Sr. Counsel, Legal, SSG

General Information

Req #

WD00083398

Career area:

Legal

Country/Region:

United States of America

State:

North Carolina

City:

Morrisville

Date:

Thursday, June 12, 2025

Working time:

Full-time

Additional Locations:

* United States of America - North Carolina - Morrisville

Why Work at Lenovo

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Lenovo is a US$57 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #248 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver Smarter Technology for All, Lenovo has built on its success as the world's largest PC company with a full-stack portfolio of AI-enabled, AI-ready, and AI-optimized devices (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets), infrastructure (server, storage, edge, high performance computing and software defined infrastructure), software, solutions, and services. Lenovo's continued investment in world-changing innovation is building a more equitable, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange under Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY).

This transformation together with Lenovo's world-changing innovation is building a more inclusive, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. To find out more visit www.lenovo.com, and read about the latest news via our StoryHub.

Description and Requirements

Overseeing legal support and assisting in SSG Deals
Develop understanding of existing contractual commitments for SSG Customers
Working with the SSG Services Team
Advising the SSG Team on a wide range of regulatory and commercial legal issues
Provide legal support for the Lenovo Teams developing new services, software and solutions
Collaborate with internal and outside counsel, specific subject matter experts, and stakeholders
Work closely with Lenovo's lawyers, as well as services teams in the U.S., Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific.
Work closely with the Sales Team and Commercial Contract Management Team to negotiate and close large complex SSG Deals
Work closely with the Global Contracts Team and other Contract Management Teams to ensure that if the COE is supporting SSG Managed Services and they have the necessary training, playbooks and templates
Advise SSG Team on a wide range of regulatory and commercial legal issues
Effectively engage in issue-spotting and involving legal subject matter experts within the broader corporate-level Lenovo Legal Department
Work efficiently to supplement internal resources across Lenovo's geographies with advice from outside as needed
Draft standard templates for new solutions and services
Work with the COE to establish a template library for all Services so they can be easily found and maintained

Required Qualifications:

12+ years of experience in negotiating complex multi-country services contracts in an IT or Telecommunications environment.
Commercial management experience with solid understanding of the key drivers of profitability
Strong contract drafting and negotiation skills with a solid knowledge of legal concepts

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in IT Hardware / Equipment leasing would be considered an advantage
Ability to work in a fast paced, ambiguous, and ever-changing environment
Experience of subscription based "as a service" commercial models
Comfortable negotiating directly with clients and/or third parties
Strong team player who builds strong working relationships with clients and internal stakeholders
Solid project management experience
Commercial awareness with ability to understand the sales team's perspective and balance contractual and legal risk
High degree of professional ethics, integrity, and gravitas
First class interpersonal and communication skills
Excellent judgement and analytical skills
Ability to anticipate, mitigate, minimize, and proactively manage risk
Ability and willingness to travel to client site

The base salary budgeted range for this position is $190-200K. Individuals may also be considered for bonus and/or commission.

Lenovo's various benefits can be found on www.lenovobenefits.com.

In compliance with Colorado's EPEWA, the expected application deadline for this position is August 2, 2025. This applies to both external and internal candidates.

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Additional Locations:

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