Job Summary:
Reviews, drafts and negotiates a large number of client transactions of various levels of complexity within a corporate environment. Advises company leadership on legal risks associated with transactions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee, counsel, guide, train and support junior contracting professionals.
- Stay abreast of contracting developments affecting the company, its clients, and industries and synthesize the information to incorporate it into company’s contracting practices
- Educate company executives in regard to contracting and risk management issues
- Represent the company’s interests and interface directly with client negotiating teams
- Strategize with company executives prior to client negotiations
- Structure client transactions to be most advantageous from a contracting and business perspective
- Advise, and consult company executives based on accurate interpretation of contract documents and the facts of a business opportunity
- Develop internal guidelines, toolkits, and packaged knowledge on various contracting and business issues
- Develop subject matter expertise in one of more areas that benefit Contracting and/or our business
- Support, promote and implement Legal Group initiatives
Relationships:
Reports to:
MU Contracting Lead
Supervises:
May supervise Associate Managers and/or Specialists, where required.
External Relationships:
Client Executives and negotiating teams.
Qualifications:
Education:
College degree required; advanced degree in law, business or contract management preferred.
Work Experience:
- Minimum of 6 years relevant industry experience including a minimum of 3 years of contracting experience in an appropriate fast-paced corporate environment is essential. Consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing experience is preferred.
- Proven ability to efficiently manage a large volume of transactions
- Experience negotiating Intellectual Property issues
Knowledge and Skill Requirements:
- Independently manage drafting transactional documents and correspondence
- Understand basic principles of Finance, Accounting, Marketing, and Management
- Basic understanding of Intellectual Property issues as they apply to consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing transactions
- Able to present alternatives and proposed solutions
- Responsive and follows through on commitments
- Strong time management, prioritization, and organizational skills
- Ability to apply judgment to broaden influence
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in Spanish and English
- Proficient in MS Office suite of products