Senior Legal Counsel - Commercial

Why this role is important to us At Experian, our Commercial Management Team plays a vital role in enabling business growth while ensuring legal and commercial risks are effectively managed. As Senior Legal Counsel, you'll be a trusted adviser to the business, leading negotiations on significant, high-value client contracts and helping shape how legal services are delivered through our innovative Legal-as-a-Product approach. You'll partner with senior partners to support strategic growth, transformation programs and continuous improvement across the organisation. Work that matters - What you'll do - Lead and manage complex, high-value commercial agreements for important clients and business opportunities. - Manage contracts throughout their lifecycle, driving transactions through to successful execution while balancing legal and commercial risk. - Draft, review and negotiate technology, data, software licensing, services and framework agreements. - Optimise contracting processes, templates and playbooks to improve efficiency and scalability. - Support business transformation programs, including M&A integration activities and legal service development. What you'll need to bring to the role and Experian - Qualified Solicitor with solid post-qualification experience in commercial contract law. - Experience independently managing complex commercial contracting programmes and negotiations. - Experience leading large-scale contracts and supporting important clients and commercial relationships. - Experience designing and implementing process improvements, governance frameworks and contracting systems that create operational excellence. - Excellent commercial judgement, partner management and influencing skills, with the ability to operate at senior levels. More about you - You take ownership of complex matters and are comfortable leading negotiations. - You enjoy creating structure, improving processes and advocating more efficient ways of working. - You are commercially minded and can provide, legal advice and solutions that helps the business achieve its objectives. - You excel in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and build trusted relationships across Legal, Sales, Compliance, Risk and Operations teams.