Contracting Counsel Senior Manager

8-8 yrs required

Full-time

No

Job Title: Contracting Counsel Senior Manager

Career Level: Senior Manager

Workforce: Corporate Functions

Talent Segment: Legal & Commercial

Specialty: Sales & Delivery – Contracting

Company: Accenture

Location: Multiple locations

Salary Range: $121,400 to $336,900 per year

Job Type: Full-time

Experience: Minimum 8 years transactional experience

Education: Juris Doctorate (or equivalent)

Overview: Accenture is a leading global professional services company with over 742,000 employees in more than 120 countries. We specialize in helping businesses, governments, and other organizations build their digital core, optimize operations, accelerate revenue growth, and enhance citizen services. We are a talent- and innovation-led company, with a strong focus on technology and ecosystem relationships. Our services span across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X, and Song.

Job Summary: As a Contracting Counsel Senior Manager at Accenture, you will lead, structure, draft, and negotiate complex client transactions in a fast-paced corporate environment. You will be responsible for overseeing, counseling, guiding, training, and supporting junior legal professionals in transactions and related matters. You will also advise senior company leadership on legal risks associated with transactions and provide guidance on larger market trends.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead, structure, negotiate, and close Accenture's largest and most complex client transactions
- Oversee, counsel, guide, train, and support junior CLPs and, in some cases, other senior CLPs
- Stay abreast of developments affecting the company, its clients, and industries and incorporate this information into company's transactional practices
- Educate and advise company executives on legal and risk management issues
- Develop subject matter expertise in one or more areas that benefit Legal and/or our business
- Participate in developing internal guidelines, toolkits, and packaged knowledge capital on various legal and business issues
- Support, promote, and implement Legal Group initiatives
- Embrace and evolve to gain expertise in seven Contracting attributes, including becoming a pathfinder, architect, business-minded, nonconformist, inspired, relevant, and technology-enabled contracting professional

Relationships:

Reports to: Contracting Lead

Supervises: No direct supervisory responsibility

External Relationships: Accenture client executives and negotiating teams; Outside Counsel

Work Requirements:

- Travel required
- Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration

Qualifications:

- Juris Doctorate (or equivalent)
- Authorized and licensed to practice law in at least one jurisdiction
- Minimum 8 years transactional experience in digital, consulting, systems integration, and/or outsourcing areas in a law firm or a corporate legal/transaction group

Preferred Skills:

- Minimum of 4 years of experience negotiating Intellectual Property and Data Privacy issues preferred
- Accomplished negotiator with an understanding of principle-based negotiation strategy and tactics
- Proven ability to efficiently manage a large volume of transactions independently
- Experience negotiating and drafting technology-based agreements
- Understanding of basic principles of Finance, Accounting, Marketing, and Management

Professional Skills:

- Strong executive presence
- Good understanding of contracting/risk issues, including IP, as they apply to digital, consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing transactions
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Experience and demonstrated capability in conducting and supervising investigations and drafting confidential reports
- In-depth knowledge of local ethical/conduct/compliance-related risks and related laws
- Extensive experience in employee relations and workplace investigations
- Demonstrated leadership and teamwork in a professional setting

Compensation:

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in California, Colorado, New York, or Washington as set forth below.

We accept applications on an ongoing basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

Benefits: Information on benefits can be found on our website.

What We Believe: We have an unwavering commitment to diversity and strive to create an inclusive environment where every employee feels a sense of belonging. We believe that our rich diversity makes us more innovative and creative, enabling us to better serve our clients and communities.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: Accenture is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any individual based on age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, religion, or sexual orientation. All employment decisions are made without regard to these factors. We are committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.

Requesting an Accommodation: Accenture is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances and offers reasonable accommodations when needed. If you require accommodation to perform the essential functions of your role, you will be asked to participate in our reasonable accommodation process.

Other Employment Statements:

- Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States
- Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration
- Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process
- The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Additionally, employees who have access to compensation information of other employees or applicants cannot disclose this information to individuals who do not have access, unless required by law.

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Negotiation, Legal Risk Management, Contract Drafting, Intellectual Property, Data Privacy

Juris Doctorate or equivalent

Apply through Accenture's online job portal

Qualification and Experience Juris Doctorate, Authorized and licensed to practice law, Minimum 8 years transactional experience

Legal