identifying, reporting and controlling hazards and promptly reporting incidents

• Comply with all applicable company policies
• A favourable Police Check and other background checks are required

Information Security

• Comply with company policies and procedures in relation to information security and confidentiality
• Avoid working in a manner that represents any unacceptable risk to information security, including non-work activities which result or could result in breach of the Information Security Policy
• Report any breach of privacy, security or confidentiality in a timely manner to protect the interests of the company