Senior Legal Counsel

Senior Legal Council

Digicel is seeking a highly experienced Senior Legal Counsel to provide strategic legal support across the Digicel Group. The incumbent will play a critical role in identifying, mitigating, and managing legal, regulatory, governance, and public policy risks while enabling sustainable business growth, protecting corporate interests, and supporting the successful execution of the Group’s commercial objectives.

About this Role

 Reporting to the Head of Legal and Group Company Secretary, the Senior Legal Counsel will lead the provision of legal and regulatory support across the Digicel Group. The role serves as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, driving the effective management of legal, regulatory, governance, and compliance matters while supporting strategic initiatives and sustainable business growth across all operating markets.

Role Scope

Legal strategy and commercial advisory

• Provide strategic legal guidance for the business on corporate, commercial and strategic matters.
• Supporting major commercial transactions, negotiations, strategic partnerships and infrastructure arrangements.
• Proactively identify legal and regulatory risk and appropriately embed corrective actions in commercial decisions.
• Lead the development, negotiation, and governance of contracts, intellectual property rights, licensing agreements, procurement arrangements, and commercial frameworks to protect and advance the Group's interests.
• Equip business leaders and operational teams with the legal knowledge and regulatory insights necessary to make informed, risk-based decisions through targeted training and advisory support

Enterprise Business Partnering

• Provide strategic legal and regulatory counsel across key business functions to support commercial objectives, ensure compliance, and mitigate risk.
• Advise Consumer, Enterprise, Sales, and Marketing teams on commercial transactions, customer offerings, contractual matters, and regulatory obligations.
• Support Procurement, Supply Chain, and Infrastructure operations through the negotiation and management of supplier, vendor, and site-related agreements.
• Guide Human Resources on employment law, workplace policies, employee relations, investigations, and organizational change initiatives.
• Partner with Technical, Network, and Digital teams to address legal, regulatory, technology, cybersecurity, and telecommunications matters.
• Lead legal support for Finance, Treasury, strategic partnerships, and business transformation initiatives, ensuring sound governance and effective risk management.

Corporate Governance and company secretarial leadership

• Support the management of the Corporate Secretarial function when required, which may include managing board and shareholder meetings, statutory filings and maintenance of corporate records as well as adherence to statutory, fiduciary and corporate governance obligations.
• Attend meetings as an alternate director when needed.

Regulatory Strategy and Public Policy

• Identifying regulatory or policy opportunities that may create risks, competitive advantage or commercial value.

Experience and Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in law and admission to practice in one or more of the relevant markets or another Commonwealth jurisdiction
• Minimum 7 years post qualification experience with at least five (5) years’ experience in a corporate environment.
• Broad experience spanning all aspects of corporate, commercial and regulatory issues in technology, telecommunications or ICT space. Demonstrated ability to engage with and shape the thinking of external stakeholders
• Litigation experience is an asset
• Corporate secretarial experience is an asset
• Demonstrated ability to engage with and shape the thinking of external stakeholders
• Experience in large commercial transactions is an asset.

Functional Skills

• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• Strong technical legal skills
• Strong commercial contract drafting and negotiation skills
• Ability to interact across all levels of the business and manage upwards
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship development skills
• Results driven and practical
• Excellent Interpersonal skills and team player
• Flexible and adaptable in a challenging, demanding and fast paced environment
• Strong ability to multi-task
• Excellent analytical skills and conceptual thinking
• Excellent oral and written presentation skills
• Organizational courage in the provision of independent advice

Interested applicants are encouraged to apply on or before Sunday, November 22, 2026