General Manager: Legal

• Manage day-to-day operations of the Group Legal function and implement the strategy and operating model set by the General Counsel

• Lead and coordinate the Senior Legal Advisor portfolio; set service standards, turnaround expectations and prioritisation principles

• Identify, consolidate and report material legal risks into the Group enterprise risk-management framework

• Maintain an integrated view of material legal matters, exposures, dependencies and escalation requirements

• Administer external counsel panels, briefing protocols, matter budgets, fee arrangements and expenditure controls

• Manage the Legal Department’s annual operating budget and report expenditure trends and variances

• Drive legal operations, process improvement, legal technology, contract lifecycle and matter-management systems and dashboards

• Provide senior legal advice on material or complex matters and act as escalation point for sensitive legal matters

• Develop Legal reporting frameworks and prepare briefing material for executive management and governance forums

• Lead, coach and develop the Senior Legal Advisor team; drive succession and capability development

• LLB or equivalent and admission as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa

• 10–15 years’ post-qualification experience

• Proven experience leading a legal function or team, including legal service delivery, legal risk, external counsel and complex matters

• Strong commercial contracting, negotiation and legal risk management and/or dispute resolution experience

• Advantageous: postgraduate qualification in law, business, governance or company secretarial practice

• Advantageous: legal operations, legal technology or process transformation experience; listed or highly regulated environment; retail, healthcare, pharmaceutical or distribution sector exposure

• South African citizen; clear criminal and credit record; driver’s licence or own transport