Senior Counsel, Legal, Infrastructure Solutions Group

Lenovo; Morrisville; Sur place; CAD 252 000 - 386 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Lenovo is seeking a senior in-house attorney to serve as the lead legal advisor for ISG transactions across North America, structuring, negotiating, and driving complex deals from opportunity through execution. You will partner with product, sales, strategy, and business development to balance legal risk with growth objectives.

The role requires a JD, a U.S. license, and 12+ years of experience in technology transactions, with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience negotiating and leading complex technology, infrastructure, cloud, and strategic commercial transactions.
• Strong contract drafting, negotiation, issue‑spotting, and problem‑solving skills.
• Experience advising senior business leaders and cross‑functional teams in a fast‑paced global environment.
• Willingness to travel as business needs require.

Responsabilités

• Lead as the primary attorney for ISG transactions across North America, negotiating structures and coordinating cross‑functional teams.
• Provide legal support and strategic guidance for ISG transactions and operations.
• Develop understanding of contractual commitments and obligations for ISG customers.
• Collaborate with Product, Sales, Strategy, Alliances, and Business Development teams to support business growth.

Connaissances

Negotiation skills

Contract drafting

Cross-functional collaboration

Legal research

Formation

Juris Doctor (JD) degree

Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction

Description du poste

* United States of America - North Carolina - Morrisville

Why Work at Lenovo

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Description and Requirements

This role will serve as the lead legal advisor on complex, high-value, and strategic transactions within Lenovo's rapidly growing Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG), including transactions involving server, storage, cloud/cloud service provider, AI, software, networking, data center, and infrastructure solutions throughout North America. The successful candidate will structure, negotiate, and drive sophisticated commercial transactions from opportunity through execution and post-execution support, partnering closely with business leaders to facilitate implementation, manage evolving contractual issues, support customer and partner relationships, and enable continued business growth while appropriately managing legal and commercial risk.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the lead attorney for complex, high-value, and strategic ISG transactions, developing transaction structures, leading negotiations, coordinating cross-functional stakeholders, managing outside counsel where appropriate, and driving transactions from opportunity through execution while balancing legal risk and business objectives
• Provide legal support and strategic guidance for ISG transactions, initiatives, and business operations
• Develop a deep understanding of existing contractual commitments and obligations for ISG customers
• Partner closely with the ISG business across Product, Sales, Strategy, Alliances, and Business Development teams
• Advise the ISG business on a broad range of commercial, regulatory, data privacy, intellectual property, technology, and operational legal issues
• Collaborate with internal and external counsel, subject matter experts, and key business stakeholders to support business objectives
• Work closely with Lenovo legal teams and ISG business leaders across North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacific
• Lead and negotiate large, complex infrastructure, cloud/cloud service provider, storage, AI, software, technology, and strategic commercial transactions
• Provide ongoing support following contract execution, including interpretation of contractual obligations, management of contractual disputes, negotiation of amendments and change orders, issue resolution, and support of key customer, supplier, alliance, and cloud service provider relationships
• Partner with the Global Contracts Team to develop and maintain contracting frameworks, playbooks, templates, and scalable transaction support processes for ISG
• Effectively identify legal risks and engage the appropriate legal subject matter experts across the broader Lenovo Legal Department
• Work efficiently to supplement internal resources across Lenovo geographies with advice from outside counsel as needed
• Draft and maintain standard templates supporting infrastructure offerings, software solutions, channel programs, strategic technology partnerships, and other ISG business initiatives
• Work with the Contracting Center of Excellence (COE) to establish and maintain a comprehensive library of infrastructure and technology templates that are easily accessible and regularly updated

Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school and active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
• 12+ years of experience negotiating and leading complex technology, infrastructure, cloud, cloud service provider, storage, software, telecommunications, or strategic commercial transactions, including enterprise customer engagements and multi-jurisdictional agreements
• Demonstrated commercial management experience with a strong understanding of the key drivers of profitability and growth
• Strong contract drafting, negotiation, issue-spotting, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to independently manage sophisticated transactions from inception through execution and post-signature support
• Strong knowledge of commercial contracting, intellectual property, technology licensing, data privacy, and related legal concepts
• Proven ability to advise senior business leaders and influence strategic decision-making in a fast-paced, global environment
• Experience supporting enterprise infrastructure, servers, storage, networking, cloud, cloud service providers, AI, software, high-performance computing, and related technology offerings
• Experience negotiating strategic partnerships, channel agreements, OEM arrangements, cloud ecosystem transactions, and other complex commercial agreements
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, evolving, and growth-oriented environment
• Comfortable negotiating directly with sophisticated enterprise customers, strategic partners, cloud service providers, channel partners, and other third parties
• Strong team player who builds trusted relationships with business clients and internal stakeholders
• Solid project management and cross-functional leadership skills
• Strong commercial awareness, with the ability to balance legal risk while enabling revenue growth and business objectives
• High degree of professional ethics, integrity, and executive presence
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, analytical, and judgment skills
• Ability to anticipate, assess, mitigate, and proactively manage legal and business risks
• Ability and willingness to travel as business needs require

