Job Description

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Role Purpose/Business Unit:
The Executive Head of Department ("EHOD") for Competition Law will serve as the competition law lead on projects and matters that require competition law assessment and guidance, managing and taking responsibility for and ownership of the following on an end to end basis:

• Providing expert strategic, operational, policy and other competition law support, advice/guidance and training.
• Updating the Competition Law Policy as required, and working with Compliance to ensure control frameworks are in place.
• Management of investigations against Vodacom
• Management of interventions in investigations against/ mergers of 3rd parties.
• Management of filings and providing expert advice in relation to mergers and acquisitions and other strategic projects.
• Providing support and guidance to Competition Law Champions.
• Other competition law related support or matters that arise.
• Additional tasks in line with business needs.

Your responsibilities will include:
Being primarily responsible for:

• Liaising with business and other stakeholders.
• Ensuring all necessary instructions and/ or information has been adequately communicated.
• Preparing opinions/ guidance/ responses.
• Ensuring that project timelines/ deadlines are met.
• Internal reporting and managing expectations.

Compliance Program

• Updating Competition Law Policy.
• Reporting on key matters to senior leadership and other stakeholders.
• Working with Compliance to ensure the regulatory and policy requirements are fully embedded.
• Conducting training.

Investigation management

• Manage investigations/ complaints and ensure timeous responses to information requests.
• Respond to 3rd party investigations.
• Obtain required internal approvals.

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Provide competition law support and advice in respect of mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions, managing merger filings and collating, vetting and finalising responses to requests for information.
• OPCO and subsidiary support

• Build and maintain a network of competition law champions and provide them with support and guidance.
• Other

• Appointing and managing external counsel to the extent required.
• Manage internal client relationships.
• Support and build the skills of team members and other stakeholders.

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience::

• Self-starter with ability to work independently in high pressure situations. (Essential)
• Ability to lead and manage competition law matters and projects on an end to end basis. (Essential)
• Excellent knowledge of South African competition law. (Essential)
• General knowledge of rest of Africa competition laws. (Advantageous)
• Results and solution oriented, proactive, responsible, pragmatic and ethical.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of competition law developments and precedents.
• Identify and solve problems by providing simple and actionable guidance and solutions.
• Comfortable working in a complex organisation and ability to effectively navigate ambiguity.
• Able to build and maintain good working relations at all levels of the organisation.
• Willing to travel domestically and internationally when required.

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• Legal degree (Essential)
• Higher relevant SA law degree (Advantageous)
• Admitted attorney (Advantageous)
• Experienced competition law practitioner (10+ years) (Essential)
• Extensive experience in providing in depth competition law advice and support in general (in relation to BAU matters) and in respect of M&A transactions. (Essential)
• Previous experience within the Tech or Telco industries. (Advantageous)
• Experience drafting legal opinions and commercial agreements/ clauses (Essential)
• Litigation experience in the competition law space (Advantageous)

Closing date for Applications: 01 August 2025.
The base location for this role is Vodacom, Midrand Campus.
The company's approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates, and values diversity & inclusion.