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About the Role

Santander is evolving into a technology-driven organization, and this role is crucial in supporting that transformation. The Legal Counsel will advise on Digital, Technology, Operations, Infrastructure, Payments, Data Privacy, and Intellectual Property, with a focus on drafting, negotiating, and advising on outsourcing and technology agreements.

Responsibilities

• Providing strategic advice to business teams for structuring and implementing innovation and technology projects.
• Working closely with senior stakeholders to deliver expert, accurate, concise, commercial, and cost-effective legal advice.
• Demonstrating creativity and innovation in finding practical solutions and ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Sharing technical skills, experience, and best practices with colleagues and supporting other departments through training and template development.
• Staying updated on legal and financial services industry developments to ensure Santander UK reacts appropriately and improves processes.
• Answering legal queries from internal customers and managing external suppliers/stakeholders to deliver advice and projects on time.

Requirements

• Experience providing legal advice that is readily understandable to non-lawyers.
• Excellent knowledge and experience of outsourcing, digital, technology, and commercial contract law.
• Excellent knowledge of the regulatory regime impacting outsourcing in financial services, such as the PRA’s Supervisory Statement on Outsourcing and Third Party Risk Management (SS2/21).
• Ability to manage and influence stakeholders.
• Experience dealing with a large volume of matters and competing demands.
• Excellent project management skills, with an ability to manage multiple, conflicting interests and deadlines.
• Must have the right to work in the UK.

Skills

• Outsourcing
• Digital contract law
• Technology contract law
• Commercial contract law
• Regulatory regime impacting outsourcing in financial services
• Stakeholder management
• Project management

Location

• London
• Milton Keynes
• United Kingdom

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Multiple Locations

Benefits

• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, increasing to 31 days after 5 years’ service.
• Option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.
• £6,000 car allowance per year.
• Company-funded individual private medical insurance.
• Company-funded death-in-service benefit.
• Income protection insurance.
• Option for discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.
• Share plans.
• Staff versions of products like Edge Current Accounts and Credit Cards with no fees.
• Access to other deals and discounts in Santander products and services.
• Wellbeing partners across physical, mental, social, and financial pillars.
• Access to a suite of apps, discounted gym and fitness access, weekly online classes, flexible healthcare, and mental health support.
• Enhanced family leave.
• Childcare options.
• Tailored wellbeing support.
• Volunteering opportunities.

About the Company

• Santander is evolving from a global, high-impact brand into a technology-driven organisation.
• Our mission is to contribute to help more people and businesses prosper.
• We embrace a robust risk culture and all our professionals at all levels are expected to take a proactive and responsible approach toward risk management.
• Our work touches 140 million lives every day.
• We are always innovating, sharing our experiences, questioning how we do things and adapting to new challenges.
• We are reinventing ourselves for the digital age.

Equal Opportunity

• Santander is a proud, inclusive organisation that provides equal opportunities for everyone — regardless of age, gender, disability, civil status, race, religion or sexual orientation.
• We’re committed to creating a recruitment experience that’s accessible, fair and welcoming for all candidates.