MYOB
MYOB
1,001 – 5,000 Employees
ConsultingLogisticsManufacturing
MYOB provides business management software for organizations that need to coordinate core operations in one place. Its platform brings together accounting, payroll, customer relationship management, inventory, human resources, and enterprise resource planning tools, helping businesses across consulting, logistics, and manufacturing manage finances, workflows, and operational decisions.

Head of Legal

Lead legal operations across Australia and New Zealand at MYOB. Advise senior executives and guide the legal team at a business management software company.

Description

  • Lead legal operations across Australia and New Zealand
  • Partner with the General Counsel on legal strategy and operations
  • Mentor and develop legal professionals, including Senior Legal Counsels
  • Assign work and oversee team performance
  • Improve legal templates and playbooks
  • Promote legal technology, automation, and AI tools
  • Advise executive and senior leadership on complex commercial, technology, corporate, and regulatory matters
  • Manage the legal budget and external spending
  • Oversee relationships with external legal providers
  • Lead significant transactions and strategic partnerships
  • Coordinate disputes, privacy, AI governance, and regulatory engagement with Risk & Compliance
  • Act for the General Counsel when required
  • Support corporate governance and company secretarial work

Requirements

  • Bring at least 10 years of post-qualification legal experience
  • Have strong commercial and technology law experience from a respected firm or in-house team
  • Have substantial in-house experience, which is strongly preferred
  • Bring experience in SaaS, a scale-up, or a regulated technology business as an advantage
  • Have successfully led and developed an in-house legal team
  • Have experience managing budgets, resourcing, and work allocation
  • Be comfortable partnering with product and technology teams
  • Use AI tools in practice to improve legal work
  • Bring strong commercial drafting and negotiation skills
  • Understand technology contracts, intellectual property, privacy, data, and consumer law
  • Build trust with senior stakeholders and turn complex legal issues into practical advice
  • Work effectively at pace and make sound decisions with incomplete information
  • Hold a Bachelor of Laws or equivalent qualification
  • Be admitted to practise in Australia
  • Hold or be eligible for a current practising certificate

Benefits

  • Flexible hybrid working
  • In-person celebrations and social events
  • Financial support for a home office
  • Corporate discounts and retailer vouchers
  • Wellbeing services through Sonder
  • Internal training and development programs
  • Access to LinkedIn Learning
  • Opportunities to attend conferences
  • Study assistance
  • A range of leave options
  • Option to purchase up to four additional weeks of leave
  • Generous parental leave
  • Domestic violence leave
  • Transgender leave
  • Community leave
  • Study leave
  • Wellness, Belonging, and Planet communities
  • Equal opportunity workplace
  • Applicant response commitment through the Circle Back Initiative

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