Hiring Assistant Manager-Legal Counsel in Legal team of a reputed MNC in IT Contracts for Bangalore/Gurgaon location
Role: Assistant Manager,
Description/responsibilities:
Part of the Global team, and shall as MNC legal representative, the Legal
Counsel will be responsible for drafting, negotiating and advising on various
procurement (and client) contracts, in particular:
IT contracts for multiple divisions and variety of technologies (such as AI, robotics,
analytics, blockchain).
Software License contracts.
Hosted software/hosted services agreements
IT Services agreements and SLAs
Software support agreements
Sponsorship contracts
Meeting and events contracts
Services contracts
Client Engagement letters
Key Responsibilities
Drafting, reviewing, negotiating, finalising and advising on global procurement (and
client contracts, as required) contracts (for MNC and its global network member firms)
and shall include
Providing business and legal advice and guidance to internal clients and end users
regarding potential issues stemming from new and existing contracts
Working with internal clients to develop strategies to address issues identified.
Communicating progress, challenges, risks and benefits to appropriate management
levels and affected user groups and other members of the team in the relevant
jurisdictions.
Understanding practice and user business goals and how they impact the types of
products and services procured.
Coordinating with cross functional teams (tax, data privacy, information security) in
respect to contract review as appropriate. Ensuring that accurate and sufficient contractual documentation are developed to
effectively document procurement transactions and to protect MNC's interests.
Preparing and maintaining internal contract summary reports for review as needed.
Understanding the MNC policies that are relevant to transactions and how contract
drafting, negotiation and execution are impacted by those policies (Independence,
Procurement, Data Privacy, etc.).
Ensuring that all contractual documents developed are compliant with MNC policies.
Managing own workflow and propose process improvements.
Maintaining an understanding of the impact of changes in MNC policies, organizational
structure, and procedures.
Guiding and hand holding the junior team members in their day-to-day transactions.
Knowledge, skills and experience:
3-4 years of Technology/software-related negotiation experience (licensee side
preferably)
Preferable if the candidates had at least some experience negotiating with the big
box vendors (IBM, MSFT, SAP, etc);
Excellent negotiation skills;
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively communicate with
internal stakeholders and vendors;
High degree of cultural and emotional intelligence;
Ability to team effectively with onshore legal team and colleagues in other functions;
Ability to grasp, understand, and accurately articulate and document technology
transactions;
Expertise in contract law, contract drafting, software licensing, intellectual property,
data protection & privacy;
Ability to assess size, scope and overall risk of contemplated transactions and to
tailor contracts accordingly;
Highly responsive with ability to manage high workload volumes efficiently and
effectively;
Solution oriented with focus on exceptional client service;
Keen attention to detail;
Strong communication and English language (verbal and written) skills;
Solutions oriented with relentless focus on world class execution of projects and
tasks;
Confidence, maturity and high degree of awareness to be able to work effectively
with a broad base of senior-level internal stakeholders;
Strong sense of personal responsibility and ownership for success of a given task;
Eagerness to contribute in a team-oriented environment and ability to work
cooperatively with other teams and country practices, demonstrating cultural
sensitivity;
Strong service-oriented personality, proficient at delivering the highest quality of
work within deadlines;
High levels of personal energy and appetite for work and success.
Other Personal Characteristics
Unquestioned ethics and integrity.
High level of self-confidence and energy.
High level of intellectual agility, initiative, self-motivation, resourcefulness, and
patience.
Pragmatic with strong business acumen.
Mature individual with good judgement.
Strong analytical skills.
Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.
Qualifications
Strong academic record, 5-8 years of years of post-qualification experience
for further details contact/whatsapp----- Poulomi- 9073388*** or drop updated resume at: po**************b@gm**l.com
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