Senior Legal Counsel

As a Senior Legal Counsel specializing in technology law, you'll support the Airline IT business across Asia-Pacific (APAC) and the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META), working closely with the Associate Director. Airline IT is undergoing significant transformation, and you'll help shape the legal strategy that enables this evolution.

You'll oversee and negotiate complex Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and outsourcing agreements, including IT solutions agreements with major airline customers, while effectively communicating risks to stakeholders. This role requires autonomy, sound legal judgment, and a commercially focused approach, with daily interaction across customers, internal teams, and global Legal colleagues.

Your main responsibilities

• Airlines IT Legal Support

• Assist in managing legal support for Airline IT across the APAC/META markets as part of the APAC/META Airline IT Legal team, enabling sales teams to achieve their objectives through solution‑oriented, responsive and commercially practical legal advice while mitigating legal risks.

• Draft, negotiate, and interpret a broad variety of commercial and technology agreement types with airline customers, varying in nature, complexity and value.

• Work across all deal phases—from proposal and bid review through to final negotiation, senior leadership escalation, and post‑signature issues, including claims and litigation.

• Strategic Implementation and Account Management

• Act as a strategic and trusted business partner to APAC and META Airline IT business units, identifying, analysing and supporting the implementation of commercial strategies while managing legal and risk‑related issues that could impact business line performance or reputation.

• Identify legal and compliance risks and advise on risk‑management strategies, providing strong thought leadership to support the business.

• Manage efficient and constructive legal support for customer negotiations and BAU service mode; act as an escalation point and, where needed, ensure informed escalation to Senior Management

• Policy Implementation

• Implement and monitor compliance with global contracting policies, procedures, contract management tools, and legal/contract‑related training to support risk management.

• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of contract templates for the Airline IT unit, ensuring alignment with latest policies, legal developments and best practices.
• Implement appropriate training for legal team members and commercial representatives, including Regional Heads.

• Contribute to broader business strategy by applying specialist knowledge to help define and shape the structure of strategic, complex, and business‑critical contracts.

• STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT

• Understand and support continuous improvement of business performance through effective collaboration across people, departments, and processes.

• Identify and organise training to ensure that team members across the business are informed, empowered and engaged.

About the ideal candidate

• Law degree (JD, LLB, LLM) and legal qualification to practice, preferably in a common-law jurisdiction.
• Experienced legal professional with relevant expertise in technology, IT, SaaS, and outsourcing agreements, including data privacy considerations.
• Prior private practice experience and high-quality training in a common-law jurisdiction preferred.
• Ability to work independently, simplify complexity, balance commercial and legal considerations, and apply sound judgment with a business-focused mindset.
• Skilled in building collaborative relationships and communicating effectively with diverse stakeholders.

What we can offer you ?

A critical mission and purpose - At Amadeus, you will be powering the future of travel and pursuing a critical mission and extraordinary purpose.

A truly global DNA - Everything at Amadeus is global, from our people to our business, which translates into our footprint, processes, and culture.

Great opportunities to learn - Learning happens all the time and in many ways at Amadeus, through on-the-job training, formal learning activities, and day-to-day interactions with colleagues.

A caring environment - Amadeus fosters a caring environment, nurturing both a fulfilling career and personal and family life. We care about our employees and strive to provide a supportive work environment.

A complete rewards offer - Amadeus provides attractive remuneration packages, covering all essential components of a competitive reward offer, including salary, bonus, equity, and benefits.

A flexible working model - We want our employees to do their best work, wherever and however it works best for them.

A diverse and inclusive community - We are committed to leveraging our uniquely diverse population to drive innovation, creativity, and collaboration across our organization.

A Reliable Company - Trust and reliability are fundamental values that drive our actions and shape long-lasting relationships with our customers, partners, and employees.