Job Title: Strategic Growth Initiatives Legal Counsel Manager Specialty: Frameworks commercial and tech – transactional. Global Legal Network (GLN) is a group of professionals operating globally from 10 countries. It provides a broad spectrum of differentiated services focused on delivering value and innovation. We partner with Legal teams across Accenture to build efficiencies and centers of excellence related to Legal services; and through our size, geographic spread and language diversity, the Global Legal Network is able to drive quality, agility and speed in our services, aligned to Accenture's relentless focus on maximum efficiency and operational effectiveness.
Strategic Partnering: This team supports the partnership relationships across Accenture's ecosystems partners and key Alliance Partners, which involves leading negotiations and managing partnership agreements. The team also provides business insights and shapes advice on commercial constructs and joint solutions with the global innovators of technology.
Role is to support Accenture's relationship with Partners globally. Draft, review and negotiate different types of agreements or legal documents in accordance with company policies and procedures and applicable laws. Project coordination and deal shaping. Advising and counselling internal clients. Ability to cultivate and maintain relationships with Accenture's external partners.
What Challenges Await You: Independently draft, review and negotiate complex agreements and other documents with partners, including but not limited to Non-Disclosure agreements, joint initiatives, third party compensation agreements, Market Development funding, Affiliate Addendums, collaboration agreements, MOUs, LOIs, Teaming Agreements, license agreements (cloud services, demo/evaluation), order forms, renewals and amendments, among others. Act as a POC and escalation point for business stakeholders and Strategic Partnering counsels. Collaborate with multiple teams, such as Resale, Marketing, IP, Finance, Ethics & Compliance, etc. Collaborate with and support Strategic Partnering Legal Colleagues on the review and negotiation of the partnership agreements, extensions and amendments. Understand and be able to discuss typical Go-to-Market legal issues. Analyze and resolve high-complexity contract issues and business scenarios. Independently handle the communication with internal clients, business teams and stakeholders on various legal matters. Subject matter expert in specific partnerships and industries, as required. Develop a working relationship with Accenture's most important partners. Maintain compliance in line with company policies and procedures and ensure that noncompliance issues are identified and resolved. Support deal shaping opportunities, consulting as necessary. Ensure all stakeholders are fully informed and engaged on a timely basis. Execute tasks with autonomy and good judgement. Propose effective solutions to encountered complexities. Provide error-free work results. Perform research of laws and regulations or other legal questions applicable to assigned requests. Lead specific ad-hoc projects, planning strategy, coordinating team members and aligning with other areas. Coordinate training sessions to Global Legal Network (GLN) team members on SME scope of work. Lead and organize the onboarding and training of new joiners, ensuring that administrative processes are completed. Drive agreements to execution and manage these throughout their lifecycle. Develop presentations, guidelines or templates to assist business teams to manage the GTM activities. Support key initiatives and programs, ensuring appropriate involvement across teams and stakeholders. Project management ability to coordinate completion of open actions and projects with business leads. What will make you successful: Bachelor's degree in Law. Minimum of 10 years of experience at law firm or as in-house counsel and/or in legal outsourcing. Fluency in English – C1. Strong project management skills and experience in agreement drafting, review and negotiation, identifying risks and proposing solutions. Issue identification, escalation and resolution. Ability to effectively interface with multiple geographies and cultures at all levels of the organization. Organizational skills and attention to detail with the ability to summarize and distill key points for executive audiences. Ability to effectively work with and contribute to the development of legal templates. Operate in an environment with highly sensitive and confidential documents. Experience in leading projects and teams on function specific processes and/or areas. Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills; be detail-oriented, have sound judgement, and be flexible. Demonstrate promptness, accuracy, and consistency with the activities supported. Demonstrate autonomy, take ownership, and drive tasks to closure. Strong time management, prioritization, organizational, and analytical skills. Good understanding of Accenture offerings and services. Very good understanding of commercial agreements, legal and compliance principles. Very good understanding of corporate business practices and contracting regulations. Comfortable with technology and has experience in the use of tools & databases. Ability to work under pressure with multiple tasks and deadlines. Ability to interface with and effectively influence senior leadership and effectively manage stakeholder expectations. Build trust-based relationships by delivering on commitments. We have offices available in CABA, Córdoba, Mar del Plata and Rosario! And if you are in other provinces, our positions are remote, so you can work from home!
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