Assistant General Counsel
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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