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Assistant General Counsel

  • Full Time, onsite
  • Inizio Partners
  • New York City Metropolitan Area, United States of America
Salary undisclosed

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Position: Assistant General Counsel

Location: Hybrid (New York City, NY) (2 days per week from office in NY City)

Responsibilities:

  • Lead technology transaction negotiations in one or more business units;
  • Own, enhance and lead our enterprise approach to vendor contracting with direct responsibility for cloud and data agreements;
  • Ensure business teams view the implications of contracts from an end-to-end perspective;
  • Balance business and contract goals against legal, business, policy and reputational risks;
  • Have the judgment to make reasoned decisions to take appropriate risks;
  • Be able to defend positions and views to business team members as well as counterparties;
  • Experience coordinating with other in-house counsel on issues and be able to work cooperatively as one member of a larger team;
  • Background and experience working with complex commercial agreements (i.e. Software Licenses, MSAs, and others);
  • Experience with very intensive, detail-oriented legal work;

Qualifications:

  • Graduate of a top tier US law school
  • 5+ years of experience; ideally a combination of time with a large law firm as well as in-house experience with a focus on general corporate, technology, SaaS and software licensing matters
  • Ability to prioritize and undertake mission critical tasks in a fast-paced environment
  • Excellent communication and listening skills; the ability to effectively convey complex issues to senior business executives
  • Ability to work under limited supervision
  • Strong organizational and project management skills
  • Takes ownership of issues, is highly responsive and has a strong bias for action