Senior Executive Manager Business Enablement & Strategic Transaction

About the Role

Bupa Arabia is seeking a Senior Executive Manager - Business Enablement & Strategic Transaction to join their team in Jeddah. This full-time role involves reviewing and assuring commercial legal advice and strategic transaction support provided to Bupa Arabia and its subsidiaries. The primary objective is to ensure that legal solutions are commercially sound and align with the company's risk appetite.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the section's workload, priorities, and resources, monitoring service delivery against agreed standards.
• Guide direct reports on priorities and day-to-day legal work, recommending functional plans and resource changes for approval.
• Review commercial agreements, procurement contracts, and routine business matters, validating drafting and negotiated positions before execution.
• Assess contract risks and advise stakeholders on practical options, escalating terms outside agreed authority for approval.
• Oversee legal support for investments, acquisitions, financing, and joint ventures.
• Evaluate strategic partnership and subsidiary transactions for legal risk, scrutinizing transaction documents and legal due diligence reports.
• Recommend transactions and closing documentation for approval.
• Identify legal and contractual risks in material engagements, evaluating risk exposure and recommending mitigation strategies.
• Escalate material legal risks with recommendations for decision.
• Review complex legal work products for quality and consistency, verifying that legal advice and documentation follow agreed standards.
• Recommend legal standards, positions, precedents, and templates for approval, and validate guidance notes before release.

Team Leadership and Development

• Coach, mentor, and develop direct reports.
• Appraise performance and recommend development plans.
• Encourage knowledge sharing and continuous improvement within the team.
• Recommend succession plans for critical roles.

Qualifications and Experience

• Candidates should possess 8-10 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated ability to provide commercial legal advice and strategic transaction support.
• Experience in managing legal risks and ensuring compliance with company policies.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Jeddah, focusing on providing critical legal and commercial support to Bupa Arabia and its subsidiaries.