Assistant General Counsel

Position: Assistant General Counsel

Location: Hybrid (New York City, NY) (2 days per week from office in NY City)

Responsibilities:

• Lead technology transaction negotiations in one or more business units;
• Own, enhance and lead our enterprise approach to vendor contracting with direct responsibility for cloud and data agreements;
• Ensure business teams view the implications of contracts from an end-to-end perspective;
• Balance business and contract goals against legal, business, policy and reputational risks;
• Have the judgment to make reasoned decisions to take appropriate risks;
• Be able to defend positions and views to business team members as well as counterparties;
• Experience coordinating with other in-house counsel on issues and be able to work cooperatively as one member of a larger team;
• Background and experience working with complex commercial agreements (i.e. Software Licenses, MSAs, and others);
• Experience with very intensive, detail-oriented legal work;

Qualifications:

• Graduate of a top tier US law school
• 5 years of experience; ideally a combination of time with a large law firm as well as in-house experience with a focus on general corporate, technology, SaaS and software licensing matters
• Ability to prioritize and undertake mission critical tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication and listening skills; the ability to effectively convey complex issues to senior business executives
• Ability to work under limited supervision
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Takes ownership of issues, is highly responsive and has a strong bias for action