Job Description

Skill required:

Contract Management - Intellectual Property Law

Designation:

Strat Growth Init Counsel Assoc Manager

Qualifications:

Any Graduation

Years of Experience:

10 to 14 years

About Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security.Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Technology and Operations services, and Accenture Song-- all powered by the world's largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 784,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities.Visit us at www.accenture.com

What would you do?

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 centres 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. CORE and Global Services (CGS) is a group of legal professionals working and supporting different legal areas such as Compliance, Regulatory Offerings, Ethics, Procurement, Corporate Matters and the Services Areas aligned with the new offerings and technologies such as Strategy & Consulting, Interactive, Technology, Technology Strategic Partnering: This team support the partnership relationships across Accenture's ecosystems partners, which involves leading negotiations and manage master framework agreements. The team also provides business insights and shaping advice on commercial constructs and joint solutions with the global innovators of technology. Role Summary - Support Accenture's relationship with leading technology pPartners 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. Generic Responsibilities o Understands Global Services area needs and priorities, strategy, objectives, and opportunities o Good understanding of relevant company policies applicable to support area (e.g., Policy 81) o Enhance subject-matter expertise in the concerned support area o Act as a point of contact (POC) and escalation point for the support area o Understand, suggest, and encourage process improvements in the support area o Collaborate with tech teams in development of new tool or enhancement of existing ones o Create checklists and other escalation process documents o Represent GLN; directly liaison with internal stakeholders on various issues o Supervise the management of companys tools and communication records o Identify and drive trainings for the team for upskilling and professional development

What are we looking for?

Education: o Bachelor's degree in Law Work Experience: o Minimum of 7 to 10 years of experience at law firm or as in-house counsel and/or in legal outsourcing Work Requirements: o Travel may be required o Fluency in English (and other language, depending on geography supported) with strong oral and written communication skills. o Capable of working remotely from home. SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND EXPERIENCE: o Strong experience in commercial/technology agreements drafting, review and negotiation, identifying risks and proposing solutions. o Demonstrate very good interpersonal skills o Demonstrate autonomy, take ownership, and drive tasks to closure o Demonstrate promptness, accuracy and consistency with the activities supported o Detail-oriented, sound judgement, and flexible o Strong time management, prioritization, organizational, and analytical skills o Able to work with internal and external teams, and understands delivery requirements o Able to independently lead projects and teams on function specific processes o Good understanding of Accenture offerings and function specific services performed o Good understanding of commercial agreements, legal and compliance principles BEHAVIOURS: o Open to work with and understand cross-cultures and locations throughout Accenture global organization o Understand the value of diversity and recognize the strengths that different styles, innovative perspectives and experiences bring to Accenture o Demonstrate inclusion and respect for all individuals regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, age, disability, culture, social status and/or sexuality o Leader as well as team player, collaborative and persuasive; able to work well with executives and non-executives. RELATIONSHIP AND REPORTING: Supervises: o Team members providing services on a process/project or account/portfolio of accounts External Relationships: o Accenture Counsels, Strategic Partnering Legal Colleagues, Partner Directors, Business Teams, Legal teams (e.g., Procurement team, Data Privacy, Complex Contracting, Information Security, etc.), Client, Contract Management, Stakeholders, Business executives, outside counsels and ecosystem partners.

Roles and Responsibilities:

oSpecific Responsibilities aligned to Role o Independently draft and review and negotiate high complexity commercial/technology agreements and documents to be signed with global partners and clients, including but not limited to non-disclosure agreements, affiliate addendums, third party compensations, go to market legal issues, partnership and collaboration agreements, MOUs, subcontract/SOW agreements, license agreements (demo/evaluation), teaming agreements, order forms, renewals and amendments, among others. o Analyze and propose solutions to high-complexity contract issues and business scenarios. o Independently handle the communication with internal clients, business teams and stakeholders on various legal matters. o Maintain contract compliance in line with company policies and procedures and ensure issues are identified and resolved; o Support deal shaping opportunities for specific high complexity deals, consulting as necessary. o Ensure that all stakeholders are fully informed and engaged on a timely basis with the process and associated responsibilities. o Execute tasks with autonomy and good judgement, independently providing effective solutions to encountered complexities and providing error-free work results. o Perform research of laws and regulations or technical aspects applicable to assigned requests. o Lead specific ad-hoc projects, coordinating team members and aligning with other areas. o Be a role model for contract management processes and demonstrate leadership qualities by participating in wider contract negotiations. o Project management ability to follow up with business leads to coordinate completion of open actions and projects.




Any Graduation