Location: Hybrid (New York City, NY) (2 days per week from office in NY City)
Responsibilities:
- Lead technology transaction negotiations in one or more business units;
- Own, enhance and lead our enterprise approach to vendor contracting with direct responsibility for cloud and data agreements;
- Ensure business teams view the implications of contracts from an end-to-end perspective;
- Balance business and contract goals against legal, business, policy and reputational risks;
- Make reasoned decisions to take appropriate risks;
- Defend positions and views to business team members as well as counterparties;
- Coordinate with other in-house counsel on issues and work cooperatively as one member of a larger team;
- Work with complex commercial agreements (i.e. Software Licenses, MSAs, and others);
- Engage in intensive, detail-oriented legal work;
Qualifications:
- Graduate of a top tier US law school;
- 5+ years of experience; ideally a combination of time with a large law firm as well as in-house experience with a focus on general corporate, technology, SaaS and software licensing matters;
- Ability to prioritize and undertake mission critical tasks in a fast-paced environment;
- Excellent communication and listening skills; the ability to effectively convey complex issues to senior business executives;
- Ability to work under limited supervision;
- Strong organizational and project management skills;
- Takes ownership of issues, is highly responsive and has a strong bias for action;
Seniority level
Director
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Legal, Information Technology, and Public Relations
Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting, Business Consulting and Services, and Outsourcing and Offshoring Consulting
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