Senior Commercial Legal Counsel - Fixed Term Contract NewcastleuponTyne, United Kingdom This is an opportunity to play a key role at the heart of Sage's commercial growth, providing pragmatic legal guidance to our Growth, Revenue and Platform business areas. You’ll partner with senior commercial teams on strategic go-to-market initiatives spanning fintech, financial services, partner ecosystems, embedded services, SaaS and emerging technologies. From shaping new commercial models to negotiating complex technology agreements, you’ll help us move at pace while managing legal and regulatory risk. You’ll combine strong commercial judgement with legal expertise, helping turn complex challenges into clear, scalable solutions that enable the business to grow with confidence. Overview of the team You’ll be part of a collaborative legal function working closely across Commercial Legal and specialist legal teams including Privacy, Compliance and IP. The role has significant exposure across the business. You’ll partner with colleagues in Strategic Partnerships, Embedded Services, Fintech and Growth, as well as regional and corporate legal teams. Together, you’ll ensure our commercial initiatives can be delivered consistently across different markets and jurisdictions. It’s a highly collaborative environment where you’ll have the opportunity to influence the design of go-to-market programmes, rather than simply advise once decisions have been made. Office location Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Hybrid Working - 3 days per week in our Newcastle office and 2 days from home. Key accountabilities and decision ownership Close collaboration with Commercial leadership (in particular, commercial design, partner ecosystem, (inc Fintech partners) professional services, Embedded Services, Pricing and Growth) to support the design and compliant end-to-end execution of commercial initiatives alongside BU and Region. Provide best in class commercially focussed legal advice on complex commercial legal projects and initiatives. Ensure Fintech partnerships and initiatives are brought to market compliantly and within risk appetite. Draft, review and negotiate commercial legal agreements and standard templates (including complex technology focussed agreements and ancillary documentation relating to customers and partners) engaging Corporate legal input as appropriate. Engage and coordinate with legal SMEs on multi-disciplinary / jurisdiction GTM projects and initiatives and ensure consistent execution of legal outcomes. Contribute to the design, implementation and maintenance of scalable GTM systems, tools and initiatives under the control and oversight of Growth, Revenue or the BUs. Ensure appropriate Regional implementation of GTM processes and tools by collaborating closely with Regional legal colleagues to ensure Regional legal, regulatory and market requirements are properly considered. Collaborate closely with Corporate legal centres of excellence ( Compliance, P
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