Corporate Counsel-Remote within Canada

NTT DATA North America; Burnaby, Mississauga, Halifax; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology services firm is seeking a Corporate Counsel in Canada to support contractual negotiations for IT services. Candidates should have at least 6 years of legal experience, specifically with IT agreements. Key responsibilities include drafting and reviewing contracts, advising on outsourcing risks, and ensuring compliance with corporate policies. This role may be performed remotely or in one of the company's Canadian offices, offering an opportunity to work in a fast-paced legal environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of experience as a lawyer with law firm exposure.
• Experience in drafting and negotiating complex IT agreements.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and interact with executives.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate IT contracts.
• Advise on outsourcing relationship risks.
• Develop resolutions for business disputes.

Skills

Contract negotiation

Legal advice on IT services

Communication skills

Job description

NTT DATA America seeks a Canadian Corporate Counsel to join our Legal Department’s commercial transactions team. This attorney will support the sales and delivery organizations of NTT DATA North America and work on transactions and other matters across our various business verticals, including Healthcare & Life Sciences, Financial Services & Insurance, Products and Public. As Corporate Counsel, you will be expected to negotiate and document contracts for complex information technology (IT), applications, business process, digital, consulting and artificial intelligence (AI) services transactions. Additionally, you will support Canadian employment law and corporate governance matters as needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead counsel in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts in support of IT, applications, business process, digital, consulting and AI services sales and delivery organizations
• Advise business clients on terms and conditions, and risks, in complex outsourcing relationships (including scope of the services, service level agreements, pricing schedules, intellectual property, benchmarking, termination, and IP)
• Assist in developing and achieving resolutions to business disputes with customers
• Enforce compliance with corporate policies
• Work collaboratively with internal corporate units and global stakeholders
• Manage internal executive briefings and escalations
• Provide legal support for employment law issues as needed

Required Qualifications

• At least 6 years of experience as a lawyer, preferably with some law firm experience, and at least 3 years of experience drafting and negotiating complex IT services agreements, including leading or “second chairing” the negotiation of IT, applications and/or business process outsourcing agreements
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and interact with senior business executives
• Knowledge of the market for complex IT services
• Strong written and verbal communications skills (English)
• Flexibility and willingness to work with multiple stakeholders in an evolving business

Preferred Qualifications

• French written and verbal communication skills
• General familiarity with Canadian employment law
• General familiarity with corporate governance matters
• General familiarity with Canada public sector law (Federal and Provincial)

Location

This role may be performed remotely (within Canada) and/or from one of our Canadian hub offices in Burnaby, BC, Mississauga, ON, and Halifax.

EEO and Equal Opportunity Statement

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