Commercial Legal Counsel

Dassault Systèmes; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, seeks a Commercial Contract Legal Counsel to join our Americas legal team in a hybrid role, onsite in San Diego, CA three days a week, with some work from Waltham, CA. You will draft, review and negotiate software licenses, services agreements, vendor contracts, and IP licenses.

The ideal candidate has a US JD and 2–5 years of relevant experience, demonstrates integrity, and excels in English writing and oral communication.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor from an accredited US law school.
• 2–5 years of legal experience at either a law firm or in-house, or both.
• Work onsite at DS local offices; hybrid work schedule with 2 days remote.
• Consistently demonstrates the highest level of integrity without compromise with regards to ethical standards.
• Significant experience in drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts, particularly with large, domestic and international customers most preferred.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously while also managing critical deadlines.
• Flexible, able to quickly adjust to evolving internal and external customer requirements, including deadlines.
• Highly organized with critical attention to details.
• Ability to build relationships with internal clients and Legal Department along with the ability to work independently and/or within a collaborative team structure.
• Positive, self-motivated individual with high level of enthusiasm and willingness to learn and incorporate coaching and instructions into daily tasks and assignments.
• Strong functional use of Microsoft Office Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• Strong communication skills in two parts: 1.) very strong writing skills utilizing the rules of English grammar; 2.) verbally clear, concise, and grammatically correct oral (speaking) communication skills in English

Responsibilities

• Draft, review and negotiate software license agreements, services agreements, vendor contracts, IP licenses and nondisclosure agreements, and ensure contracts comply with policy and laws.
• Coordinate and manage contractual relationships with external customers, partners, and suppliers.
• Advise on legal issues arising in the course of the company's business including contract interpretation, IP, policy and regulatory compliance.
• Interact with management and customer personnel on enterprise-level matters requiring coordination across organizational lines.
• Collaborate with sales, services and finance teams to implement processes and business practices.
• Identify and report potential risk associated with customer facing contracts and products.
• Negotiate contracts, propose alternatives and protect the company’s position to mitigate risk.
• Collaborate with members of the legal team to ensure conformity of contract terms globally.
• Draft letters, memos, and other legal documents

Skills

Contract drafting

Contract negotiation

Legal writing

MS Office

Communication skills

Relationship building

Prioritization

Education

Juris Doctor

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Role & Responsibilities

DASSAULT SYSTEMES, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, provides businesses and people with virtual universes to imagine sustainable innovations. Serving over 250,000 clients in 11 industries, from high-tech to life sciences, fashion to transportation, we help businesses and people around the world to create sustainable innovations for today and tomorrow

Our team has an immediate opening for a Commercial Contract Legal Counsel professional. This person will work in our San Diego, CA office campus or Waltham, CA , reporting onsite 3 days a week in a flexible hybrid model. As a member of our Americas legal team, you will support our sales and services organizations responsible for the company’s Americas operations.

• Legal Counsel will actively manage, draft and negotiate a range of complex commercial agreements, including software license and services agreements with customers and partners.

• You will coordinate and manage contractual relationships with external customers, partners, and suppliers through completion, and act as an advisor on legal issues arising in the course of Company’s business, including issues related to contract interpretation, intellectual property, corporate policy and regulatory compliance.

• You will interact with management and customer personnel on enterprise-level matters requiring coordination across organizational lines, as well as provide guidance to internal teams and stakeholders in formulating partnering strategies and plans, and in defining the legal risks associated with such plans.

• Primary responsibilities are drafting, reviewing and negotiating software license agreements, services agreements, vendor contracts, IP licenses and nondisclosure agreements, and ensuring that such contracts are executed in compliance with company policy and applicable laws and regulations.

• Partner closely with sales and services, and finance teams to understand and implement applicable processes and business practices.

• Identify and report potential risk associated with customer facing contracts and products

• Negotiate contracts, propose creative alternatives and protect the Company’s position to mitigate risk

• Collaborate extensively and positively with sales, services and other internal teams

• Collaborate with members of the legal team to ensure conformity of contract terms globally

• Draft letters, memos, departmental and/or company communications and other legal documents

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor from an accredited US law school

• 2-5 years of legal experience at either a law firm or in-house, or both

• Work onsite at DS local offices; hybrid work schedule with 2 days remote

• Consistently demonstrates the highest level of integrity without compromise with regards to ethical standards

• Significant experience in drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts, particularly with large, domestic and international customers most preferred

• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously while also managing critical deadlines

• Flexible, able to quickly adjust to evolving internal and external customer requirements, including deadlines

• Highly organized with critical attention to details

• Ability to build relationships with internal clients and Legal Department along with the ability to work independently and/or within a collaborative team structure

• Positive, self-motivated individual with high level of enthusiasm and willingness to learn and incorporate coaching and instructions into daily tasks and assignments

• Strong functional use of Microsoft Office Excel, Word, PowerPoint

• Strong communication skills in two parts: 1.) very strong writing skills utilizing the rules of English grammar; 2.) verbally clear, concise, and grammatically correct oral (speaking) communication skills in English

Pluses, not required

• Experience in software industry or with software-specific agreements, particularly enterprise license or services agreements

• Experience supporting indirect sales channels

• Experience with government contracts

• In-house legal experience

• Experience with litigation-related matters

• General corporate law experience including corporate governance matters and mergers and acquisitions

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