Contracts And Negotiation Specialist

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Contracts And Negotiation Specialist
The candidate will support the Legal Department’s Sourcing Transactions Legal Group through engaging in the direct negotiation, drafting, establishment and administration of SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, hardware, software, facilities, corporate procurement, marketing, consulting, collaboration and non-disclosure agreements. Reviews, revises and approves non-disclosure agreements for the protection of the company's confidential information and intellectual property in adherence to company policy. Lead negotiations on legal terms directly with a vendor’s legal counsel, supporting **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***.’s positions ensuring mitigation of risk for **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***.. Efficiently creates effective redlines for sourcing contracts outlining key risk points. Collaborates with business units, the sourcing department and legal department to ask the right questions that will collect vital facts needed to evaluate potential legal risk of engaging with contemplated partners and suppliers for potential purchases or development of products by business units. Advises business unit management of contractual rights and obligations and provides interpretation of terms and conditions in existing agreements. Collaborates with Sourcing Team in creating contract templates and supporting documents. Plans and carries out recurring work using established procedures, conferring with supervising attorney as necessary on legal issues. Analyzes, advises on and approves or rejects internal and/or external requests for deviations from contract specifications. Creates training content and leads training sessions for key stakeholders on key legal provisions. May assist and/or provide input into the formulation, development, and/or revision of operating policies, procedures, and strategies for the organization, as appropriate. Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned. Must have excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills. Should have experience working with confidential documents and under confidentiality obligations. Should have experience in negotiation a broad range of procurement/sourcing agreements, to include SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, consulting, recruiting, facilities, subscription software license, perpetual software license, hardware, equipment, technology marketing, collaboration, NDA, MPNDA, etc., agreements. Must be experienced in contract negotiation, formation and preparation, and in the review of and drafting of contract fallback language. Should have experienced in public speaking. Must have working knowledge of intellectual property law, Privacy/Security legal provisions, the Uniform Commercial Code, CISG, and INCOTERMS. Must be proficient in Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel, Teams, and PowerPoint. Must have Bachelor’s degree in finance, business administration or related field, or equivalent number of years of contracting experience. Should preferably have 5+ years of experience in high technology transactions, which includes the drafting of complex agreements, including non-disclosure agreements and related documents, and demonstrated ease in negotiating high technology transactions with vendors. Possession of a directly related post-graduate degree may be substituted for one of the two years of required experience. Prior coursework in contract drafting and negotiation desired. Sufficient experience in contract drafting and negotiation to be able to comfortably draft and negotiate agreements with vendors without only light supervision desired. Sourcing/Procurement experience a plus. Juris Doctor degree a plus.

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