Strat Growth Init Counsel Manager

Accenture PLC; Mandaluyong; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture PLC seeks a trusted advisor for LearnVantage to provide legal risk assessments of offerings and ensure regulatory compliance across markets. You will craft guidance, review licenses, and support go-to-market with templates and governance frameworks.

In this role you will collaborate with multiple legal and business teams, translate risk into actionable enablement materials, and contribute to scalable, compliant product development for LearnVantage services.

Qualifications

• Three (3)+ years’ experience in a corporate or law firm setting handling commercial transactions, acting as IP, product and/or privacy counsel.
• Experience with technology services and emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal risk assessments of LearnVantage offerings and their compliance with regulations and Accenture policies.
• Offer SME advice on deal terms, risk, guardrails and mitigations for LearnVantage services and products.
• Review third-party licenses and summarize client-facing terms required.
• Develop templates, playbooks, and guidance for sales, marketing, and product teams and answer related queries.

Skills

Legal risk assessment

Regulatory understanding

Cross-functional collaboration

IP/Privacy knowledge

Education

Law degree (JD/LLB)

Tools

Contract management tools

Job description

As a trusted advisor in the LearnVantage space you will be responsible for:

• 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.

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.

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.

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