Senior Commercial Counsel (US Remote)

Job Description

Overview :

The Commercial Counsel is responsible for providing comprehensive legal support to the Supply Chain organization. This includes reviewing, negotiating, and mitigating risk in a variety of agreements while ensuring compliance with company policies and applicable laws / regulations. The portfolio of engagements can range from software and cloud computing to real estate transactions and manufacturing agreements. This role requires a proactive and measured approach to risk management, a strong work ethic, and a desire to lead a broad spectrum of legal projects beyond core transactional work.

A key responsibility of the position will be to drive and implement robust risk management initiatives. This position also requires a desire and willingness to work on multiple and varied other legal projects including process optimization, template governance, M&A integration, internal policy development, regulatory and technology due diligence, and other initiatives aimed at enhancing the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the legal department. This role develops negotiation strategies with internal business partners, evaluates risk exposure, and makes recommendations to business partners or legal counsel. This is a full-time position and may be performed 100% remote.

Responsibilities :

• Draft, review, and negotiate vendor contracts, primarily technology-related agreements, such as license agreements, product supply agreements, software development agreements, cloud computing, and service agreements.
• Advise and provide solutions to internal business clients on issues specific to vendor contracting and relationships.
• Provide legal advice regarding negotiation strategies, contractual terms, contract disputes, intellectual property matters, privacy, AI, cybersecurity, supplier relations and compliance matters.
• Work with Supply Chain colleagues and other internal personnel to identify and mitigate risks.
• Lead, advise and coordinate with multiple stakeholders across marketing, product, finance, implementation and sales throughout the pre-sales, sales and post-contract cycle on a broad range of legal and compliance issues for the Motorola Solutions portfolio of products and services.
• Develop streamlined, organized and efficient policies and procedures for contracts, including establishing playbooks, and standard template language to be used in contracts.
• Manage contract disputes, including understanding the issues, providing guidance on solutions, drafting settlement agreements.
• Provide counsel and guidance for the accomplishment of overall business objectives of the Company, while fully complying with applicable laws and regulations and avoiding unacceptable risks; perform informed cost-benefit analysis when identifying risks. This includes supporting the business and product development processes by providing key inputs and advice on legal risks and issues, prioritizing risks and ensuring compliance with government and customer-imposed requirements.
• Provide support on other commercial or non-commercial practice area issues ( Real Estate, labor and employment, corporate governance, data privacy, ethics, etc.)
• Proactively develop and maintain technical knowledge in specialized area(s), remaining up-to-date on current trends and best practices.
• Exercise reasonable judgment to determine when to escalate complex matters or decisions to more senior level counsel or manager.
• Work effectively with senior management to create strong trusted advisor relationships with business leaders, provide practical advice, facilitate creative problem-solving and informed decision-making.
• Develop, update and promulgate rules and policies relating to the procurement contract review and approval processes

Desired Skills / Qualifications :

NOTE : Candidate may reside anywhere in the US

Target Base Salary Range : $120,300 - $240,600 USD

Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.

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Basic Requirements

Requires a Juris Doctor Degree and 6 years of experience in corporate transactional, contracts negotiation and / or commercial transaction experience preferably with background in technology matters, software agreements, data privacy, and / or intellectual property.

Admission to the Bar of at least one state.

Travel Requirements

Under 10%

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

Our U.S. Benefits include :

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please email .

Salary : $120,300 - $240,600