Head of Strategy, Digital & Operations

Group Legal Head of Strategy Digital & Operations

You will lead the Strategy & Operations pillar setting the vision for a modern futureready operational backbone that enables Legal to deliver with clarity consistency and impact. This pillar will be responsible for corporate affairs and corporate governance and will play a pivotal role as a strategic boardroom advisor. You will shape the functions structures governance and priorities to strengthen Legals effectiveness and longterm performance. You will oversee key strategic initiatives drive coherence across ways of working and serve as a key driver of digitalization efforts across the Legal function. As a member of the Group Legal Management Team you will collaborate with senior executives and crossfunctional partners to inform decisions and advance DLLs strategic goals.

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Day to day:

• Lead coach and develop a multidisciplinary team of subordinate managers lawyers and legal professionals across the Strategy & Operations pillar ensuring high performance effective planning and strong stewardship of people budget and execution.
• Provide strategic leadership across the pillars core areasincluding corporate affairs and housekeeping corporate governance expense management workflow improvement legal policy technology data claims and reportingleveraging broad crossfunctional understanding and strong commercial awareness to connect these disciplines with the wider Legal function.
• Strengthen processes tools and ways of working across the Legal function by designing and implementing groupwide standards and solutions that enhance consistency operational excellence and the overall quality of Legal service delivery.
• Steer major strategic legal projects and initiatives with global scope maintaining oversight of progress risks interdependencies and key decisions and applying advanced analytical judgment to resolve complex issues and drive innovative solutions.
• Champion the effective use of technology AI and data within Legal integrating expertise from multiple disciplines to deliver more efficient scalable and futurefocused operational capabilities.
• Act as a strategic advisor in the EB boardroom providing forwardlooking operational insight influencing senior decisionmakers and ensuring that Legals functional priorities are well aligned with grouplevel objectives.
• Foster strong collaboration across the global Legal network by promoting shared responsibility collective ownership and alignment in how the function delivers influencing senior stakeholders internally and externally to ensure coherence and functional integration.

All members enjoy

• Two working days per year volunteering for a local charity.
• Health and Wellness program including healthy food free health checks fun health & vitality activities.
• Flexible hours with possibility to work from home
• Career development opportunities: online learning member development programs.
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Essentials:

• Master degree with a post-master preferably in financial law.
• Minimum of 10-15 years of relevant legal experience with significant experience in a senior in-house legal role or a law firm.
• Proven experience in senior leadership within a complex or evolving organization.
• Proven track record of steering multiple initiatives across regions and markets
• Experience leading and developing teams across varied skill sets.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Fluent in English.

Extras:

• It would be appreciated if you bring experience with change projects.

Choose wellbeing

DLLs wellbeing ambition is to educate equip and empower members to build connections manage their mental emotional physical and financial wellness and maintain balance between work and the other priorities that make up their lives.

Our four wellbeing categories are as follows:

• Connection Build meaningful connections with other DLL members
• Health Manage mental emotional and physical health
• Finance Provide learning opportunities to help members achieve personal financial health
• Lifestyle Maintain balance between work and life priorities

These are the things that matter to our members and the wellbeing of our members matters to DLL

Good to know:

• Deadline for application: April 12th (Due to high volume of applications this requisition may close prior to posted close date)
• The selection process may involve an assessment
• Applications via email will not be reviewed. Please apply online via our career website
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• DLLs referral program applies
• For more information please contact our Regional Talent Acquisition Manager Europe Willem Hessels via

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DLL is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to inclusive barrier-free recruitment and selection processes and work environments. If contacted for an employment opportunity please advise Human Resources if you require accommodation in accordance with our values and all applicable legislation.