Contracting Counsel Associate Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Help to structure, negotiate and close client transactions to be most advantageous from a legal and business perspective with high degree of autonomy and educate and advise company executives with respect to legal and risk management issues
• Strategize with senior CLPs and internal business clients prior to client negotiations
• Stay abreast of developments affecting the company, its clients, and industries and synthesize the information to incorporate it into company’s transactional practices
• Develop subject matter experience in one of more areas that benefit Legal and/or our business and advise other CLPs in such areas
• Participate in developing internal guidelines, toolkits, and packaged knowledge capital on various legal and business issues
• Support, promote and implement Legal Group initiatives
• Embrace and evolve to gain experience in seven Contracting attributes, including becoming a pathfinder, architect, business-minded, nonconformist, inspired, relevant and technology enabled contracting professional
• Relationships:
• Reports to: Contracting Lead for the MU
• Supervises: No direct supervisory responsibility External Relationships: Accenture client executives and negotiating teams; Outside Counsel
• Law Degree
• Authorized and licensed to practice law in at least one jurisdiction
• A minimum 4 years of experience in digital, consulting, systems integration, and/or outsourcing areas in roles with increasing responsibility, such experience should be in a law firm or in a fast-paced corporate legal/transaction group in a relevant industry
• Minimum of 2 years of experience negotiating Intellectual Property and Data Privacy issues preferred

Knowledge and Skill Requirements

• Accomplished negotiator with an understanding of principle-based negotiation strategy and tactics including the ability to present alternatives with proposed solutions
• Demonstrated ability to efficiently manage a large volume of transactions with high degree of autonomy
• Experience negotiating and drafting technology-based agreements
• Understand basic principles of Finance, Accounting, Marketing, and Management
• Strong executive presence
• Good understanding of contracting/risk issues, including IP, as they apply to digital, consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing transactions
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Additional Desirable Criteria

Work Requirements

• Travel required.
• Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration. [REMOVE IF REQUIRED PER LOCAL PROCESS]

Permanent Transfer Requirements

• [For Internal Applicants] :
• When applying to an open internal position, all employees must meet the Permanent Transfers Requirements in Policy 500 - Permanent Position and Career Model Transfers. A summary of the employee requirements are listed below. See the policy for full information (link to policy is highlighted below).
• Employees must meet the requirements for the position, including the minimum and/or basic qualifications and performance requirements.
• Employees are expected to be in their current position for a minimum of 12 months before applying to a new position.

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