Organization: Corporate Functions/Legal


Location: US negotiable




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People in the Corporate Function contribute to the running of Accenture as a high- performance business through specialization within a specific functional area, and grow into internally focused roles by deepening their skills and/or developing new skills within an internal functional area.




Job Description




Job Summary:


Lead, structure, draft and negotiate complex client transactions in a fast-paced corporate environment including: master services agreements, outsourcing agreements, statements of work, service level agreements, licensing agreements, SaaS agreements, data transfer agreements, requests for proposals and agreements involving cloud, blockchain security, automation, systems integration and agile development. Advise senior company leadership on legal risks associated with transactions and understanding of the larger market. Manage and advise junior legal professionals in transactions and related matters. Act, and continuously evolve as, a knowledgeable and relevant advisor on legal and commercial risks associated with transactions while supporting Legal, Business and Sales Leadership in shaping and executing Accentures market-facing strategies.




Key Responsibilities:

+ Lead, structure, negotiate and close Accentures largest and most complex client transactions to be most advantageous from a legal and business perspective

+ 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 synthesize the information to incorporate it into companys transactional practices

+ Educate and advise company executives with respect to legal and risk management issues

+ Develop subject matter expertise in one of 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.






Basic Qualifications:

+ JD (or equivalent)

+ Authorized and licensed to practice law in at least one jurisdiction

+ Minimum 8 years of transactional experience in digital, consulting, systems integration, and/or outsourcing areas in roles with increasing responsibility, such experience should be in a law firm or in a fast-paced corporate legal/transaction group in a relevant industry

+ Minimum of 4 years of experience negotiating Intellectual Property and Data Privacy issues preferred






Preferred Qualifications:

+ Accomplished negotiator with an understanding of principle-based negotiation strategy and tactics including the ability to present alternatives with proposed solutions

+ Proven ability to efficiently manage a large volume of transactions independently

+ Experience negotiating and drafting technology-based agreements

+ Understand basic principles of Finance, Accounting, Marketing, and Management

+ Good understanding of contracting/risk issues, including IP, as they apply to digital, consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing transactions






Professional Skills:

+ Strong executive presence

+ Excellent oral and written communication skills

+ Demonstrated leadership in professional setting; either military or civilian

+ Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration in a professional setting; either military or civilian






As required by Colorado law under the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in Colorado. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific office location. For the state of Colorado only, the range of starting pay for this role is $159,516 - $263,400 and information on benefits offered is here. (https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers/your-future-rewards-benefits)





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