Global Sourcing & Technology Transactions Associate

Vanguard-IP; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job description

REQUIREMENTS
Seeking an associate with experience handling outsourcing, technology transactions, hardware, software, and services agreements. The ideal candidate will serve a client facing role to support services and technology commercial agreements for clients across a variety of industries. The candidate must be experienced with drafting and negotiating services and technology agreements, software licenses, and other ad hoc commercial contracts. The successful candidate will also have experience working with business teams to support the development of commercial contract documentation such as service descriptions, service level agreements, and fee schedules. Experience with cloud and SaaS deals, IT and business process outsourcing, managed services agreements, and other licensing arrangements is highly valued. The associate should be able to offer practical and business-focused counsel while maintaining the highest level of client service, be comfortable working autonomously, and have experience acting as the lead attorney on appropriate transactions. It is required that the candidate have a bachelor's degree and juris doctorate degree (JD) from an accredited law school. Excellent academic performance is highly valued. The candidate should be a member, or eligible to become a member, of the District of Columbia bar. The ideal candidate should have excellent interpersonal communication skills, strong analytical skills, and knowledge of ethics and conduct codes which are a requirement for the proper and legal practice of the law.