Head of Legal Operations

Head of Legal Operations

Obek Group of Companies Limited (OBEK Group) is a Nigerian & Houston-based international conglomerate involved in manufacturing, agriculture, construction, energy services, and large-scale EPCIC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation & Commissioning) projects for oil & gas, infrastructure, and real estate, aiming to transform Nigeria's socio-e...

About the Role

• Lead the Group's four-person Legal Services ME as its senior lawyer and company secretary; own contract risk, regulatory compliance, corporate governance and disputes end-to-end; run the ME as a charged-out profit centre; and make every deal signable faster while protecting the Group's licence to operate.

Job Purpose

• Lead the Group's four-person Legal Services ME as its senior lawyer and company secretary: own contract risk, regulatory compliance, corporate governance and disputes end-to-end; run the ME as a charged-out profit centre; and make every deal signable faster while protecting the Group's licence to operate.

Key Responsibilities

• The responsibilities below are the ongoing duties of the role. They complement — but do not replace — the measurable Outcomes in the Job Scorecard.

• Strategic & Delivery Outcomes

• Achieve and hold 100% contract coverage — all revenue under signed contract before mobilization — from Month 6 in seat.

• Close the baseline legal audit (contracts, licences, entities, disputes) within 90 days with a Board-reported remediation plan; zero red findings open by Month 6.

• Stand up all seven core processes (L1–L7) with registers live and KPI reporting by working day 5, from Month 4.

• Deliver the five North-Star KPIs within target bands by Month 12, including SLA cost recovery ≥ 90%.

• Build and lead the team of three officers to A-player calibre; backup matrix operational; mandatory block leave observed by all seats.

• Keep total Legal ME cost within 0.4–0.8% of Group revenue and external counsel spend ≤ 35% of total legal cost.

• Functional / Operational Responsibilities

• Applies and operates at professional level: Nigerian law practice at senior level: contract, corporate/commercial, energy and construction law; public-sector contracting in Nigerian states.

• Applies and operates at professional level: EPCIC contract structures: FIDIC/NEC and bespoke forms, subcontract flow-downs, JV/consortium and SPV agreements, payment security instruments.

• Applies and operates at professional level: Company secretarial practice under C