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Senior Legal Advisor (Strategic Projects)

Aggregate function:  Shared Services
Business Area:  Business_VOIS
Posting Country:  Hungary
Date Posted:  17 Sept 2026
Full Time / Part Time:  Full Time
Contract Type:  Permanent

At Vodafone, we’re working hard to build a better future. A more connected, inclusive and sustainable world. As a dynamic global community, it's our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this. 

We challenge and innovate in order to connect people, businesses, and communities across the world. Delighting our customers and earning their loyalty drive us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together.

With us, you can be truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference.

Who we are

VOIS (Vodafone Intelligent Solutions) is a strategic arm of Vodafone Group Plc, creating value for customers by delivering intelligent solutions through Talent, Technology & Transformation.
As the largest shared services organisation in the global telco industry with 30,000 FTE, our portfolio of next-generation solutions and services are designed in partnership with customers across Vodafone Group, local markets, and partner markets to simplify and drive growth. With our strategic partner Accenture, we work alongside our Vodafone customers, other Telco and tech companies to drive transformation, meet the challenges of our industry and ensure we stay relevant and resilient. This partnership is a unique, industry-first model which brings together the best of in-house and 3rd party capability.
We work with customers across 28 countries from 10 VOIS locations: Albania, Egypt, Hungary, India, Romania, Spain, Turkey, UK, Germany, Ireland, and with a network of teams in Czech Republic, Italy, Greece, and Portugal.
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About this Role

As a Senior Legal Advisor, your role will be to provide legal support and commercially pragmatic advice for strategic decommissioning, migration, and transformation projects across Vodafone. You will identify, assess and mitigate legal and commercial risks arising from the transition of customers from legacy services to strategic alternatives, while supporting business objectives and ensuring effective stakeholder engagement throughout the project lifecycle.

What you’ll do

  • Lead and support decommissioning and customer migration projects, identifying and mitigating legal, regulatory and commercial risks associated with service withdrawals and transitions.
  • Review customer agreements, analyse relevant business and contractual data, and provide commercially pragmatic legal advice to support project objectives.
  • Draft, review and negotiate customer agreements and transition arrangements to facilitate migration from legacy services to strategic alternatives.
  • Prepare legal risk assessments, governance papers and project updates, supporting project teams in risk management and mitigation activities.
  • Collaborate with Regulatory, Commercial, Product and Operational teams to ensure successful delivery of strategic transformation and decommissioning initiatives.
  • Contribute to process improvements, deliver legal training to stakeholders and support the development of junior team members.

Who you are

  • Degree in law
  • 6+ years' experience in commercial legal/contract management role
  • Fluent English knowledge (both written and oral)
  • Strong communication and negotiation skill
  • Stakeholder management skills
  • Accuracy in work
  • Assist with the development of new practices and processes, and shares best practices
  • Bar exam is an advantage

Not a perfect fit?

Concerned you may not meet every requirement? Vodafone is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. If you are excited about this role but your experience does not align exactly with every aspect of the job description, you are encouraged to apply. You may be the right candidate for this or another opportunity, and the recruitment team will support you in exploring where your skills fit best.

What's in it for you

  • The opportunity to work on complex, high-value international agreements involving major multinational customers.
  • Broad exposure to commercial contracting, product development, strategic projects and telecommunications regulation.
  • The ability to influence legal and contracting processes across an international enterprise organisation.
  • Collaboration with stakeholders across Legal, Commercial, Sales, Technology, Tax, Regulatory and Public Policy functions.
  • The opportunity to shape contract templates, operating models, risk-management practices and regulatory compliance processes.
  • A visible expert role that combines independent legal judgement with stakeholder development and knowledge sharing.
  • A dynamic and collaborative work environment that fosters innovation and continuous improvement.
  • The chance to influence customer experience and product optimisation at scale.
  • A dynamic environment where innovative ideas are always welcome
  • A collaborative community where your professional goals and work are supported by a diverse team
  • Access to internal and external trainings via other providers
  • A supportive internal coaching and mentoring culture
  • Corporate assets including a laptop and mobile phone with One Business Mobile Superior subscription (unlimited voice, text message, and data within the EU)
  • Cafeteria package
  • Private Medical Services
  • Employee Assistance Program to support your well-being and mental health
  • Life and accident insurance
  • You can work remotely overseas for 20 days a year
  • 16 weeks fully paid parental leave. This applies to all non-birthing partners who become parents due to birth or adoption
  • You and your family members can enjoy several discounts from our partners
  • You will be working in a hybrid model, which means 3 days working from home with 2 days office visit per week

What skills you will learn

  • Advanced negotiation of bespoke global commercial and telecommunications agreements.
  • Strategic contract-risk assessment and mitigation.
  • Development and optimisation of end-to-end contracting processes.
  • Legal support for product development, acquisitions and disposals.
  • Telecommunications regulatory reporting and regulatory project management.
  • Cross-functional influencing within an international organisation.
  • Creation of reusable legal know-how, precedent materials and contract templates.
  • Delivery of training on contractual concepts, processes and negotiation practices.

VOIS Equal Opportunity Employer Commitment

Vodafone recognises and celebrates the value of diversity in building a workforce that reflects the customers and communities it serves. No form of discrimination is tolerated. This includes, but is not limited to, discrimination based on race, colour, age, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, ethnicity, disability, religion or belief, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, citizenship, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, neurodiversity, social origin, cultural background, marital or civil partnership status, or socio-economic background. 

Join Us

At Vodafone, we’re working hard to build a better future. A more connected, inclusive and sustainable world. As a dynamic global community, it's our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this.
We challenge and innovate in order to connect people, businesses, and communities across the world. Delighting our customers and earning their loyalty drive us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together.
With us, you can truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference.

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