Exciting opportunity to lead the Commercial Legal team at NAB and provide strategic legal and commercial advice to the NAB Group on major commercial contracts, projects and key third-party relationships. 

As Head of Legal, Commercial, you will lead a highly experienced team of lawyers responsible for supporting key third-party relationships across NAB. You will act as a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders, providing clear, strategic and commercially focused legal advice. 

• Full time opportunity for a Head of Legal, Commercial in either VIC or NSW 

• Lead, develop and engage a high-performing legal team supporting strategic commercial matters across NAB 

• Provide strategic, practical and legally sound advice to senior stakeholders, with a focus on commercial outcomes, customer impact and risk management 

• Build trusted relationships across NAB  to support NAB’s strategy 

Our people are customer obsessed. We prioritise customer needs and outcomes, foster innovation, and build strong relationships as we strive to be the most customer-centric organisation in Australia and New Zealand. 

Each day you'll go above and beyond to: 

• Lead, develop and engage a highly skilled team of Commercial Legal lawyers, creating an environment where the team can do great work, grow their capability and stay connected to NAB’s strategy 

• Provide strategic legal advice on commercial contracts, procurement arrangements, key third-party relationships and projects aligned with NAB’s priorities 

• Act as a trusted adviser to senior business stakeholders, translating legal issues into clear, practical and commercially manageable outcomes 

• Oversee advice on contract interpretation, disputes, regulatory change, internal policies and matters within the team’s scope 

• Prioritise and strengthen relationships across NAB 

• Identify, call out and remove unnecessary complexity, including through streamlined processes, simpler documents, precedents and playbooks 

• Proactively identify legal, regulatory, commercial and reputational risks, and work with stakeholders to manage risk within NAB’s appetite 

• Role model NAB’s Service Behaviours and bring a customer-focused, collaborative and constructive approach to leadership 

We're looking for the best and brightest to deliver the best for our customers. You'll bring: 

You are an experienced senior lawyer and people leader who combines legal excellence with commercial judgment and strategic thinking with a strong focus on developing others. You are comfortable operating with significant autonomy, influencing at senior levels and helping the business make decisions that are clear, practical and aligned to NAB’s strategy and risk appetite. 

• Bachelor of Laws qualification, admission to legal practice in Australia and a current practising certificate 

• 12+ years post-qualification experience at a major law firm or in a relevant in-house role, ideally advising on strategic commercial matters 

• Demonstrated experience leading, developing and engaging high-performing teams 

• Significant experience providing commercial legal support on strategic commercial projects or agreements, including procurement arrangements, contract interpretation and disputes 

• Strong commercial acumen and the ability to go beyond black letter legal advice to influence business outcomes 

• Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to explain complex issues clearly and build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders 

• Experience with legal operations, process improvement, simplification initiatives, precedents or playbooks would be highly regarded 

• Exposure to the Australian regulatory environment and financial services regulatory issues would be beneficial 

A diverse and inclusive workplace works better for everyone 

We know that when our colleagues feel valued and celebrated for who they are, our customers experience banking that’s fairer, more accessible, and designed with who they are in mind. That’s why we’ve built a culture of inclusion and respect, where colleague voices are heard and valued, and everyone is supported to bring their authentic selves to work.  

For details on the recruitment process, and accessibility, or alternate methods to apply for this role, please visit https://www.nab.com.au/about-us/careers/apply-for-job. To discuss adjustment requirements, please contact the NAB Careers team via nab.careers@nab.com.au (please reference job number) or visit our Careers page through the link above for other contact options.