Senior Legal Counsel, State/Local Government – Education
HP
Senior Legal Counsel, State/Local Government and Education
HP France
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Spring • Texas, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $165,000 - $254,100 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Provide legal expertise in support of the entire HP Inc. portfolio for end-user customers, specifically Hardware (PC and Print), Software, Support and Managed Services.
- Act as lead attorney supporting the overall legal strategies and assessment of risk on large, complex Managed Services deals, working closely with account and pursuit teams and other stakeholder groups.
- Act as a trusted advisor to the business teams on legal issues and legal impact of business issues.
- Draft and negotiate legal contract terms; identify business issues for business team support.
- Provide legal support for competitive bids, including responding to end-user legal terms.
- Identify and resolve complex legal issues requiring in-depth consideration of multiple factors.
- Lead or assist with the resolution of contract disputes with existing customers.
- Plan and provide training to internal clients on designated legal topics.
- Routinely exercise independent judgment in developing methods, techniques and criteria for achieving objectives.
- Contribute to the development of innovative principles and ideas.
- Support Legal’s commitment to continuous improvement by identifying and leading solutions with Legal and internal clients to improve quality.
Requirements
- A Juris Doctor from a nationally recognized law school plus an active bar membership from any of the fifty states or the District of Columbia.
- 5+ years of relevant legal experience (from a combination of law firm, government, and/or in-house experience) in the area of public sector contracting.
- Experience supporting deals with State, Local, and Education (SLED) customers preferred, but not required.
- Experience representing a major IT company on contracts matters a plus.
- Prior negotiation experience in complex transactions.
- Subject matter expertise on key legal topics including liability, indemnities, intellectual property and privacy/data protection.
- Knowledge of industry norms and of the legal and business issues unique to IT products and services.
- Practical, independent judgment, initiative, and self-confidence.
- The willingness and ability to solve challenges; ability to work with minimal direction and supervision; proactive, not reactive; and be able to thrive in change.
- The ability to have proactive and effective communications of valuable information to clients and colleagues.
- Capability to escalate issues effectively to high-level legal, account and business executives.
- Adopted a growth mindset approach.
- The ability to travel as needed.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Long term/short term disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Life insurance
- Generous time off policies, including; 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
- 11 paid holidays
- Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
Juris Doctorcontract negotiationlegal expertisepublic sector contractingintellectual propertyprivacy/data protectionliabilityindemnitiescomplex transactionslegal contract drafting
Soft skills
independent judgmentinitiativeself-confidenceproactive communicationproblem-solvingability to thrive in changeeffective escalationgrowth mindsettraining and developmentcollaboration
Certifications
active bar membership