Sothebys group

THE ROLE This role will be reporting into Deputy General Counsel, Head of Commercial Legal for EMEA and Asia and will be responsible for providing commercial legal advice to senior leadership and cross-functional teams across Sotheby's global business operations, with key responsibility for the Operations and Procurement teams. This individual will help develop and improve third party vendor contracting processes. To be successful in this role, this individual must seamlessly communicate with our business clients and stakeholders, build strong relationships with them by providing timely and practical legal support and work collaboratively and strategically with the rest of the Legal and Compliance team, invoking the right support at all levels as required. The right person for this role is a self-starter, experienced lawyer and able to operate autonomously. RESPONSIBILITIES Responsible for drafting, reviewing and negotiating all non-IT commercial contracts for the Sotheby's Group and for individual operating subsidiaries including, but not limited to, Sotheby's London and Sotheby's New York in areas such as logistics, transportation, warehousing, consultancy, broadcasting, events, brand marketing and partnerships; Lead lawyer on Operations strategic projects; Create legal templates to transact with vendors and third-party partners or sponsors for frequent use contracting scenarios that can be used by all principal sales locations. Maintain up-to-date existing relevant templates. Oversee adaption of existing templates for additional sales locations; Support the Legal and Compliance in improving contracting efficiencies to ensure the systematic and timely review of commercial contracts by key internal stakeholders including Data Protection, Information Security, Risk and Procurement; and Provide training to the business on commercial contract issues. IDEAL EXPERIENCE & COMPETENCIES Approximately 8 plus years post qualification experience in commercial law Experienced in dealing with commercial law issues, including structuring and drafting complex/innovative commercial contracts Good working knowledge of data protection, IP, consumer protection and competition law Experience of working on cross border transactions governed by international law (particularly New York law). Experience of working in a different international legal jurisdiction very beneficial Strong team player and leader Able to act as a change agent, develop business and promote process Able to work autonomously, including by organising themselves and the relevant stakeholders Confident in dealing directly with a variety of clients in a purposeful and constructive manner Able to quickly build relationships with stakeholders and work collaboratively with the wider global Legal team to allow the department to assist with fulfilment of Sotheby's aims Preferably have one or more European languages Art law experience not required

THE ROLE We are in the process of revolutionizing a 276-year-old business. We're looking for extremely talented Golang or Scala software engineers who would help reshape the future of Sotheby's through exceptional engineering practices, software development, and design. The ideal candidate will help us drive technical vision, product development, innovate, optimize complex problems, and improve efficiency. We're looking for team players that value opinions other than their own, look to data to support their decisions, take initiative, and make things better. Ideal candidates are curious and eager to learn, and are comfortable with ambiguity in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment. Our team is distributed across multiple countries, and we require people that are strong communicators and can work in a diverse, multicultural online environment. RESPONSIBILITIES Help deliver on the product vision for reshaping a 300-year-old industry through building a compelling modern marketplace experience. Help drive Sotheby's contribution to servicing the circular economy and drive adoption of the marketplace experience to a completely new target demographic. Collaborate with designers, user researchers, and engineers to test and ship features continuously. Build, optimize, and maintain internal and consumer-facing tools that enable Sotheby's to sell consigned inventory. Design and build elegant abstractions, shareable libraries, and robust APIs. Actively look for ways to improve the end-to-end experience for specialists across Sotheby's internal-facing product portfolio. Work closely with product managers and stakeholders across the company. IDEAL EXPERIENCE & COMPETENCIES 5+ years of industry engineering experience with a proven track record. Excellent communication skills, including active listening, taking constructive criticism, and providing feedback whenever necessary. Intrinsically driven to innovate and take initiative when seeing a process or a problem that could be improved upon. Eager to learn new technologies and open to learning from others. We are not the place for hard-headed individuals; we thrive on collaborative efforts. Proven experience writing, deploying, and running distributed systems. Experience writing microservices with a clear separation of concerns. Expert knowledge and experience with either Golang or Scala. Proven experience using data structures and algorithms, especially as they pertain to web system design and distributed systems. Expert knowledge of RDBMS such as Postgres or MySQL and writing migrations. Working knowledge of GraphQL and GRPC is a big plus. Working knowledge and experience writing in Golang is a big plus. Working knowledge and experience with Docker and Kubernetes. Working knowledge of cloud platforms such as GCP or AWS. Working knowledge of messaging queue systems.

THE ROLE Sotheby's is seeking an Associate HR Business Partner for an exciting opportunity based at our London offices. The temporary position will be a one-year term, reporting to the HRBP and working closely with the London HR team. The ideal candidate will have the opportunity to be involved in new projects and partner with stakeholders across the organization as the business goes through an exciting transition process. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with confidence and experience to make a real difference within this expanding organization and a great opportunity to progress and develop their HR career. RESPONSIBILITIES Developing effective working relationships with key leaders, to effectively challenge, influence and become a trusted advisor to support effective strategic and operational decision making, providing pragmatic and commercially focused advice where appropriate getting support from the London HR Business Partners. Brilliant execution of the core people processes, e.g. Recruitment, Annual Compensation Planning, Employee Relations, Performance Management etc. Carrying out data analysis and provide insights from HR information to support the HRBP and HRBP team on driving actions from these. Coordinate activities, data and communications for the whole function to support people processes/ad-hoc project work/data insight e.g. headcount reporting, hierarchy, probation reports, etc. Supporting HRBPs by offering practical advice and being the first point of contact for employees to help, support and give guidance on the HR self-service model. Partner with HR Advisor and HR Coordinator to complete all necessary paperwork including contracts and policy updates, alongside monitoring the HR inbox and supporting on projects as and when required. Responsible for processing and advising employees on maternity, paternity and shared parental leave policies. IDEAL EXPERIENCE & COMPETENCIES HR professional skills, knowledge and experience of application of key colleague initiatives Confident working with and influencing stakeholders across business Experience of supporting change projects Excellent communication skills, verbal and written Solid problem-solving skills and comfortable working in a fast paced and often reactive environment First-rate organizational skills and ability to use own initiative Able to learn quickly and apply knowledge Resilience and ability to deal with challenges whilst taking a proactive and flexible approach to ensure exceptional standards of service are maintained at all times Strong facilitation and coaching skills Ability to work both independently and as a team member to complete the task at hand Prior experience with Success Factors is preferred, but must be confident in using Microsoft Office Suite