Job Description :
Senior Legal Manager
About us
With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. From global icons like Johnnie Walker, Guinness and Tanqueray to Smirnoff and Don Julio, we create brands consumers love. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate and innovate. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.
Join us to create a career worth celebrating.
About the Function
Legal at Diageo is about more than managing risk, it’s about helping the business move forward in the right way.
Working across a global portfolio of brands, this team navigates complex legal and regulatory landscapes, from intellectual property and compliance to corporate activity and commercial partnerships. They work closely with teams across the business, offering clear, pragmatic advice that supports confident decision-making.
It’s a fast-moving, ever-evolving environment where no two challenges are the same. You’ll need sound judgement, curiosity and the ability to see the bigger picture, balancing risk with opportunity in a way that protects our business while enabling it to grow.
You’ll be part of a global community of lawyers who are not only experts in their field, but trusted partners to the business, shaping outcomes, influencing decisions and helping bring our brands to life responsibly.
Role Responsibilities
The successful candidate will need to bring Diageo leadership standards and purpose to life and actively promote initiatives internally to other employees and markets.
Be an effective and pragmatic legal and business advisor to the Indonesian management team by understanding the business closely and building great relationships with key stakeholders in both the Diageo business and third party relationships.
Minimize legal risk by early involvement in key projects, guiding resolution of issues and proactively creating an environment where risk is avoided.
Proactively lead the compliance agenda including providing training on key policies and maintain a rock-solid environment of controls and compliance .
Support the teams on key projects and strategic initiatives.
Experience / skills required
A minimum of 5+ year experienced lawyer, with prior experience at a leading law firm or relevant in-house experience.
Excellent relationship building and interpersonal skills, easily interacting with others and being approachable.
Ability to work confidently and stand ground with senior managers.
Experience in handling compliance challenged markets.
Excellent interpersonal/communication skills, commercial / pragmatic approach and strong influencing / coaching skills.
Strong commercial law background, especially in the negotiation and documentation of commercial contracts.
Ability to work within the commercial environment and to identify business critical issues and prioritize workload to align with business needs.
Fluency in English and Indonesian Language.
Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you, so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.
We recognize and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package.
Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.
We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.
Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to new heights and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.
Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.
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Recruitment Scam Warning
Protecting candidates is very important to us. All communications regarding your application will come from an email address ending in @diageo.com. In our recruitment process, we'll never ask for money.
Worker Type :
RegularPrimary Location:
JakartaAdditional Locations :
Job Posting Start Date :
2026-06-02Skills Required
- Minimum 5 years of experience as a lawyer
- Prior experience at a leading law firm or relevant in-house legal experience
- Experience handling compliance-challenged markets
- Strong commercial law background, including negotiation and documentation of commercial contracts
- Excellent relationship-building and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work confidently with and challenge senior managers
- Excellent communication, influencing, and coaching skills
- Commercial and pragmatic approach with ability to prioritize business-critical issues
- Fluency in English and Indonesian
Diageo Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Diageo and has not been reviewed or approved by Diageo.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive and often described as top-tier, particularly in manufacturing and salaried roles, with many indicating they feel fairly compensated. Compensation is frequently cited as a strong reason to join and stay despite pressures in some parts of the business.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is widely recognized as a flagship offering, equalized across parents and inclusive of adoption and surrogacy, with benefits and bonuses maintained during leave. This family-friendly approach is highlighted as industry-leading and a standout element of the package.
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Retirement Support — Pension schemes are described as generous, with notable employer contributions enhancing long‑term financial security. In key markets such as the UK and U.S., offerings like pensions and 401(k) plans are presented as core components of total rewards.
Diageo Insights
What We Do
Diageo's official LinkedIn account. We're a global leader in premium drinks, across spirits and beer, a business built on the principles and foundations laid by the giants of the industry. With over 200 brands sold in 180 countries, our portfolio has remarkable breadth. From centuries-old names to exciting new entrants, and global giants to local legends, we're building the very best brands out there, and with over 30,000 talented people based in over 135 countries, we're a truly global company. With such diversity, we're able to truly represent our broad consumer base and think differently about the future. To maintain our position as leaders in the alcoholic beverage market, we always invest in the future and are mindful of the impact we have. Because just like the legends of our past, we're here to raise the bar – for people as well as the planet
