Senior Manager, Legal Counsel

About the job

Imagine being a trusted legal business partner for the world’s largest jewellery brand, supporting both our world-class Crafting & Supply operations in Thailand and our growing retail business across Asia. If you enjoy working close to the business, solving practical legal issues, and helping teams grow with strong compliance and ethical standards, then you might be our next Senior Manager, Legal Counsel at Pandora.

This role also offers a strong platform for professional growth. You will gain broad exposure to an international business, work closely with colleagues and senior stakeholders across markets and functions, and develop your legal and commercial capabilities through varied and challenging assignments. At Pandora, there are opportunities to grow beyond your initial role, take on broader responsibilities and build an international career across our global organisation.

We love that you will...

• Act as a practical, commercially minded legal business partner to Pandora’s Crafting & Supply operations in Thailand and our retail business across Asia, including owned and operated markets such as Singapore and Japan, as well as distributor markets inAsia.
• Provide clear and pragmatic legal advice across a broad range of matters, including commercial contracts, corporate governance, employment, intellectual property, retail operations, marketing regulations, and compliance.
• Co-lead strategic and day-to-day business projects by providing pragmatic legal solutions, identifying legal risks, and offering practical mitigations helping stakeholders move forward with confidence.
• Review, draft, and negotiate a wide range of agreements, including supply, procurement, service, lease, and other retail-related agreements, while balancing Pandora’s interests with strong business partnerships.
• Support our growing retail footprint in Asia by advising on store leases, mall and landlord requirements, consumer-facing activities, promotion and marketing regulations, and employment-related matters in collaboration with local teams and external counsel.
• Work with cross-functional teams across countries and functions, connecting the right stakeholders and helping deliver practical outcomes that protect Pandora’s interests.
• Collaborate with the Global Compliance team and local stakeholders on regulatory compliance matters, policy implementation, training, and communications that help strengthen Pandora’s culture of compliance and integrity.
• Manage external counsel efficiently across different jurisdictions, ensuring legal advice is practical, timely, cost-effective, and aligned with Pandora’s objectives.
• Ensure sound corporate governance practices by supporting company secretary matters, preparing minutes, managing corporate documents, and helping ensure compliance with relevant legal requirements.

We love that you...

• Hold a bachelor’s degree in law.
• Are a licensed attorney. A mix of law firm and in-house experience is an advantage.
• Have at least 10 years of post-qualification experience on Manager level, with strong and proven ability to lead complex matters. A strong background in corporate law, commercial law, and labour law is required.
• Experience in manufacturing, retail, leasing, intellectual property, marketing regulations, dispute management and compliance matters is an advantage but not a requirement.
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment and demonstrate the ability to adapt to changing priorities.
• Demonstrate the ability to work efficiently and independently, meet demanding deadlines, and manage multi-faceted projects.
• Be result-oriented and able to drive solutions to complex legal-business problems.
• Be actively curious, eager to understand how the business works, and willing to go beyond legal questions to learn, ask, and engage with stakeholders as a true legal business partner.
• Have strong business acumen, possess a commercial mindset, and be able to apply the law in a practical manner.
• Be resilient, self-motivated, and willing to make changes.
• Bring a positive, can-do attitude to challenges and opportunities.
• Be a fast learner who can quickly understand new topics, business contexts, and ways of working.
• Be an AI enthusiast who is curious about new tools and willing to use technology to improve legal and compliance work.
• Use AI tools and legal technology to continuously improve the quality, consistency, and efficiency of legal and compliance deliverables.
• Be able to build trust quickly, work effectively with people across cultures and functions, and influence stakeholders without relying on hierarchy.
• Demonstrate maturity in stakeholder management, sound judgment in complex legal and business situations, and the ability to independently lead important matters across markets.
• Be fluent in English.