Senior Legal Adviser

Description

Workplace: ITV London, White City + Hybrid - expectation is 2 to 3 days in the office per week.

The team..

The Technology Legal & Business Affairs team sits at the centre of ITV’s digital enablement strategy, supporting the technology functions.

Working closely with Group Technology, Media & Entertainment (M&E) Technology and Studios Technology, the team provides commercially focused legal advice that enables innovation while protecting ITV’s strategic and regulatory interests. This is a collaborative, fast-paced environment where legal expertise meets cutting-edge digital development.

The role..

We’re looking for a commercially minded Senior Legal Advisor – Technology Legal & Business Affairs to join ITV on a 12-month fixed-term contract. Reporting to the Head of  Legal & Business Affairs for Technology, you will provide high-quality legal support across ITV’s core technology teams, with a particular focus on Group Technology and Streaming Technology within M&E.

This is a varied and hands-on role supporting supplier lifecycle management, technology contracting and digital transformation initiatives. You will advise on a broad range of technology agreements and commercial matters, ensuring legal risk is managed pragmatically while enabling the business to move at pace. Working closely with stakeholders across Technology, Procurement, Cyber Security, Data Protection and wider Legal teams, you’ll play a key role in delivering joined-up, commercially sound legal solutions.

Some of your key day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Providing legal support on material, strategic technology suppliers for Group Technology and ITV’s Streaming, Technology & Data teams.
• Building trusted relationships with senior internal stakeholders 
• Drafting and negotiating a wide range of technology agreements, including SaaS, software licences, cloud services, app development, consultancy, reseller agreements, EULAs and data processing agreements
• Advising on supplier onboarding, due diligence, supplier RFPs, AI governance and ongoing supplier lifecycle management
• Identifying and mitigating legal and commercial risks within contracts (including liability, indemnities, warranties and termination provisions)
• Advising on disputes, contract interpretation and legal risk analysis
• Working collaboratively with the Data Protection team to ensure privacy-by-design principles are embedded in new technology deployments
• Coordinating contract approval and execution processes
• Supporting wider Group-level legal and transformation projects as required

Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)

• Qualified lawyer (UK or equivalent qualification)
• 5 to 10 years’ PQE (guideline) with experience in technology and commercial contracts
• Strong drafting and negotiation experience across technology and services agreements
• Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders and work independently in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
   

Other things we’re looking for (key criteria)

• Commercially astute and solution-oriented, with a pragmatic approach to risk
• Excellent communicator, able to build strong internal and external relationships
• Confident working across cross-functional teams including Procurement, Data Protection, Finance and Cyber Security
• Strong understanding of data protection, IP and IT licensing principles 
• Able to balance legal rigour with commercial realities and business priorities
• Highly organised, capable of managing multiple contracts and competing priorities
• A collaborative team player who can command credibility across senior stakeholders
• Adaptable and resilient, comfortable working occasional longer hours when business demands require

Please note, on occasion we may receive a very large volume of applications which means applications for a role may close earlier than the referenced closing date. We’d encourage you to apply as soon as possible if interested.