Philippines Job Openings
SAP
Legal Counsel - based in Manila, Philippines or India (Bangalore is preferred location)
Taguig
FULL TIME
October 22, 2024
We help the world run better
At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.
SAP is seeking a Legal Counsel to work within its field legal organization in the Asia, Pacific & Japan (“APJ”) region. Based in the Philippines or India, you will be a part of the APJ legal team and will provide legal expertise for SAP and its business teams, particularly SAP’s sales teams, across the APJ region.
This includes finalizing legal aspects of precontractual elements of the sales cycle such as non-disclosure / confidentiality agreements, preparation and negotiation of the legal aspects of contracts, working with other legal colleagues in the APJ region as part of an integrated team, and carry out legal functions for other business units/practice areas such as real estate/facilities, procurement, marketing and communications.
Primary responsibilities include working with SAP’s Shared Delivery Hub (“SDH”) and Commercial Finance teams in their drafting of cloud, license, professional services, and related agreements (focusing on the legal aspects), negotiating agreements, drafting more complex legal language to address customer issues, all while working collaboratively with sales professionals, pricing and revenue recognition teams, and others, in a fast-paced environment to help achieve SAP’s business growth strategies and objectives within SAP risk tolerances, and in accordance with SAP policies and applicable laws.
The successful candidate will also provide legal advice and counselling on a wide variety of matters, including intellectual property, licensing, data privacy, and license compliance matters, employment issues and other ad-hoc legal advisory matters. Experience in the Cloud (software-as-a-service) / Technology / IT sector is strongly preferred.
Key to your success as a Legal Counsel will be your ability to:
Education and Skills:
Bring out your best
SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.
We win with inclusion
SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.
SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com
For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.
EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.
Requisition ID: 404801 | Work Area: Administration | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: Virtual - India #LI-Hybrid.
At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.
SAP is seeking a Legal Counsel to work within its field legal organization in the Asia, Pacific & Japan (“APJ”) region. Based in the Philippines or India, you will be a part of the APJ legal team and will provide legal expertise for SAP and its business teams, particularly SAP’s sales teams, across the APJ region.
This includes finalizing legal aspects of precontractual elements of the sales cycle such as non-disclosure / confidentiality agreements, preparation and negotiation of the legal aspects of contracts, working with other legal colleagues in the APJ region as part of an integrated team, and carry out legal functions for other business units/practice areas such as real estate/facilities, procurement, marketing and communications.
Primary responsibilities include working with SAP’s Shared Delivery Hub (“SDH”) and Commercial Finance teams in their drafting of cloud, license, professional services, and related agreements (focusing on the legal aspects), negotiating agreements, drafting more complex legal language to address customer issues, all while working collaboratively with sales professionals, pricing and revenue recognition teams, and others, in a fast-paced environment to help achieve SAP’s business growth strategies and objectives within SAP risk tolerances, and in accordance with SAP policies and applicable laws.
The successful candidate will also provide legal advice and counselling on a wide variety of matters, including intellectual property, licensing, data privacy, and license compliance matters, employment issues and other ad-hoc legal advisory matters. Experience in the Cloud (software-as-a-service) / Technology / IT sector is strongly preferred.
Key to your success as a Legal Counsel will be your ability to:
- Draft, redline, and negotiate contractual terms with customers, including cloud, software licensing, professional services agreements, data processing agreements, etc. for SAP’s Cloud, Software, and Professional Services business.
- Work closely with the Internal Sales, Pricing, and Revenue Recognition teams during the drafting and negotiation process.
- Assist the commercial and sales teams with legal escalations relating to the transactions you are working on.
- Help achieve SAP’s business goals and objectives by serving as a true business partner, balancing legal risks appropriately against the commercial objectives.
- Identify contractual risks and suggest alternatives that lead to optimal solutions.
- Work with sales, finance, and operations teams to ensure that contractual terms are compliant with legal, regulatory, and company policies and risk preferences.
- Integrate legal, business, technical, and practical analysis, into the provision of legal advice.
- Assist in handling various field and corporate legal matters, including but not limited to non-disclosure/confidentiality agreements, real estate/facilities, procurement, marketing, privacy, intellectual property rights, and claims management matters.
Education and Skills:
- Tertiary qualifications in Law from an accredited law school.
- Licensed to practice law in the Philippines or India (having passed the Bar exams in the Philippines or India) based on the location of the applicant to be hired.
- 2 - 4 years of post-qualification legal experience (gained in either a reputable law firm or in-house legal environment), with contract and transactional law background / experience in reviewing, drafting and negotiating commercial and/or technology contracts.
- Customer-service mindset, with strong written, communication and interpersonal skills with a high attention to detail.
- Team player with the ability to work collaboratively across multiple teams and communicate in a timely and responsive manner.
- Excellent/Fluent written and oral English language skills.
- Inquisitive and not afraid to ask questions.
- You will work under supervision, but you show initiative, are motivated, self-driven and self-organizing.
- The job location will be in Manila - Philippines, or India (Bangalore is preferred location)
Bring out your best
SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.
We win with inclusion
SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.
SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com
For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.
EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.
Requisition ID: 404801 | Work Area: Administration | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: Virtual - India #LI-Hybrid.
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