Lawyer

Description:

Job Description Lawyer

• Contract ending on November 2026, full-time (part-time for the right candidate)
• Sydney/Melbourne based
• Hybrid working model

This role is a Parental Leave Cover Role for an 8-month period. How will I help? As a Lawyer in the Technology, Enterprise & Digital (TED) Legal team, you will be directly involved in a broad range of matters across the Westpac Group, including significant commercial and technology procurement and outsourcing arrangements, intellectual property, data, privacy and emerging technologies.

Some of the key accountabilities are:

• Reviewing, drafting, and leading negotiations on commercial and technology contracts and transactions
• Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to support our legal and risk strategy, including Westpac Group’s compliance with laws and internal policies in a proactive manner
• Briefing stakeholders on legal issues, status of negotiations and identifying matters for escalation

What’s in it for me? You’ll play a significant part of the future of a business that has been around for over 200 years. Our purpose is to create better futures together. So, we’ll back you in the development of your career, internal career prospects, and flexible working. You’ll also keep learning to grow your career, backed by a fantastic team of people with a can-do, supportive structure. Whatever shape your family takes, we offer generous paid and unpaid parental leave for your nominated primary and support carers. This includes leave to organise adoptions, surrogacy, and foster care arrangements. And we continue to pay your super contributions while you take all the time you need to get your new family settled.

What do I need?

We are seeking Lawyers with 3-4 years’ PQE who have the following skills & experience:

• Experience reviewing, drafting, and negotiating complex commercial and technology or large services contracts (particularly on the customer side)
• Experience gained in a large or medium corporate or private practice environment
• Solutions-focused with strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills
• Experience with regulatory requirements for contracting and outsourcing (desirable)
• Experience with Australian privacy law, data security regulation and intellectual property (desirable)

What’s it like to work there? We are a collaborative team of passionate people with a shared ambition to make a difference for our customers, our communities and each other. At Westpac, making a difference means creating impact, unlocking our own and each other’s passions, and transformative success stories to create better futures together.

As well as competitive remuneration and a great culture, joining the Westpac family gives you access to a wide range of employee benefits to help you manage your priorities - whether that means family life, work/life balance, ambition to grow or all the little perks in between.

We’ll empower you to shape your career path. Through personalised upskilling, mentoring, and training opportunities, you’re in control of where you start and how you’ll grow.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are proud to have created a culture and work environment that values diversity and flexibility – and champions inclusion.

Hear from some of our people and their experiences working with us.

How do I apply?

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At Westpac, we’re all about creating a supportive culture and ensuring our workplaces, branches, products, and services are accessible and inclusive for everyone—our customers, employees, and the wider community. If you’re interested in discussing workplace flexibility, please feel free to mention it in your application.

We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, veterans and reservists, and Indigenous Australians to apply . If you have questions about the recruitment process, please email ***************@westpac.com.au .

Do you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process?

We can provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability and/or neurodiversity. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process at any stage, please email ***************@westpac.com.au