Contracting Counsel Associate Manager
Job Title: Contracting Associated Manager
Career Level: 8 – Associated Manager
Specialty: Sales & Delivery – Contracting
Contracting lawyers in Accenture’s Legal organization coordinate and deliver legal, contract and commercial counsel in support of Accenture's business. Our Contracting lawyers identify, manage and mitigate contractual 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. Team with more senior Contracting lawyers in supporting more 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 Contracting lawyers 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 (or another senior contracting professional designated by the Contracting Lead)
Supervises: No direct supervisory responsibility
External Relationships: Accenture client executives and negotiating teams; Outside Counsel
Qualifications:
· JD (or equivalent) ;
· Strong legal foundation, with solid expertise in contract drafting, review, and end-to-end risk management;
· Authorized and licensed to practice law in at least one jurisdiction;
· Minimum 3 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.
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 contract 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;
· Fluent in English communication and able to independently draft and handle Chinese and English contracts; Japanese or Cantonese language skills are a plus;
· Open to technological innovation and skilled at using AI tools to improve efficiency; and
· Strong communication and learning abilities, excellent comprehension skills, sound business acumen, and a collaborative team spirit.
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