Senior Contracting Counsel Senior Manager

In this role you lead and shape high-impact technology transactions, guiding cross-functional teams to balance legal risk with business value. You advise senior leaders and mentor junior lawyers, helping to execute market-facing strategy. You stay ahead of market developments to improve transactional practices and equip executives to navigate risk. This position sits within a collaborative Amsterdam-based legal contracting team and offers meaningful impact across complex outsourcing, SaaS, cloud, and digital deals.

• Work flexibly in a culture built on trust
• Sustainable growth mindset
• Inclusive and diverse environment
• Lead through innovation and technology
• Global network of colleagues
• Long-term career growth and development opportunities

• Drive large, complex client transactions to advance legal and business objectives
• Apply pragmatic, creative legal thinking to client deals
• Inspire, coach and empower junior team members
• Monitor market and industry developments to sharpen transactional practices
• Help executives navigate critical legal and risk issues with confidence
• Build recognised expertise that creates value for Legal and the wider business
• Create practical guidelines, toolkits and knowledge resources for decision-making
• Champion and implement key Legal Group initiatives

• Master in Dutch law
• 10+ years of relevant experience in commercial contracting in IT, consulting, GenAI, digital, software, outsourcing or telecoms (in-house or law firm)
• Fluent in Dutch and English
• Experience in data privacy and intellectual property; Dutch public procurement
• Ability to negotiate and draft technology-based agreements; strong oral and written communication

• conviction in negotiation
• boardroom presence
• curiosity about technology behind contracts
• knowledge of technology contracts
• data privacy
• intellectual property