Legal Counsel/contract Manager 50-60%

Vor 4 Tagen

Zurich, Schweiz Thales Vollzeit

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.

The Thales Group employs over 83,000 people worldwide, 850 of them in Switzerland. Thales' roots in Switzerland date back to the mid-19th century. Since that time, we have become an authoritative and trend-setting provider of high-tech solutions, key technologies, systems and services in the fields of Transportation Security, Defense & Security, Satellite & Space Technology and Digital Identity & Security.

Thales Defence and Homeland Security has successfully established itself with the definition, development and integration of sophisticated tactical systems in the areas of communications, radar, command and control, surveillance, reconnaissance as well as simulation.

For our Defence and Space business at our location in Zürich we are looking for an experienced

**Legal Counsel / Contract Manager **(M/F/d) (Ref. No. R0198276)

(50 % - 60%)

**You will enjoy having this responsibility**:
You will be involved in managing contractual risks, negotiations, contract management and compliance in a highly diversified, international and technically challenging environment of a large CAC 40 Group in a civil as well as military market.

**It also involves the following tasks**:

- Support the various business activities of Thales in Switzerland, particularly for Thales Training & Simulation in the bid and project phase, for all internal and external legal, compliance and contract management matters and actively support negotiations
- Participate in analysing requests for proposals, negotiations and drafting of contractual documents (with clients, partners, suppliers etc.)
- Monitoring of contract performance and execution
- Act as focal point for customers, suppliers and partners. Ensure that contractual, commercial, financial and technical risks to the business are minimised and the company’s operating needs are met all along the project lifecycle
- Establish and maintain contract baseline and contracts records incl. necessary documentation for proper contract management in the projects and preparation of possible litigation (pre-litigation documentation)
- Provide trainings to management and employees on contractual or compliance matters
- Support the legal entities of Thales Training & Simulation as well as Thales Alenia Space in Switzerland in their corporate housekeeping as well as their compliance duties regarding Anti-Bribery and Corruption, Data Protection, Trade Compliance etc. in close cooperation with the General Counsel for Switzerland
- Act as Compliance and Data Protection Officer in close cooperation with the General Counsel for Switzerland

Y **ou have**:

- Professional experience as a contract manager or inhouse legal counsel, paralegal or lawyer in a law firm or in a large enterprise
- Law degree e.g. in Swiss law is not required but would be an asset
- Proven track record of experience with large and complex projects in an international, industrial and dynamic commercial environment
- Ability to work independently, as well as being a strong team player within a multidisciplinary and multicultural network
- High level of commitment to service delivery also in challenging and complex circumstances
- A strong personality with a high awareness and understanding of commercial issues incl. financial topics who performs with excellency also under pressure
- A good negotiator with strong interpersonal and social skills
- Willingness to travel and work in Switzerland in our different sites as well as travel abroad when required
- Excellent communication skills in German and English (written and verbal). French would be an additional asset

You want to learn more? The Talent Acquisition Team is looking forward to hearing from you.

**Phone: +41 44 457 18 01**

Look forward to the collegial climate of a Swiss SME and the international reach of a global corporation with employment conditions that leave nothing to be desired. Thales lives diversity in everyday life, values work-life balance and where possible enables flexible working.

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