Product Lawyer

Job Req ID: 27019

Posting Date: 26 Apr 2024

Function: Legal and Governance

Unit: Legal, CoSec & Regulatory Affairs

Location: One Braham (4140), London, United Kingdom

Salary: Competitive

Why this job matters

We have an exciting opportunity to join our excellent consumer division working as a Product Lawyer! Within your role you will advise on BT and EE customer product and proposition projects, personally delivering pragmatic legal advice as well as making sure that Consumer product/service terms are best in class.

If you have previous consumer experience this role could be a perfect fit so please do not hesitate to apply!

What you'll be doing

• You will advise on BT and EE customer product and proposition projects, personally delivering pragmatic legal advice;
• You will be aligned to Proposition and Product stakeholders in Consumer;
• You will maintain internal relationships, for example (but not only) with peers and other team members in the Marketing, Digital, Consumer legal, Group legal and Regulatory Affairs teams;
• You will deliver succinct and precise advice and risk-based reports to senior stakeholders to facilitate decision making;
• You will be a key contributor to Horizon Scanning which ensures new Consumer-focussed laws are foreseen and the business is aware and advised of required changes to ensure compliance;
• You will keep your Legal Director and team's Principal Lawyers fully informed, as applicable, on key legal risks and opportunities and all other relevant strategic matters; and
• You will collaborate with the rest of the legal team.

The skills you'll need

• Proven experience as a UK (or equivalent) qualified solicitor;
• Deep knowledge of the telecoms industry;
• Understanding of Consumer's business objectives, processes and systems, and the legal and regulatory framework in which Consumer operates;
• Comfortable working on strategically important projects for BT/EE;
• Ability to question intelligently, challenge rigorously and recommend – with sound business judgment- a course of action to a stakeholder;
• Excellent drafting, communication, stakeholder management, organisation, influencing and persuading skills;
• Strong team player;
• Ability to work under time pressure to demanding timescales;

Benefits

• 25 days' annual leave, plus bank holidays, and additional days for length of service
• 10% on target bonus
• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme - If you pay in a minimum of 5% of your pensionable salary every month we will pay in 10%
• 50% off BT and EE mobile SIM only plans
• Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages
• BT TV, including TNT Sport and the NOW Entertainment membership, and 25% off NOW Sport, Cinema and Kids
• 30% discount for friends and family on EE SIM only plans
• Shared Parental leave - maximum amount of leave you can share with your partner is 50 weeks
• 3 volunteering days per year
• Competitive employee discount on BT/EE products
• Competitive friends and family discount on EE Mobile

Our leadership standards

Looking in:

Leading inclusively and Safely

I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.

Owning outcomes

I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:

Delivering for the customer

I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.

Commercially savvy

I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:

Growth mindset

I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.

Building for the future

I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.

About us

BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.

Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding.

We value diversity and celebrate difference. As Philip Jansen, our CEO, says ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It's fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.'

We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you'll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won't be alone: we'll be there with help and support, learning and development.

This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you're a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.