Legal Counsel & Legal Operations Specialist

• Approximately 3 to 6 years of experience in in-house legal advisory, law firm, legal consulting, financial services, asset management, private banking, insurance, investment products, or a regulated environment. (Required)

• Experience or clear interest in Legal Operations, legal tech, automation, AI, process improvement, knowledge management, reporting, or project management. (Required)

• Ability to combine legal advisory with an operational, technological, and continuous improvement mindset. (Required)

• Good understanding of the standard processes of a corporate legal function. (Required)

• Experience in asset management, investment funds, investment products, distribution, private banking, or insurance. (Desirable)

• Participation in legal transformation projects, digitalization, document automation, knowledge management, reporting, or workflow improvement. (Desirable)

• Training in Legal Operations, Legal Project Management, Agile, Lean, digital transformation, legal technology, or AI. (Desirable)

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Law. (Required)

• Advanced English, both written and spoken. (Required)

In this role, your main responsibilities will include:

• Provide legal advisory to the WM&I area, especially on matters related to Asset Management, funds, investment products, contracts, regulatory documentation, and business projects.

• Review, draft, and negotiate legal, contractual, regulatory, or business documentation.

• Support the Asset Management Legal teams on cross-cutting matters, including global initiatives, coordination with other geographies, and support derived from the centralization of certain activities.

• Identify opportunities for improvement arising from daily legal activity, proposing practical solutions to simplify, standardize, or automate processes.

• Participate in Legal Operations initiatives related to workflows, templates, playbooks, knowledge management, reporting, dashboards, matter tracking, legal spend, and document automation.

• Support the definition and implementation of AI use cases, automation, and technological tools in coordination with Legal, Technology & Operations, AI, and other areas.

• Contribute to the creation and maintenance of a common legal knowledge base, standard documentation, and best practices.

• Help prepare materials, metrics, and executive reporting on transformation and operational improvement.

• Collaborate closely with the Legal Operations & Transformation Manager and the WM&I legal teams to ensure the practical adoption of new tools and processes.

Legal Counsel & Legal Operations SpecialistCountry: Spain

Santander (www.santander.com) is evolving from being a high-impact global brand to a technology-driven organization, and people are at the center of this journey. Together, we are leading a customer-centric transformation that values disruptive thinking, the courage to challenge what is possible, and the ability to innovate.

This is more than a strategic shift: it's an opportunity to grow, learn, and make a real impact.

Our mission is to help more people and businesses prosper. We embrace a strong risk culture and expect all our teams to take a proactive and responsible approach to risk management.

Wealth Management & Insurance spans three businesses across all Santander countries: Insurance, Asset Management, and Private Banking. We work to deliver the best solutions to our clients in these three areas across the 10 countries where we operate.

WM&I Legal, with a focus on Asset Management and support for Legal Operations.

Wealth Management & Insurance is looking for a Legal Counsel & Legal Operations Specialist based in Boadilla del Monte (Madrid).

We are looking for a Legal Counsel & Legal Operations Specialist to join the Legal team of Wealth Management & Insurance at Grupo Santander, with partial dedication to legal advisory and to Legal Operations initiatives, transformation, and continuous improvement.

The selected person will combine legal work specific to WM&I activities, particularly in the areas of Asset Management, funds, investment products, and contractual/regulatory documentation, with active participation in transformation initiatives of the legal function.

The role will act as a bridge between daily legal practice and the WM&I transformation plan, supporting the Legal Operations & Transformation Manager in identifying opportunities for improvement, automation, AI, knowledge management, reporting, workflows, and process standardization.

We are redefining the way we work through innovation, cutting-edge technology, collaboration, and the freedom to explore new ideas.

Technical skills (Hard skills)

• Knowledge of collaborative tools, SharePoint, Power Platform, CLM, matter management, workflow automation, document automation, dashboards, or generative AI solutions. (Desirable)

• Ability to work with legal teams, business areas, and technical profiles. (Desirable)

Interpersonal skills (Soft skills)

• Solid legal judgment and a practical orientation.

• Genuine interest in legal transformation, technology, data, and AI.

• Ability to identify problems and propose simple, executable solutions.

• Organization, rigor, and attention to detail.

• Proactivity, autonomy, and execution capability.

• Collaborative mindset and continuous improvement orientation.

• Flexibility to combine legal advisory with transformation projects.