- Review, draft and negotiate data processing agreements, ensuring adherence region-specific privacy regulations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business needs and objectives and address same within responses to RFPs, contracts, and deal negotiations.
- Manage case load, effectively and efficiently resolving priority legal matters identified by the business on a weekly basis.
- Deliver weekly progress reports to management, including noteworthy topics/issues with broad legal and business implications.
- Assist in the development and implementation of contract management policies, procedures, and tools, always striving to improve and automate.
- Support commercial growth and product roll-out in the region by creating, maintaining, and updating legal and product-specific templates; review go-to-market communications.
- Contribute to a region-specific library/repository of information and resources to be utilized internally and shared with cross-functional teams.
- Advise on relevant changes in law and/or best practice in market, including region-specific data protection laws and regulations.
About You:
- Law degree from a recognized and reputable institution.
- Licensure from and active membership in good standing with applicable bar or other
association(s) that regulate the legal profession.
- In-depth knowledge of region-specific contract law, as well as a strong working knowledge of
applicable data protection laws and regulations.
- 5 years of proven experience as a contract attorney, preferably in-house at a technology
company with a focus on commercial and corporate law.
o Experience negotiating contentious contractual clauses, including licensure,
representations/warranties, limitation of liability, indemnification, termination.
- Ability to 'hit the ground running' in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrated ability to take ownership of matters and have a solution-focused, problemsolving approach.
- Ability to effectively prioritize a high-volume workload; independently manage quick
turnaround times in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience working cross-functionally with legal, sales, business development, client services,
marketing, and product/engineering teams as necessary to finalize contract negotiations.
- Strong interpersonal skills; confidence to clearly, and succinctly communicate, advise, and
deliver timely reporting to legal and business stakeholders.
- Team player with a "can do", "get-it-done" attitude.
- Fluency in spoken and written English.
More About the Position:
- Company: Rakuten Marketing Australia Pty Ltd.
- Offices: Suite 1, Level 3, 7 Macquarie Place, Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
- Manager: Robyn Tas, Lead Counsel, Affiliate, Global

Five Principles for Success
Our worldwide practices describe specific behaviors that make Rakuten unique and united across the world. We expect Rakuten employees to model these 5 Shugi Principles of Success.

Always improve, Always Advance - Only be satisfied with complete success - Kaizen
Passionately Professional - Take an uncompromising approach to your work and be determined to be the best
Hypothesize - Practice - Validate - Shikumika - Use the Rakuten Cycle to succeed in unknown territory
Maximize Customer Satisfaction - The greatest satisfaction for our teams is seeing their customers smile
Speed!! Speed!! Speed!! - Always be conscious of time - take charge, set clear goals, and engage your team