Deputy General Counsel (Sr Director), Legal Center of Excellence

Workday; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 292,000 - 438,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cloud software provider seeks a Deputy General Counsel to drive legal services transformation. The role requires extensive experience in commercial transactions, exceptional negotiation skills, and the ability to implement process improvements for efficiency. Ideal candidates possess a strong legal background in a high-growth environment and a passion for innovative contracting strategies.

Benefits

Flexible work schedule

Comprehensive benefits

Annual bonus eligibility

Stock grants

Qualifications

• 15+ years of in-house legal experience, preferably in commercial transactions.
• 5+ years of experience in driving contracting transformation initiatives.
• 5+ years as a leader in a legal department.

Responsibilities

• Provide business-minded legal advice on complex issues.
• Transform contracting models to achieve optimal efficiency.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on process solutions.

Skills

Negotiation

Business Acumen

Change Management

Legal Structuring

Risk Management

Process Improvement

Job description

Deputy General Counsel (Sr Director), Legal Center of Excellence

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About The Team

The mission of the Global Legal Services (GLS) team is to enhance the Legal organization’s support for Workday by focusing on simplicity, speed, scale, and skills, thereby accelerating strategic growth and improving the customer experience. The team’s focus areas include developing business strategy for the Legal organization and operational alignment with larger Workday initiatives. Additionally, the team leads ground-breaking efforts in process optimization, resourcing, and risk management, while enabling operational efficiencies in technology management and data harmonization. The GLS team also focuses on developing skills-based training for the organization and providing solutions through effective project management, strategic analytics, vendor management, and budget coordination.

About The Role

The Legal Compliance and Corporate Affairs organization seeks a highly motivated Senior Director & Deputy General Counsel to join our Global Legal Services Center of Excellence. This role will be critical in driving transformation to streamline legal services delivery and operations across the legal department with a focus on scale and efficiency. The successful candidate will have a track record of successfully driving transformation, as well as a deep understanding of the commercial, vendor, partner and strategic contracting model needs of a Fortune 500 cloud software provider, and will possess extensive experience in drafting, designing and delivering on strategic transformation initiatives, measuring success through metrics, and applying a strategic approach to risk management.

The Senior Director & Deputy General Counsel will need to possess exceptional negotiation and drafting skills, outstanding business acumen that enables them to be an effective and persuasive influencer at all levels of business and legal stakeholders. They will have a consistent track record as an innovative change agent to drive cultural change in how we operate and to use their legal expertise and finely honed judgment to take smart risks in developing innovative, modern contracting models, streamlined end to end processes leveraging AI, CLM and other automation tools to simplify and scale contracting for a $20 billing dollar company.

Responsibilities:

• Work directly with business executives and key business stakeholders as a strategic adviser and tactical influencer to provide business-minded legal advice and guidance on a broad range of complex legal, business and strategic issues as they arise
• Transform, design and refine contracting models, workflows, and department processes to achieve optimal efficiency and scale, analyzing complexity, effort and risk
• Develop a modern contracting strategy and plan for streamlined end to end contracting processes for customer, partner, inbound and professional services processes and provide strategic direction to the infrastructure transactional councils and co-lead execution of the plan
• Partner with revenue recognition, security, privacy, RAI, compliance, sales operations, pricing, technology operations, and other stakeholder teams to ensure agreements and operations are streamlined and consistent with internal Workday policies
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in Legal and Business Technology to implement process and technology solutions
• Lead change management messaging and communication to executive, legal team, and cross-functional audiences
• Leverage business expertise to implement process improvements and serve as a trusted advisor for business process owners
• Serve as a champion for organizational change and launch support processes, aiding change management and enablement with LCCA clients and business partners
• Opportunity to lead a team within the Center of Excellence
  
  

About You

Basic Qualifications

• 15+ years of in house legal experience with a focus on commercial transactions (experience with professional services, partner programs and inbound/vendor contracting would be a plus)
• 10+ years in modern contract drafting and business process design
• 5+ years demonstrable experience in driving contracting transformation initiatives and contact lifecycle management (CLM) concepts and technology
• 5+ years experience as a leader
  
  

Other Qualifications

• Experience working in an agile environment and collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams
• Experience counseling senior executives in high-growth companies
• Significant experience counseling global organizations on commercial and compliance issues
• Ability to identify and leverage workflow automation tools to streamline operations and improve business efficiency
• Creative approach to problem-solving with the ability to think out of the box and take a pragmatic approach to risk management
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills and the ability to create and sustain lasting relationships with customers and senior management
• Experience working in a legal department, particularly with customer contracts
• A strong interest in AI solutions and their application in data analysis, with a willingness to learn and contribute to model development and deployment
  
  

Workday Pay Transparency Statement

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here.

Primary Location: USA.CA.Pleasanton

Primary Location Base Pay Range: $292,000 USD - $438,000 USD

Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $246,500 USD - $438,000 USD

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