Senior Legal Manager - Latin America (Legal Strategy & Operations)

The team you will be a part of

Senior Manager position embedded within an innovative Legal Department, with a scope that connects areas and solutions through autonomy and strategic thinking. This role leads a multidisciplinary and diverse team, fostering continuous development and a high-performance culture grounded in empathy, respect, and purpose.

This role in summary

We are seeking a dynamic and forward-thinking LAR (Latin America Region) Senior Legal Manager. This is a hybrid role that blends strategic legal business partnering (including M&A) with legal operations, driving innovation, data-led decisions, and scalable legal processes. The successful candidate will act as a trusted advisor to regional leadership while designing and implementing legal strategies that align with both local needs and global standards.

Your responsibilities will include

Legal General

• Provide strategic legal advice and support on a broad range of corporate, commercial, regulatory, and compliance matters.
• Draft, review, and negotiate complex commercial contracts, NDAs, and partnership agreements.
• Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, ensuring legal risk is appropriately managed.
• Collaborate with external counsel where necessary, managing costs and ensuring quality.
• Advise and lead on M&A, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships (from due diligence through integration).
  
  

Legal Strategy & Planning

• Identify legal risks and opportunities tied to market expansion, operational changes, or industry shifts.
• Design and execute the LAR Legal strategic plan, aligned with global legal and business objectives.
• Contribute to global legal strategy and policy development, adapting them to LATAMs regulatory and business context.
  
  

Legal Operations & Innovation

• Establish and evolve legal operations capabilities in LATAM, including:
  - Legal tech implementation and process automation.
  - Data analytics and reporting (KPIs, legal spend, matter management, etc.).
  - Project management of legal initiatives.

• Improve cross-functional collaboration through scalable tools and optimized legal workflows.
  - Track and incorporate market insights to support legal and business agility.

Minimum requirements

• Law degree (JD, LLM, or equivalent) with license to practice in at least one LATAM jurisdiction.
• Strong business acumen and comfort operating at the intersection of law, data, and strategy.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and influence skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, matrixed, and culturally diverse environment.
• Fluency in English and Spanish is a plus.

Preferred skills and experiences

• 10+ years of legal experience in-house or at a law firm.
• Proven experience in: Legal General (legal advice and support on a broad range of corporate, commercial matters); M&A transactions (deal structuring, due diligence, post-merger integration); Legal operations, project management, or legal tech initiatives.

What we offer

_Flexible schedule;
_No dress code;
_Gympass;
_Transportation voucher, Shuttle buses or Free on-site parking;
_Food voucher;
_Meal on-site;
_Benefits such as payment-deducted or social loans, health plan, dental plan, life insurance, and private pension plan compatible with the market;
_Annual Executive Check-Up covered by the Health Plan, with no co-payment;
_Employee Support Program, with 24-hour assistance from legal, social, financial, social workers, and psychologists;
_Daycare allowance or Nursery at the company;;
_Services available on-site: beauty and aesthetics salon, in-house bank, laundry, cafeteria, restaurant, and lactation room;
_Two weeks of remote work per year;
_After 5 years with the company, eligible employees can take four weeks of paid leave;
_Retention bonus;
_Executive discount on products through Compra Certa;
_Discounts on insurance (pet, auto, home, bike, travel, and more);
_Extended maternity/paternity leave.
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Additional information

An environment that values fresh ideas and the ability to turn challenges into opportunities. You will be the protagonist of your journey, with the freedom to build and expand your scope of work, influence strategies, and connect with diverse areas across the organization.

This role requires fluency across cultures, business units, and regional contexts. We are looking for an inspiring, collaborative, and inclusive leader.

You will have the opportunity to lead a multidisciplinary and diverse team, fostering continuous development and a high-performance culture rooted in empathy, respect, and purpose.