Description
As a Senior Legal Counsel – Contracts Center of Excellence, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world.
Responsibilities:
- Draft, review, and negotiate complex intellectual property agreements, including technology development, licensing, confidentiality, joint development, collaboration, data, software, and other innovation-related agreements.
- Provide legal support for a broad range of transactional matters, including information technology, procurement, supply chain, services, outsourcing, and other commercial agreements.
- Advise business teams on intellectual property ownership, licensing, use restrictions, confidentiality, data rights, technology transfer, software, cybersecurity, and related contracting risks.
- Develop practical, business-oriented contracting strategies and risk mitigation approaches for transactions of significant complexity, strategic importance, or cross-functional impact.
- Perform legal and factual research, including analysis of contract terms, legal requirements, market practices, and internal contracting standards.
- Work independently on matters of significant complexity or importance while exercising sound legal judgment and escalating issues when appropriate.
- Provide legal services to medium to large complex businesses and collaborate with stakeholders across Legal Affairs, intellectual property, sourcing, IT, privacy, compliance, finance, and business teams.
- Lead transactional processes for matters of significant impact and/or complexity, including coordinating cross-functional reviews, resolving negotiation issues, and supporting timely execution.
- Serve as a subject matter resource in Intellectual Property contracting and licensing.
- Support continuous improvement of contract templates, playbooks, clause libraries, negotiation guidance, and contracting processes within the Contracts Center of Excellence.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start).
- Seven (7) years of law firm and/or in-house intellectual property experience in a private, public, government or military environment.
- Juris Doctor degree (completed and verified prior to start).
- Member of a United States bar in good standing.
Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited university in math, physics, engineering, science, IT, or equivalent experience.
- Knowledge and experience with AI tools and technologies including contracting technologies.
- Business acumen and an ability to provide legal advice in the context of strategic business initiatives and goals.
- Highly effective written and verbal communications skills, with an ability to communicate and relate at all levels of the organization including business line leaders, regional heads and senior management.
- Results-orientated approach; personal and organizational accountability; and a collegial work style.
- High energy and a dedication to responsive client service.
The expected compensation range for this position is $188,251 - $230,084, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible.