HP

Senior Legal Counsel, State/Local Government – Education

HP

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Spring • Texas, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $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 support
Soft skills
independent judgmentinitiativeself-confidenceproactive communicationproblem-solvingability to thrive in changeeffective escalationgrowth mindsettraining provisioncollaboration
Certifications
active bar membership