Strat Growth Init Counsel Assoc Manager

Accenture PLC; Mandaluyong; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture PLC in the Philippines seeks a senior legal counsel to review global software products, assess risk, and guide go-to-market strategies in a compliant, strategic manner. You will work with business teams and legal SMEs to evaluate technology, data, regulatory challenges, and templates across geographies.

The role emphasizes developing communication messages, templates, and trainings on technology components, supporting contracting teams, and improving processes to accelerate

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in a corporate or law firm setting, ideally advising on software including AI.
• Knowledge of SaaS, Software License, and AI- related contract structures preferred.
• Technology transactional experience in drafting and negotiating technology focused client-facing and/or vendor-facing agreements (data licensing, SaaS, cloud, software licenses).
• Working knowledge of data and security privacy issues; IP law; OSS licensing; and general product development considerations.

Responsibilities

• Review global software products for legal risk and market entry.
• Draft and negotiate technology and data licenses and SaaS agreements.
• Develop guidance, templates and trainings for go-to-market teams.
• Support tooling and processes to enhance risk assessments and coordination with business and other legal colleagues.
• Provide guidance to transaction teams on contractual measures before deal closure.
• Collaborate with Resale, Strategic Partnering, IP, Data Privacy, Regulatory and Contracting teams.
• Support the Contracting team as product counsel and SME on playbooks and templates.

Skills

Legal risk assessment

Contract negotiation

SaaS and software contracts

AI-related contracting

Regulatory compliance

MS Office

Education

JD / law degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

SharePoint

Job description

Job Description

• Review global software products and provide practical legal risk analyses, mitigation strategies, and enable those products to go to market in a legally compliant and strategic manner.
• Work with Business teams and legal SMEs to evaluate the technology and use cases related to new products, including reviewing inbound technology, data supply, regulatory challenges and internal client facing templates in different geographies.
• Develop clear communication messages, guidance, templates and trainings regarding the technology/data components of products for go to market teams, development teams and the rest of the Legal organization on how to bring software products to market in a legally compliant and strategic manner.
• Help in design and implementation of tools and processes to enhance request management, legal risk assessments and coordination with business and other legal colleagues.
• Preserve path to productization by providing guidance to transaction teams on operational and contractual measures to take before deal closure.
• Collaborate with other teams within GSL and across legal, including colleagues in Resale, Strategic Partnering, Intellectual Property, Data Privacy, Regulatory and Contracting teams
• Support the Contracting team as product counsel and subject matter expert regarding playbooks, templates and occasional deal support.

• Assist the team with legal research.
• Support the development, review maintenance and improvement of processes, tools and efficiency initiatives across the team, which may include producing PowerPoint decks, workplans, and guidance materials.

Educational Requirement:

Must have:

• Graduate Law degree (JD) and admission in good standing with applicable bar association(s) (or local equivalents)

Skills and Work Experience

Must Have:

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in a corporate or law firm setting, ideally advising on software including AI
• Knowledge of SaaS, Software License, and AI- related contract structures preferred
• Technology transactional experience either in drafting and negotiating technology focused client-facing and/or vendor-facing agreements (i.e. data licensing, software as a service agreements, cloud, software license agreements, or software development agreements).
• Working knowledge of: (a) data and security privacy issues; (b) IP law; (c) OSS licensing; and (d) general product development considerations. Understanding connection between in-bound agreements and client-facing agreements.

• Appetite for tech enablement of legal, including exploring the capacity and implementation of legal AI agents

• High degree of organization with the ability to manage multiple workstreams
• Fluency in English with strong oral and written communication skills and the ability to collaborate with global and cross-functional teams
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office applications (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint)

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