It starts with YES!
At Optus, we have an ambitious goal to be Australia’s most loved everyday brand.
The Senior Corporate Counsel (SCC) will act as a trusted advisor to Optus Enterprise and Business, delivering expert legal guidance to enable informed commercial decision-making and ensuring compliance across operations. This role will be the primary legal lead for complex, high-value projects, providing specialist advice on telecommunications, ICT, cloud-led services, security, and related regulatory matters. The SCC will work closely with senior executives and stakeholders, negotiating with sophisticated customers and vendors, identifying legal and regulatory risks in new products, and facilitating contract approvals. Proactive monitoring of legal developments and continuous improvement of legal support processes will be central to the role, ensuring Optus remains competitive while managing risk in a fast-paced, transaction-driven environment
Beyond project delivery, the SCC will help shape the legal capability of the Optus Enterprise and Bbusiness, potentially managing or mentoring a small team, building legal intellectual capital, and developing governance structures that support sound decision-making. They will collaborate with other senior lawyers to contribute to the overall strength and wellbeing of the Optus Legal Team and, where necessary, manage external legal service providers. Through strategic advice, stakeholder engagement, and process improvement, the SCC will play a key role in protecting Optus’ interests, enabling business growth, and delivering superior outcomes for both the company and its customers.
What you'll be doing
* Deliver clear, commercially focused legal advice, manage risks, protect IP and revenue, and keep the business informed of legal obligations and changes.
* Negotiate and structure major contracts and transactions to protect Optus’ interests, align with financial strategies, manage risks, and enable efficient, customer-acceptable agreements.
* Manage disputes and litigation to minimise financial, operational, and legal risks to Optus.
* Oversee regulatory risk, ensure legal compliance, and develop proactive strategies in response to regulatory changes.
* Develop and maintain legal systems, governance structures, and processes to deliver efficient, consistent legal services.
Ensure legal support and customer communications are clear, timely, commercially relevant, and fair to customers.
* Demonstrate global, strategic, and commercial thinking while engaging stakeholders, leading change, building capability, and driving results
What makes you perfect for the role
* Admitted solicitor (Australia or equivalent overseas), with 10+ years’ post-admission legal experience.
* In-depth knowledge of the Telecommunications Act, Competition and Consumer Act, Privacy Act, Intellectual Property law, and broad commercial law experience including complex contract negotiation.
* Proven ability to deliver commercially focused legal support, influence senior stakeholders, and provide pragmatic solutions that align with business objectives.
* Excellent drafting, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to communicate effectively at all organisational levels.
* Experienced in leading, coaching, and managing legal teams while fostering trust-based relationships with internal clients.
* Highly driven, proactive, and skilled in managing competing priorities, conflict resolution, and delivering results in fast-paced environments
Optus is a place where we let you do you. We offer a range of benefits including:
* 3 days in the office, 2 days remote – with flexible hours to suit!
* Inclusive carer neutral paid Parental Leave of up to 16 weeks
* Competitive leave including 2 'Connected Leave' Days
* All Optus employees have access to resources, webinars and support via the ‘Parents at Work portal'
* Own your own growth by accessing an extensive online and facilitator led learning catalogue.
* Connect at work through our employee-led volunteer groups: Culture Connect, Elevate Women, Disability Network, Express Yourself (LGBTQIA+), United Veterans, Yarn Network, Wellbeing Network and Young Professionals.
* Vibrant campus life, variety of facilities including restaurants, cafes, gymnasium, GP, and post office.
* Free Optus bus from Macquarie University Metro Station (every 6-8 minutes); morning and afternoon.
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At Optus, we are strengthened by others and that means valuing diversity and saying ‘yes’ to embracing individual differences. We are committed to ensuring that our application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, individuals with a disability, individuals identifying as being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, individuals who may have served in the armed forces or who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We also want to do our best to make our recruitment process inclusive. If you require any adjustments or accessibility support to participate fairly and equitably in the recruitment process, please email AccessibleRecruitment@optus.com.au or call 1800 309 170. We're here to help. When you contact us, please advise your preferred method of contact and we will be in touch within 48 hours
For more information on Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Optus, please visit https://www.optus.com.au/about/inclusion-diversity.
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