LearnVantage Associate Counsel

Accenture PLC; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture PLC’s Global Services Legal unit seeks a LearnVantage Associate Counsel to partner with product and commercial teams. You will assess legal risks for LearnVantage offerings, advise on contract terms, and review licenses with vendors, ensuring compliance and scalable governance across regions.

The role emphasizes collaboration, knowledge sharing, and driving guidance for cross-functional teams handling AI-enabled services and industry-specific solutions.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in corporate or law firm settings handling commercial transactions.
• Experience with technology services or edtech is a plus.
• Ability to analyse complex facts to provide risk mitigation guidance.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal risk assessments for LearnVantage offerings and prep them for market in compliance with laws and Accenture policies.
• Offer SME advice on deal terms, guardrails, and mitigations for LearnVantage services and products.
• Review third-party licenses, summarize needs, and advise on client-facing terms.
• Develop templates, playbooks, and governance guidance for sales, marketing, and product teams.
• Implement governance processes and tools to support scalable product development and go-to-market.
• Scale tech-enabled legal support for LearnVantage offerings.

Skills

Legal counsel

Commercial acumen

Regulatory analysis

Risk assessment

Job description

Global Services Legal

As Accenture’s Product Counsel, Global Services Legal (GSL) empowers the creation of sustainable innovation through strategic legal partnership and risk mitigation from ideation to launch.

What We Do

We help the business self-regulate by providing a comprehensive analysis of its environment and predictive compliance. By supporting Reinvention Partners & Reinvention Engines with accurate and timely legal advice, we anticipate risks and provide mitigation strategies.

Role Details

• Name of role: LearnVantage Associate Counsel


• Career Level: 8 – Associate Manager


• Reports to: LearnVantage Senior Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Providing legal risk assessments of LearnVantage service and product offerings (both new and those reinvented with advanced AI or for particular industries) and preparing those offerings for market in compliance with regulations & Accenture policies.


• Providing SME advice to deal terms regarding LearnVantage service offerings & products and their associated risks, contractual guardrails & mitigations.


• Reviewing licenses from third party vendors & ecosystem partners, summarizing and advising on client-facing terms needed.


• Developing templates, playbooks, and guidance to enable sales, marketing, and product teams and answering related queries on them.


• Implementing governance frameworks, processes, and tools to support scalable product development and product-oriented go to market enablement.


• Developing & scaling tech enabled legal support for LearnVantage services & product offerings.

In the role, you will:

• Engage in effective team collaboration, knowledge sharing, and process industrialization.


• Coordinate and collaborate with other teams within GSL and other Legal and Corporate Functions to share knowledge and guidance relating to LearnVantage offerings and obtain input regarding compliance with applicable policies, laws and regulations - including S&D Legal, CORE, Strategic Partnering, V&A, Buy-side Contracting, Procurement, Global Tax, Finance, Controllership.


• Lead or support special projects requiring project development and execution skills, including for example in relation to new technologies, process reinvention or transformation efforts.


• Support ad hoc cross-GSL, cross-Legal or cross-functional initiatives.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Three (3+) years’ experience in a corporate or law firm setting handling commercial transactions, operating as intellectual property, product and/or privacy counsel. Experience in the edtech space is a plus.


• Experience with technology services, emerging technologies and offerings.


• Experience analyzing complex facts and situations to provide risk analysis and mitigation strategies.


• Understanding or willingness to learn applicable regulatory landscapes as required for the offerings.

Behaviors & attributes

• Commitment to a creative, inclusive, and diverse workplace and focus on stewardship of our team.


• Ability to build a sense of belonging and establish a sense of common purpose inside the larger Accenture Legal group.


• Focus on analysis of the business, guidance to the right business and legal teams, industrialization of more mature processes, and active enablement of our geographically diverse legal teams.


• Open to learn, work with and understand cross-cultures and locations throughout the Accenture global organization.


• Commercial acumen, ability to deal with ambiguity, and create clarity with a pragmatic approach.


• Strong verbal, written and interpersonal skills and ability to translate risk topics (e.g., advanced AI, data, partnering, regulatory) into clear narratives and enablement materials for LearnVantage stakeholders and other internal stakeholders.


• Passion for innovation and continuous learning.