Contracting Counsel Senior Manager - NRR 4509
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About the Role
Accenture is hiring a Senior Manager Contracting Counsel to lead complex client transactions, negotiate agreements, and advise senior leadership on legal risks. The role requires a JD, bar license, and 8+ years of transactional experience in digital, consulting, or outsourcing.
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Responsibilities
- Lead, structure, negotiate and close Accenture’s largest and most complex client transactions
- Oversee, counsel, guide, train and support junior CLPs
- Stay abreast of developments affecting the company, its clients, and industries
- Educate and advise company executives on legal and risk management issues
- Develop subject matter expertise in one or more areas that benefit Legal and/or our business
- Participate in developing internal guidelines, toolkits, and packaged knowledge capital
- Support, promote and implement Legal Group initiatives
Requirements
- JD (or equivalent) and licensed to practice law in at least one jurisdiction
- Minimum 8 years of transactional experience in digital, consulting, systems integration, and/or outsourcing
- Minimum 4 years of experience negotiating Intellectual Property and Data Privacy issues preferred
- Accomplished negotiator with understanding of principle based negotiation strategy
- Proven ability to manage a large volume of transactions independently
- Experience negotiating and drafting technology based agreements
- Strong executive presence
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
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Talent Segment
- Legal and Commercial
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
- We are an equal opportunity employer.
Job Summary
- Lead, structure, draft and negotiate complex client transactions in a fast paced corporate environment including: master services agreements, outsourcing agreements, statements of work, service level agreements, licensing agreements, SaaS agreements, data transfer agreements, requests for proposals
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, structure, negotiate and close Accenture’s largest and most complex client transactions to be most advantageous from a legal and business perspective
- Oversee, counsel, guide, train and support junior CLPs and, in some cases, other senior CLPs
- Stay abreast of developments affecting the company, its clients, and industries and synthesize the information to incorporate it into company’s transactional practices
- Educate and advise company executives with respect to legal and risk management issues
- Develop subject matter expertise in one of more areas that benefit Legal and/or our business
- 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 expertise in seven Contracting attributes
Qualifications
- JD (or equivalent)
- Authorized and licensed to practice law in at least one jurisdiction
- Minimum 8 years of transactional experience in digital, consulting, systems integration, and/or outsourcing areas in roles with increasing responsibility
- Minimum of 4 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
- Proven ability to efficiently manage a large volume of transactions independently
- 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
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.
Compensation
- Role Location Annual Salary Range: British Columbia/Ontario CAD 142,050 to CAD 192,050
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