Legal Expert

About the Role

Aramco Digital is seeking a Legal Expert to join its team in Dhahran, Eastern region. This full-time role involves acting as a senior trusted advisor and subject matter expert on complex, high-value technology and telecommunications matters. The Legal Expert provides strategic, commercially driven legal counsel across the full lifecycle of digital and connectivity initiatives, supporting business growth, risk management, and innovation.

Role Context and Impact

Operating with a high degree of autonomy, the Legal Expert leads sophisticated transactions, shapes legal structures for emerging technologies, and plays a key role in governance, regulatory positioning, and stakeholder decision-making across Aramco Digital and its affiliates. The role focuses on translating legal and regulatory requirements into practical, commercially viable solutions while anticipating legal risks and developing mitigation strategies aligned with business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide proactive, business-oriented legal advice on complex technology, digital infrastructure, and telecommunications matters.
• Act as a strategic advisor to senior leadership and business units, supporting decision-making on high-impact initiatives.
• Lead the structuring, drafting, review, and negotiation of complex, high-value, and often cross-border agreements, including SaaS, cloud, digital platform, telecommunications, strategic alliances, technology licensing, and managed services agreements.
• Act as the lead legal negotiator on critical deals, balancing risk, speed, and commercial outcomes.
• Structure innovative legal models for emerging technologies such as AI, IoT, edge computing, and data platforms.
• Provide expert legal support on Artificial Intelligence (AI) model governance, liability allocation, ethical frameworks, Industrial IoT, smart infrastructure, cloud computing, data localization, cybersecurity, and telecommunications regulation.
• Identify and assess data privacy, cross-border data transfer, export control, and digital sovereignty risks.
• Interpret evolving regulatory landscapes and advise on compliance strategies in KSA and international jurisdictions.
• Design, review, and enhance internal legal policies, templates, and governance frameworks.
• Provide legal support on corporate governance matters, including board and committee materials, shareholder-related matters, and governance structures for subsidiaries and joint ventures.
• Ensure alignment with regulatory, compliance, and internal control frameworks, and support enterprise risk management initiatives.
• Lead the assessment and resolution of complex claims and disputes arising from commercial and technology agreements, including supporting dispute strategy and settlement negotiations.

Qualifications and Experience

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Law (LLB or equivalent) is required. A postgraduate qualification (LLM or equivalent) is strongly preferred. Candidates must be currently licensed, admitted to practice, and in good standing in a common law jurisdiction (*, United Kingdom or United States).
• Experience: 8-12 years of experience in a leading TMT-focused law firm and/or a large technology or telecommunications organization.
• Expertise: Extensive experience advising on complex, high-value technology and telecom transactions. Strong track record in leading negotiations and structuring strategic commercial agreements. Demonstrated expertise in AI, cloud computing, cybersecurity, industrial IoT, and connectivity solutions. Proven experience in corporate governance and board advisory matters.
• Preferred: Experience working in multi-jurisdictional and cross-border environments is highly preferred.

Work Type

This is a full-time position requiring 5-10 years of relevant experience.

Location

The role is based in Dhahran, Eastern region.