APAC Legal and Contracts Manager

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Job Title: APAC Legal and Contracts Manager

Location: Singapore - Hybrid working

Contract: Permanent

About the role:

We're hiring an APAC Legal and Contracts Manager to join our APAC Legal Department in Singapore. This role is pivotal in supporting the APAC Legal department and partnering with key business stakeholders across the region. You will manage a variety of legal and compliance matters, ensuring efficient contract management, risk mitigation, and legal operations optimisation.

You will have strong contract negotiation, legal research, and
administrative skills, with excellent attention to detail, organisation, and
communication abilities. This is a great opportunity for a proactive and adaptable individual to develop within a global leader in standards and compliance

Key Responsibilities:

• Contracts & Legal Support: Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts,
  NDAs, procurement agreements, and other operational legal documents.
• Risk & Compliance Management: Act as the APAC Legal Department's
  gatekeeper, triaging matters, ensuring adherence to compliance frameworks,
  and managing local implementation of global policies.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with sales, finance, IT, regulatory,
  and business development teams to align legal processes with business
  objectives.
• Operational Excellence: Implement legal tools and streamline processes,
  manage document repositories, and track key legal and compliance metrics
  for informed decision-making.
• Training & Advisory: Deliver legal training sessions and develop toolkits to
  enhance awareness of legal and compliance requirements across the
  business.
• Litigation & Dispute Management: Support intellectual property disputes,
  compliance investigations, and litigation matters in coordination with external
  counsel.
• Administrative & Budget Support: Oversee contract filing, case tracking, and
  legal department budgeting to ensure efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

About You:

• Bachelor's degree or diploma in law or business, or other relevant legal
  qualification.
• Proven experience in corporate, commercial, and administrative legal
  functions, preferably across APAC.
• Strong contract negotiation and management skills, with the ability to balance
  business needs and risk mitigation.
• Excellent organisational abilities, with a keen eye for details within process
  improvement and legal operations.
• Effective communication and problem-solving skills, able to engage with
  diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Intellectual curiosity and openness to continuous self-improvement and
  professional development when opportunities arise

BSI offers a competitive total reward package, an independent and varied job in an international environment, flexible working hours, and ongoing training and development including 14-days annual leave, paid sick leave, bank holidays, health insurance, life insurance, various allowances (including care dependent on the role), paid maternity leave, paid paternity leave, paid parental leave, childcare leave, paid marriage leave, paid bereavement leave, learning and development opportunities,and a wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle.

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Headquartered in London, BSI is the world's first national standards organization with more than 100 years of experience. We are a global partner to 86,000 companies and organizations in over 193 countries, offering development, auditing, certification, and training services - including innovative software solutions and cybersecurity expertise for all industries: from aerospace and automotive to food, construction, energy, healthcare, IT, and beyond. Incorporated by Royal Charter, we're truly impartial, and home to the ultimate mark of trust: the Kitemark.

Through our unique combination of consulting, training, assurance, and regulatory services, we bring solid and broad knowledge to every company.

If you want to contribute to this inspiring challenge, bring your open and enthusiastic mindset to our dynamic team - apply now and become part of the BSI family!

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About Us

BSI is a business improvement and standards company and for over a century BSI has been recognized for having a positive impact on organizations and society, building trust and enhancing lives.

Today BSI partners with more than 77,500 clients in 195 countries and engages with a 15,000 strong global community of experts, industry and consumer groups, organizations and governments.
Utilizing its extensive expertise in key industry sectors - including automotive, aerospace, built environment, food and retail, and healthcare - BSI delivers on its purpose by helping its clients fulfil theirs.
Living by our core values of Client-Centricity, Agility, and Collaboration, BSI provides organizations with the confidence to grow by partnering with them to tackle society's critical issues - from climate change to building trust in digital transformation and everything in between - to accelerate progress towards a better society and a sustainable world.

BSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.