Vice President - Legal & Compliance

Position Description:

Leads the Company’s legal, regulatory compliance, company secretarial, and corporate governance functions, ensuring the Company operates within applicable laws, license obligations, regulatory requirements, data protection obligations, contractual commitments and the Company’s approved delegation of authority. The role serves as principal advisor to Chief Corporate Services Officer, Senior Management Team and Board on legal, regulatory compliance, contractual and governance matters, based on good corporate governance and best business and industry practice, thus supporting sound decision-making and protection of the Company’s interests.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Serve as Progresif's enterprise legal lead by providing authoritative legal advice and judgement on material strategic, commercial, operational, contractual, governance, and regulatory matters, and by ensuring management and Board decision-making is legally sound and risk based.
2. Act as Company Secretary and corporate governance anchor to the Board and its committees by advising on directors' duties, Board and committee governance requirements, statutory obligations, shareholder processes, meeting effectiveness, resolutions, registers, governance records, and maintenance of high corporate governance standards across the Company.
3. Lead regulatory compliance and regulatory engagement and licence-to-operate position (including being the principal interface, lead for regulatory submissions and enforcement responses) for AITI, BDCB, PDPO-related matters, and other relevant authorities, and by ensuring Progresif's positions, submissions, commitments, and responses are well-governed, defensible, and aligned to business strategy.
4. Lead legal and regulatory support for strategic growth, transformation, and adjacent business initiatives by advising on legal, regulatory, contractual, data protection, and governance requirements that growth can proceed within clear legal, regulatory, and governance boundaries.
5. Own legal-risk and compliance-policy governance for the enterprise by establishing, maintaining, and improving legal, regulatory compliance, company secretarial, contract policies, frameworks, controls, and governance practices.
6. Lead PDPO and data protection governance by advising on data protection obligations, privacy by design requirements, breach identification and notification protocols, customer data handling, third-party data risks and regulatory expectations
7. Lead the legal management of material contracts, disputes, investigations, and contentious matters by overseeing contract strategy and negotiation on significant matters, managing disputes and litigation, directing recovery and enforcement matters, settlement advice, protection of the Company’s legal position and instructing and managing external counsel and specialist advisors where required.
8. Provide independent escalation and decision support on material legal, regulatory, and governance exposures by identifying emerging risks early, advising on options and consequences, and escalating matters to CCSO, SMT, CEO, Board committees, and Board, and recommending mitigations to protect Progresif's legal position, reputation, and regulatory position.
9. Build and lead a high-performing legal, governance, regulatory compliance, and company secretarial function by setting priorities, allocating resources, developing capability, strengthening service discipline, managing external counsel or specialist advisors and ensuring the function provides proactive, commercially aware, and governance-sound support to the business.
10. Lead Progresif's strategy by:
    • Leading legal and regulatory support for Progresif's transformation initiatives

Experience Required:

• For a Degree holder, at least 9 years of work experience in legal, regulatory, compliance, company secretarial or corporate governance or in any related field.
• For a non-Degree holder, at least 11 years of work experience in legal, regulatory, compliance, company secretarial or corporate governance or in any related field. 
• Master’s Degree or relevant professional legal qualification is an added advantage, with at least 7 years of work experience in any related field
• At least 4 years in a managerial role.
• Experience in telecommunication or other regulated industry is an added advantage. 

Qualifications Required:

• Required – Master’s or Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Business, Governance, Compliance or in any related field. 

Closing Date: Tuesday, 03 November 2026