Contracting Counsel Associate Manager

Accenture PLC; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,400,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in Bengaluru is seeking a qualified Contracts Lawyer to review, draft, and negotiate a broad range of agreements including master services, outsourcing, SOWs, SLAs, licensing, SaaS, data transfer, and cloud/AI-related contracts. The role involves advising senior executives on commercial risks and shaping transactional practices.

The candidate will join a team with senior lawyers to handle complex deals, evolve contracting capabilities, and contribute to internal guidelines and

Qualifications

• LLB/JD required with 4+ years in transactional work.
• Experience negotiating IP and data privacy issues.
• Ability to draft and negotiate technology-based agreements.

Responsibilities

• Independently structure, negotiate and close client transactions to maximize legal and business value.
• Strategize with senior contracting lawyers and internal clients before negotiations.
• Stay updated on developments affecting the company and its industries and apply them to transactions.
• Educate and advise company executives on legal and risk issues.
• Develop subject matter expertise to support legal and business needs.
• Participate in creating internal guidelines and knowledge resources.
• Support and implement Accenture Legal initiatives.
• Evolve as a contracts professional with multiple attributes.

Skills

Contract negotiation

IP & data privacy

Negotiation strategy

Transaction management

Technology contracts

Education

LLB or JD (or equivalent)

Job description

Job Summary:

Review, draft, and negotiate several types of contractual agreements in a fast-paced corporate environment which may include: 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, applied intelligence, systems integration and agile development. Team with more senior Contracting lawyers in supporting more complex contracts and deal structures. Act, and continuously evolve as, a knowledgeable and relevant advisor on legal and commercial risks associated with transactions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Independently, and help to, structure, negotiate and close client transactions to be most advantageous from a legal and business perspective
• Strategize with senior Contracting lawyers and internal business clients prior to client negotiations
• Stay abreast of developments affecting the company, its clients, and industries and synthesize the information to incorporate it into company’s 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 Accenture Legal initiatives
• Embrace and evolve to gain expertise in seven Contracting attributes, including becoming a pathfinder, an architect, as well as a business-minded, nonconformist, inspired, relevant and technology-enabled contracting lawyer

Qualifications:

• LLB or JD (or equivalent)
• Minimum 4 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 inhouse role in a relevant industry
• Minimum of 2 years of experience negotiating intellectual property and data privacy issues

Knowledge and Skill Requirements:

• Proven 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
• Strong executive presence
• Good understanding of contracting/risk issues, including IP, as they apply to digital, consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing transactions

Excellent oral and written communication skills in English

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