Contracting Counsel Associate Manager

Accenture Portugal; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Portugal, contracting Legal Professionals (CLP) in the Corporate Functions organization, leads complex client transactions and provides strategic legal guidance in a fast-paced corporate setting.

The role covers drafting, negotiating and structuring agreements across cloud, outsourcing, SOWs and SaaS, while advising senior leadership on legal risks and market developments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of transactional experience in digital, consulting, systems integration, and/or outsourcing in roles with increasing responsibility.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience negotiating Intellectual Property and Data Privacy issues.
• Desirable broad experience working with state and local government agencies or healthcare clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead, structure, negotiate and close complex client transactions.
• Stay abreast of developments affecting the company and synthesize them into transactional practices.
• Educate and advise company executives on legal and risk management issues.
• Develop subject matter expertise in areas beneficial to Legal or business.
• Participate in developing internal guidelines and knowledge capital.
• Support, promote and implement Legal Group initiatives.
• Embrace and evolve as a technology-enabled contracting professional.

Skills

Negotiation

Contract drafting

Client advisory

Risk assessment

Portuguese law

English proficiency

Job description

Contracting Legal Professionals (CLP) in Accenture’s Corporate Functions organization coordinate and deliver legal, contract and commercial counsel in support of Accenture's business. CLPs identify and help manage and mitigate risk and ensure ethical behavior and compliance with laws and company policies, while providing guidance and negotiating contracts leveraging commercial and market relevant positions.

Job Summary

Lead, structure, draft and negotiate complex client transactions in a fast-paced corporate environment including: 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, automation, systems integration and agile development. Advise senior company leadership on legal risks associated with transactions and understanding of the larger market. Manage and advise junior legal professionals in transactions and related matters. Act, and continuously evolve as, a knowledgeable and relevant advisor on legal and commercial risks associated with transactions while supporting Legal, Business and Sales Leadership in shaping and executing Accenture’s market-facing strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, structure, negotiate and close Accenture’s complex client transactions to be most advantageous from a legal and business perspective
• 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 Legal Group initiatives
• Embrace and evolve to gain expertise in seven Contracting attributes, including becoming a pathfinder, architect, business-minded, nonconformist, inspired, relevant and technology enabled contracting professional

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 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 corporate legal/transaction group in a relevant industry
• Minimum of 2 years of experience negotiating Intellectual Property and Data Privacy issues
• Desirable broad experience in working with state and local government agencies or working with clients in the healthcare arena.

Knowledge and Skill Requirements

• Accomplished 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
• Experience in working with state and local government agencies
• English and Portuguese speaking

Work Requirements

• Travel required