Legal Counsel

About this role

Job ID: MJ000387About the TeamLegal is the foundation that lets Traveloka operate and grow across eleven Southeast Asian markets. You will work across commercial contracts, regulatory compliance, data privacy, consumer protection, and corporate governance — and no two jurisdictions read the same way, so you learn to navigate genuine legal complexity rather than copy templates.We are a business partner that finds the path forward, not a compliance function that slows things down. As Traveloka pushes into new categories — financial services, insurance, AI — you sit close to the decisions that shape where the company goes next. If you want to do legal work that actually moves a fast-growing business in one of the world's most dynamic regions, you will thrive here. About the JobAs a Legal Counsel, you are the deepest individual expert on a defined area of Traveloka's legal landscape, such as commercial contracting, compliance or data privacy. You work as an individual contributor with no direct reports, yet you develop and implement the operational plans and frameworks for your area in line with the domain's Must Win Battles, with direct impact on its overall results. You apply advanced expertise to genuinely complex problems — weighing operational, financial and human-capital impact — and you persuade leaders and counterparties to your position through depth rather than formal authority.Own the hardest, highest-stakes matters in your specialism end to end as the definitive internal authorityDevelop and implement the operational plans, playbooks and frameworks for your area in line with Legal's priorities, with direct impact on the domain's results and performanceWork problems that are generally complex, considering their operational, financial and human-capital dimensions before you set a positionAdvise and persuade senior business leaders on high-stakes deals and initiatives, winning agreement to your recommendation even without decision authority over themLead the legal workstream on cross-functional improvement projects, enhancing existing policies, processes and templates within the domainOwn the regulatory posture for your area — anticipate change, interpret it, and design the operational responseSet the standards and positions other counsel adopt, raising consistency across the domain without managing them; engage regulators and external counsel on specialist mattersDraft, review, and negotiate a high volume of commercial agreements, including partner, supplier, aggregator, distribution, and technology agreements, often under tight timelinesGive practical legal advice on new business initiatives, product launches, and partnerships, balancing legal risk against commercial goalsManage multiple internal stakeholders at once, align conflicting priorities, and keep matters moving without losing qualityAdvise and persuade senior business leaders on high-stakes deals and initiatives, winning agreement to your recommendation even without decision authority over themNegotiate directly with counterparties and their counsel, and present clear recommendations to senior business leaders.Improve contract templates, playbooks, and review processes to make the team faster and more consistentLead the legal workstream on cross-functional improvement projects, enhancing existing policies, processes and templates within the domainOwn the regulatory posture for your area — anticipate change, interpret it, and design the operational responseSpot legal and regulatory issues affecting the Travel Products business and work with relevant teams on the responseManage external counsel on specialist or cross-border matters when neededSet the standards and positions other counsel adopt, raising consistency across the domain without managing them; engage regulators and external counsel on specialist mattersJob RequirementsYou have at least 8 years of relevant experience including time at a reputable law firm and in an in-house legal team Strong track record in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial contractsProven ability to manage multiple stakeholders and competing priorities in a fast-paced environmentYou are a recognised deep expert in your area and the definitive internal authority others turn toYou deliver the most complex matters in your specialism independently, owning them end to end as an individual contributorYou combine advanced legal expertise with strong commercial judgment and can hold your own with business leadersYou understand the regulatory environment for a digital travel, lifestyle, Customer protection, and financial-services business across multiple marketsYou build the standards, templates and frameworks that make the wider team more consistent — through your work, not by managing peopleYou use and champion AI-assisted legal tooling to lift your own throughput and qualityYou communicate, negotiate and influence at a senior level, and you write and speak fluent EnglishYou hold a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and required qualifications.You operate with unimpeachable integrity and bring calm judgment to high-pressure, high-stakes decisionsYou are a sought-after specialist in a regulated area (payments, insurance, lending, privacy) within a high-growth tech or platform businessYou have engaged regulators directly on specialist matters — licensing questions, examinations, or formal submissions in the regionYou have authored a contracting playbook or risk framework that became the organisation's operating standard