Senior Manager Legal

• Closing date: 08-Mar-2026

Your Role and Responsibilities

You will be accountable and responsible to lead and manage a team of legal specialists, to review and negotiate major contracts like Commercial including Loyalty & Partnerships, Corporate and other functions across the QR group and provide legal advice on a variety of matters to stakeholders and senior management.

Strategic

• Develop and implement procedures for contract management and administration in compliance with company policy. As appropriate, contribute to or influence company contractual policies.
• Negotiating, drafting and implementing a wide variety of complex, multiparty agreements, including mergers and acquisitions and strategic alliances.
• Coordinating the development and management of strategic contracts in accordance with corporate requirements, supporting legal requirements and procedures to secure and protect the business interests of the company in matters related to contracts.
• Facilitate the development and maintenance of strategic procedures for contracts and procurement.

Operational

• Review, draft, interpret, and negotiate major commercial contracts (including Loyalty & Partnerships and Corporate functions), ensuring risks are identified, evaluated, and mitigated to protect the company’s legal and commercial interests.
• Provide proactive legal advice and support to Qatar Airways divisions, including guidance on contract implementation, liability exposure, compliance obligations, and alignment with QR Compliance policies.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve contract templates and standard terms, ensuring legal compliance, accuracy, and relevance for various Loyalty partnerships and broader business needs.
• Lead the resolution of legal disputes, managing litigation, arbitration, or settlements, while coordinating with external counsel and safeguarding the company’s legal remedies.
• Drive operational excellence by implementing process improvements, supporting cross‑departmental procedures, and training divisions on legal and compliance controls as required.

Management & Leadership

• Manage a team of Legal Specialists.
• Establish the teams objectives and priorities to align with and support business objectives.
• Regularly evaluate the teams objectives, plans, procedures and practices and make appropriate changes if needed.

Be part of an extraordinary story

Your skills. Your imagination. Your ambition. Here, there are no boundaries to your potential and the impact you can make. You’ll find infinite opportunities to grow and work on the biggest, most rewarding challenges that will build your skills and experience. You have the chance to be a part of our future, and build the life you want while being part of an international community.

Our best is here and still to come. To us, impossible is only a challenge. Join us as we dare to achieve what’s never been done before. Together, everything is possible

Job Specific Skills:

Essential

• Bachelor Degree or equivalent with minimum 10 years of job related experience.
• Law Degree
• Excellent contract drafting skills.
• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Ability to communicate complex legal matters to, take instructions from and deal confidentially with senior management.
• Excellent analytical skills.

Preferred

• Master’s Degree or equivalent.
• Aviation industry experience.

About Qatar Airways Group

Our story started with four aircraft. Today, we deliver excellence across 12 different businesses coming together as one. We’ve grown fast, broken records and set trends that others follow. We don’t slow down by the fear of failure. Instead, we dare to achieve what’s never been done before.

So whether you’re creating a unique experience for our customers or innovating behind the scenes, every person contributes to our proud story. A story of spectacular growth and determination. Now is the time to bring your best ideas and passion to a place where your ambition will know no boundaries, and be part of a truly global community