Contracting Counsel Manager

Job Title:Contracting Lawyer

Career Level:7 –Manager

Workforce:Corporate Functions

Skill Track:Legal

Specialty:Sales & Delivery – Contracting

Recruiting Contact:Jatin Gupta
Contracting Legal Professionals (CLP) in Accenture's Corporate Functions organization coordinate and deliver legal, contract and commercial counsel in support of Accentures business. CLPs identify and help manage and mitigate risk and ensure ethical behavior and compliance with laws and company policies, while providing guidance and negotiating contracts leveraging commercial and market relevant positions.

Job

Summary:
Review, draft, and negotiate several types of contractual agreements in a fast-paced corporate environment which may include:master services agreements, outsourcing agreements, statements of work, service level agreements, licensing agreements, SaaS agreements, data transfer agreements, requests for proposals and agreements involving cloud, blockchain security, automation, systems integration and agile development. Independently support transactions and based on requirement also team-up with senior CLPs in supporting complex contracts and deal structures. Act, and continuously evolve as, a knowledgeable and relevant advisor on legal and commercial risks associated with transactions.

Key Responsibilities:

Independently, and help to, structure, negotiate and close client transactions to be most advantageous from a legal and business perspective

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

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, including becoming a pathfinder, architect, business-minded, nonconformist, inspired, relevant and technology enabled contracting professional.

Relationships:
Reports to:Contracting Lead

Supervises:No direct supervisory responsibility
External Relationships:Accenture client executives and negotiating teams; Outside Counsel


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

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.

Qualifications 


Qualifications:

JD (or equivalent)

Authorized and licensed to practice law in India

Minimum 10-11 years of transactional 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 3 years of experience negotiating Intellectual Property and Data Privacy issues preferred