Lead the legal strategy and governance for all digital transformation initiatives, ensuring compliant, scalable, and commercially viable execution of strategic digital platforms including AdTech, Gaming, DCB, App Store, OTT, and emerging digital ecosystems.
Provide strategic legal counsel on telecom, commercial, Merger and Acquisition, Tax VAT, Human resources and digital business matters, enabling business growth while safeguarding organizational interests against regulatory, contractual, and operational risks.
Drive complex contract negotiations, drafting, vetting, and standardization of high-value agreements including commercial contracts, technology partnerships, vendor agreements, SLAs, NDAs, and digital platform collaborations.
Act as a key legal advisor to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders by delivering commercially focused legal opinions, risk assessments, and practical solutions aligned with business objectives.
Lead dispute resolution and strategic negotiations involving distributors, vendors, partners, landlords, and regulatory stakeholders to minimize financial exposure, operational disruption, and reputational risks.
Develop and implement proactive legal risk management frameworks, including legal risk registers, compliance gap assessments, mitigation plans, and governance controls across telecom and digital operations.
Ensure continuous alignment with local regulatory requirements, corporate governance standards, and group legal policies while supporting the company’s digital ambition and commercial expansion strategy.
Build strong engagement with external legal counsels, regulatory authorities, industry stakeholders, and Group Legal teams to ensure best-in-class legal support and strategic collaboration.
Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing legal team by fostering a culture of accountability, business partnership, continuous learning, and operational excellence.
Drive process optimization, contract lifecycle management improvements, and legal service efficiency to ensure timely delivery of legal support, superior stakeholder experience, and sustainable business enablement.
Academic Qualification
LLB (Hons) from a reputed university with enrollment as advocate in the Supreme court of Bangladesh. LLM or Barrister at Law (UK) is preferable.
Job Experience Required
10 years’ experience as in-house counsel in major operations with commercial responsibility in MNC or big commercial organization; Experience in digital business is preferred
Required Capabilities
Through knowledge on Telecommunication laws and business,
Through knowledge on general commercial and corporate laws,
Through knowledge on digital landscape and related laws
Advanced Communication skill
Advanced stakeholder Management skill
Advanced People Management skill
Thorough drafting skill
Banglalink Digital Communications is one of Bangladesh’s leading telecom and digital service providers, committed to transforming the way people connect, communicate, and innovate. As a subsidiary of VEON, Banglalink combines global expertise with a deep understanding of local needs to deliver cutting-edge services to millions of customers across the country.
Our Employer Value Proposition (EVP) is ‘Lead the Future’, and this is reflected in all levels of our organization. Our workplace is designed to inspire and empower individuals, creating an environment where ideas thrive, contributions are valued, and innovation flourishes. We encourage every team member to take initiative, explore new possibilities, and grow both personally and professionally in a fast-evolving digital landscape.
At Banglalink, we are committed to foster a supportive and inclusive culture that celebrates diversity and encourages collaboration. We actively create opportunities for all individuals to succeed, while our learning initiatives and digital upskilling programs, ensure our people are equipped to excel in their careers and shape the future.
Banglalink is a place where innovation, agility, and understanding come together to create meaningful impact. Join us and be part of a team that’s reshape the future of connectivity and digital transformation.
Launched in February 2005, with over 41 million subscribers over a decade, Banglalink was the catalyst in making mobile telephony an affordable option for consumers in Bangladesh. The initial success of Banglalink was based on a simple mission: “Bringing mobile telephony to the masses”.
Fueled with the strong core values of Customer-obsessed, Entrepreneurial, Innovative, Collaborative & Truthful, Banglalink is now working relentlessly to bring digital world to every customer to build a true digital Bangladesh, moving away from the traditional mobile operator to a tech company.
With customer experience being Banglalink’s core focus, digitalization has become a necessity to update the way customers engage, communicate, operate, and offer services from traditional way of business to Digital/Online.
Banglalink provides equal opportunities to employees and has always shown zero tolerance for any non-compliance activity. Banglalink’s HQ became the first certified Green Office by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Bangladesh. The company has relatively a flat organization which enables employees to collaborate and work closer across the organization.
Banglalink Digital Communications Limited is a fully owned company of Telecom Ventures Ltd. which is a 100% owned subsidiary of Global Telecom Holding. VEON owns 51.9% shares of global telecom holding following a business combination in April 2011, between VEON ltd. (then VimpelCom) and wind telecom s.p.a. VEON is a NASDAQ and Euronext Amsterdam-listed global provider of connectivity, with the ambition to lead the personal internet revolution for the 240 million+ customers it currently serves, and many others in the years to come. It offers services to customers in 12 markets including Russia, Italy, Algeria, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Bangladesh, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Armenia and Georgia. VEON operates under the “Beeline”, “Kyivstar”, “WIND”, “Jazz”, “banglalink”, and “Djezzy” brands.
