General Counsel
Here at Three, we’ve done things differently since day one
Three is Ireland’s
largest mobile telecommunications provider with 48.4% market share and we carry
almost half of all mobile data traffic. We are on a journey to grow our
business further and to build an operating model based on bringing technology
and business together in agile end-to-end accountable units empowered to
deliver with speed. This builds upon the foundation of what makes our
company great - our creative and talented people, our outstanding network, our
strategic market position and our loyal customers
Join us, as General Counsel
The General Counsel will be a key member of the Leadership Squad supporting overall business decision making and ensuring that Three has the expert legal and regulatory advice and oversight to ensure compliance with industry regulations and mitigate legal risks as the business scales and expands.
Key Roles and Responsibilities
- Develop and deliver strategies related to Legal and Regulatory Compliance for Three Ireland, including advising the Leadership Squad on key strategic legal and regulatory risk impacting the wider business.
- Oversee critical legal activities across all functions including commercial negotiations and contracts, IP, litigation, strategic alliances and partnerships, network supply agreements and outsourcing contracts, ensuring all functions take ownership and action to capture, understand and mitigate critical risks in timely manner.
- Develop and implement Three Ireland’s compliance strategy, to ensure compliance in line with all relevant laws regulations applying to Three Ireland’s business including compliance with telecommunications, data protection and consumer and end user protection.
- Develop and implement Three Ireland’s overall regulatory strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives and proactive engagement with policymakers and governmental and statutory stakeholders, including advising and representing the Leadership Squad on all regulatory and government trends/issues which may impact wider business, internally and externally.
- Lead the influencing of the evolving regulatory landscape and management of all regulatory risks impacting Three Ireland’s in relation to policy initiatives by ComReg, Data Protection Commission and Coimisiún na Meán.
- Provide strong leadership across the legal and regulatory team ensuring that all members are motivated and continually developed to work to the best of their potential.
- In partnership with talent acquisition team develop a resourcing plan for the legal function to build and maintain talent pipelines to support the growth of the business.
- As a key member of the Leadership Squad play a key role in broader business decision making and strategy development
- Advise on all corporate governance matters including advising the directors on their duties and ensuring that they comply with corporate legislation and the constitution of the company, maintaining the company’s statutory books and arranging meetings of the directors.
Candidate Requirements, Knowledge and Experience
- Experience as a senior legal/regulatory advisor (ideally in a General Counsel or equivalent capacity) for a similar sized company with consumer and business product offerings.
- Significant experience working in a cross-functional leadership team supporting broad business decision making
- Experience working in a business working in a similar regulatory environment with a strong track record of managing compliance and working with business teams to implement strategies to mitigate risks
- Experience engaging effectively with regulators and other stakeholders on the evolution of regulatory and legal strategies and policies
- Expertise in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial contracts, including service agreements, and vendor contracts
- Experience working in a highly dynamic, fast-paced environment including experience assessing the legal and commercial implications of expanding into new markets
- Familiarity with best practices in corporate governance, including board responsibilities, ethics, and compliance
Critical Success Factors/Capabilities/Competencies
Proven track record of:
- Leading others: Engaging, aligning and empowering teams to achieve goals and ambitions in an agile, fast paced and dynamic environment.
- Shaping strategy: Influencing governmental and statutory stakeholders’ policy.
- Thinking commercially: Applying deep commercial understanding to drive business goals and outcomes, developing long term business direction based on data and insight.
- Influencing collaboratively: Guiding, influencing and working effectively with others to drive outcomes.
Benefits of Working at Three
- Flexible working with our new Hybrid model, our employees will enjoy more flexibility working from home and our office locations (3 days per week office based). Please see job description for the office location of this role
- Competitive salary, annual performance bonus & pension contribution
- 25 days holidays plus 2.5 company days
- Annual Leave buy or sell (buy or sell up to 5 days AL each year)
- Healthcare Insurance through our flexible benefits programme
- Life assurance, phone & laptop, subsidized canteen
- Access to learning & development tools such as LinkedIn Learning
- Free on-site parking
- There’s a lot more to us than meets the eye.
There’s a lot more to us than meets the eye.
You may think you know us, but we’re full of surprises. Intrigued? Join us and Be Phenomenal.
Apply now at: https://www.three.ie/careers #Jobs
At Three, we are committed to diversity and inclusion. As Ireland’s largest mobile telecommunications provider, we provide a better connected life for our diverse customer base, and want our teams to reflect this. We welcome and celebrate all identities and strive to create a culture of belonging where employees can thrive as their authentic selves. If you do not ‘tick every box’ in this job description, you likely have other valuable skills that would make you a great fit for one of our teams. If you feel this role is for you, then please apply!
If you require reasonable adjustments for your interview, please let us know when scheduling your interview, or alternatively, please email aoife.omeara@three.ie
