Contracting Counsel Senior Manager

7600 Accenture Pte Ltd Company; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Lead Counsel to structure, draft and negotiate complex client transactions in a fast-paced corporate environment. You will advise senior leadership on legal risks and manage junior lawyers, shaping market-facing strategies and ensuring compliant, risk-aware contracting across SOWs, SLAs, cloud and IP agreements.

The role demands 13+ years of transactional experience in digital/outsourcing, an LLB/JD, and a track record negotiating IP and data privacy issues.

Qualifications

• Accomplished negotiator with principle-based strategies and solutions.
• Experience guiding multiple transactions in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong understanding of contracting, IP and data privacy issues.

Responsibilities

• Lead, structure, negotiate and close large client transactions.
• Oversee, counsel, train and support junior legal professionals.
• Stay updated on developments affecting the company and clients.
• Educate executives on legal and risk management issues.
• Develop subject matter expertise and contribute to guidelines.
• Support and implement Accenture Legal initiatives.
• Evolve contracting attributes to align with business goals.

Skills

Negotiation

Executive presence

Legal risk assessment

Communication skills

Leadership

Education

LLB or JD, licensed

Job description

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, applied intelligence, 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 largest and most complex client transactions to be most advantageous from a legal and business perspective
• Oversee, counsel, guide, train and support junior legal professionals
• 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’s 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

Relationships: Reports to: Contracting Lead Supervises: No direct supervisory responsibility External Relationships: Accenture client executives and negotiating teams; Outside Counsel

LLB or JD (or equivalent) Authorized and licensed to practice law in at least one South East Asian jurisdiction Approximately 13 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 corporate legal/transaction group in a relevant industry Approximately 3 years of experience negotiating intellectual property and data privacy issues

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

Accenture is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. Accenture is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity.

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