Senior Counsel, Litigation, Business
Ricoh UK
Senior Counsel, Technology Contracts
RELX
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Alpharetta • North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $102,800 - $171,300 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Provide legal support to internal clients primarily related to technology enterprise wide supplier contracts, contractual disputes, and regulatory and compliance matters
- Provide legal services with the Global Procurement group and other corporate function teams
- Drafting and negotiating complex enterprise and cross-divisional procurement contracts for the technology team reviewing and negotiating with large technology suppliers for enterprise arrangements
- Counseling technology procurement managers regarding technology related products and services on risks and legal issues facing a multi-national, global technology and information analytics company
- Providing legal advice and responding to requests on a timely basis from clients for input on supplier contracts, contract law, disputes, regulatory and compliance matters
- Strong understanding of AI-related issues and their legal impact on supply chains
- Suggesting substantive improvements to contract templates, along with efficiency improvements to contract workflow and processes
- Providing practical guidance and advice related to contractors and other third-party service providers
- Supervising supplier-related disputes, terminations, bankruptcies, and other matters
Requirements
- Excellent academic record with a law degree from a respected law school
- Proven legal experience practicing technology and procurement law, preferably in a corporate law department or for multi-national corporations and familiar with data privacy regulations
- IAPP certification recommended
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Proven contract drafting and negotiating skills
- Ability to expeditiously identify, prioritize, and analyze issues and provide legally sound recommendations consistent with good business practices and reason
- Strong interpersonal skills, and ability to communicate effectively with clients located around the world and work diplomatically with individuals at all levels
- Ability to foster relationships and individual accountability across the organization and with individuals in many different countries
- Excellent conflict management skills, and ability to influence without coercion
- Ability to work independently, take ownership of and effectively resolve problems
Benefits
- Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan
- Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs
- Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
- Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits
- Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
- In addition to annual Paid Time Off, we offer up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice
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Hard skills
contract draftingcontract negotiationlegal analysisregulatory compliancedata privacy regulationsrisk assessmentcontract lawprocurement lawlegal advicedispute resolution
Soft skills
written communicationoral communicationinterpersonal skillsproblem-solvingconflict managementinfluencerelationship buildingaccountabilityanalytical skillsdiplomacy
Certifications
law degreeIAPP certification
