Talent Segment: Legal and CommercialContracting Legal Professionals in Accenture’s Corporate Functions organization coordinate and deliver legal, contract and commercial counsel in support of Accenture's business. They identify and help manage and mitigate risk and ensure ethical behavior and compliance with laws and company policies, while providing guidance and negotiating contracts leveraging commercial and market relevant positions. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:We are an equal opportunity employer. We have an unwavering commitment to equality for all. Together, we are acting, we are leading, and we will drive change across the globe.JOB SUMMARY:As Contracting Counsel Manager on the Accenture Legal Team aligned to support Avanade’s Americas business, you will mainly partner with Avanade business management, business development executives, delivery executives, and other functions to lead, structure, draft and negotiate complex client transactions in a fast-paced corporate environment. Formed as a joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft in 2000, Avanade is majority-owned by Accenture and the #1 Microsoft strategic partner globally, allowing Avanade to unlock the value of cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), and drive transformative business outcomes at speed and scale for our clients. You will play a crucial role in closing deals by negotiating master services agreements, statements of work, service level agreements, licensing agreements, SaaS agreements, data transfer agreements, and agreements involving cloud, AI, Generative AI, blockchain security, automation, systems integration and agile development. You will advise senior company leadership on legal risks associated with transactions and understanding of the larger market. You may manage and advise junior legal professionals on transactions and related matters. You will 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 and Avanade’s market-facing strategies.This position is highly visible within the Avanade aligned Accenture Legal Team and places an emphasis on innovation. If you have a strong interest in the intersection between commercial deals, AI, and legal matters, a strong sense of curiosity, a passion for technology (particularly AI and Generative AI), and a consulting-oriented and client-centric approach, this role is ideal for you.KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:- Lead, structure, negotiate and close Avanade’s complex client transactions to be most advantageous from a legal and business perspective.
- Counsel, guide, train and support junior contracting lawyers.
- Stay abreast of developments affecting the company, its clients, and industries and synthesize the information to incorporate it into our transactional practices.
- Educate and advise company executives with respect to legal and risk management issues.
- Develop subject matter expertise in one or 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. - Develop internal training, guidelines, toolkits, and packaged knowledge on AI issues.- Support, promote and implement Legal Group initiatives.
- Support the adoption efforts of new technologies impacting legal work, in particular AI and Generative AI tools.- Embrace and evolve to gain expertise in seven contracting attributes, including becoming a pathfinder, architect, business-minded, nonconformist, inspired, relevant and technology enabled contracting professional. RELATIONSHIPS:Reports to: Contracting LeadSupervises: No direct supervisory responsibilityExternal Relationships: Avanade client executives and negotiating teams;
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