This role will serve as the lead legal advisor on complex, high-value, and strategic transactions within Lenovo's rapidly growing Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG), including transactions involving server, storage, cloud/cloud service provider, AI, software, networking, data center, and infrastructure solutions throughout North America. The successful candidate will structure, negotiate, and drive sophisticated commercial transactions from opportunity through execution and post-execution support, partnering closely with business leaders to facilitate implementation, manage evolving contractual issues, support customer and partner relationships, and enable continued business growth while appropriately managing legal and commercial risk.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the lead attorney for complex, high-value, and strategic ISG transactions, developing transaction structures, leading negotiations, coordinating cross-functional stakeholders, managing outside counsel where appropriate, and driving transactions from opportunity through execution while balancing legal risk and business objectives
• Provide legal support and strategic guidance for ISG transactions, initiatives, and business operations
• Develop a deep understanding of existing contractual commitments and obligations for ISG customers
• Partner closely with the ISG business across Product, Sales, Strategy, Alliances, and Business Development teams
• Advise the ISG business on a broad range of commercial, regulatory, data privacy, intellectual property, technology, and operational legal issues
• Collaborate with internal and external counsel, subject matter experts, and key business stakeholders to support business objectives
• Work closely with Lenovo legal teams and ISG business leaders across North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacific
• Lead and negotiate large, complex infrastructure, cloud/cloud service provider, storage, AI, software, technology, and strategic commercial transactions
• Provide ongoing support following contract execution, including interpretation of contractual obligations, management of contractual disputes, negotiation of amendments and change orders, issue resolution, and support of key customer, supplier, alliance, and cloud service provider relationships
• Partner with the Global Contracts Team to develop and maintain contracting frameworks, playbooks, templates, and scalable transaction support processes for ISG
• Effectively identify legal risks and engage the appropriate legal subject matter experts across the broader Lenovo Legal Department
• Work efficiently to supplement internal resources across Lenovo geographies with advice from outside counsel as needed
• Draft and maintain standard templates supporting infrastructure offerings, software solutions, channel programs, strategic technology partnerships, and other ISG business initiatives
• Work with the Contracting Center of Excellence (COE) to establish and maintain a comprehensive library of infrastructure and technology templates that are easily accessible and regularly updated

Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school and active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
• 12+ years of experience negotiating and leading complex technology, infrastructure, cloud, cloud service provider, storage, software, telecommunications, or strategic commercial transactions, including enterprise customer engagements and multi-jurisdictional agreements
• Demonstrated commercial management experience with a strong understanding of the key drivers of profitability and growth
• Strong contract drafting, negotiation, issue-spotting, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to independently manage sophisticated transactions from inception through execution and post-signature support
• Strong knowledge of commercial contracting, intellectual property, technology licensing, data privacy, and related legal concepts
• Proven ability to advise senior business leaders and influence strategic decision-making in a fast-paced, global environment
• Experience supporting enterprise infrastructure, servers, storage, networking, cloud, cloud service providers, AI, software, high-performance computing, and related technology offerings
• Experience negotiating strategic partnerships, channel agreements, OEM arrangements, cloud ecosystem transactions, and other complex commercial agreements
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, evolving, and growth-oriented environment
• Comfortable negotiating directly with sophisticated enterprise customers, strategic partners, cloud service providers, channel partners, and other third parties
• Strong team player who builds trusted relationships with business clients and internal stakeholders
• Solid project management and cross-functional leadership skills
• Strong commercial awareness, with the ability to balance legal risk while enabling revenue growth and business objectives
• High degree of professional ethics, integrity, and executive presence
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, analytical, and judgment skills
• Ability to anticipate, assess, mitigate, and proactively manage legal and business risks
• Ability and willingness to travel as business needs require

Basic Requirements:

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree
• 12+ years of legal, contracts, and/or procurement experience

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Additional Locations: * United States of America - North Carolina - Morrisville

PAY TRANSPARENCY

The anticipated annual compensation range for this position is176,300–270,365 USD. Final compensation will be based on relevant experience, skills, and business considerations. Individuals may also be considered for bonuses and/or commissions. Lenovo’s various benefits can be found at www.lenovobenefits.com

In compliance with Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (EPEWA), the expected application deadline for this position is 12-31-2026. This requirement applies to both internal and external candidates.

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