Corporate Counsel

At Ensono, our Purpose is to be a relentless ally, disrupting the status quo and unleashing our clients to Do Great Things! We enable our clients to achieve key business outcomes that reshape how our world runs. As an expert technology adviser and managed service provider with cross-platform certifications, Ensono empowers our clients to keep up with continuous change and embrace innovation.

We can Do Great Things because we have great Associates. The Ensono Core Values unify our diverse talents and are woven into how we do business. These five traits are the key to achieving our purpose.

About the role and what you'll be doing:

Ensono's global Commercial Contracting Office has opened a position for a Corporate Counsel role. This position provides front line support for Ensono's global sales and strategic revenue generating commercial transactions by collaboratively setting deal structure and strategy, performing contract review, drafting and negotiation, coordinating internal approvals and taking overall responsibility for deal completion. We are looking for a talented attorney with strong business acumen, initiative, drive and experience who can handle a high volume of varied and complex commercial transactions. This position will play a pivotal role in Ensono achieving its strategic and financial objectives by providing consultative, strategic and analytic support services on commercial transactions. The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated ability to develop strong working relationships with key internal stakeholders, as well as Ensono's sophisticated enterprise sales or outsourcing customers.

• Lead commercial transactions to closure in prudent and expeditious manner
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating complex transaction agreements
• Identifying and mitigating issues and risks and ensuring that the business understands risks associated with contract language and positions
• Provide risk assessment and commercial legal advice, including advice related to relevant laws and regulations
• Exercise judgment and delegated authority on wide-ranging issues
• Coordinate across multiple internal organizations to resolve issues and to ensure compliance with laws, regulations and company policies
• Vet contract issues/requests with appropriate internal organizations, track responses, and draft resulting feedback
• Prepare and administer escalations as necessary
• Advising on existing contracts, including but not limited to contractual obligations and the resolution of contract disputes
• Identify or create solutions to deal roadblocks
• Project manage multiple deals to closure simultaneously
• Present training to client groups on transaction legal issues and strategies
• Continuously seek to improve the transaction support process
• Limited travel may be required

We want all new Associates to succeed in their roles at Ensono. That's why we've outlined the job requirements below. To be considered for this role, it's important that you meet all Required Qualifications. If you do not meet all of the Preferred Qualifications, we still encourage you to apply.

Required Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school
• Active bar admission in at least one US jurisdiction
• 3-5 years of relevant and recent complex commercial transactions experience in a similar work environment (i.e., law firm or corporate legal department)
• Demonstrated success in complex contract review, drafting and negotiation for sales/outsource transactions involving technology products/services.
• General understanding regarding data privacy laws and regulations and impact on commercial transactions
• Experience with responsibility for all aspects of commercial transactions, including basic financials and all non-pricing business issues and contract terms
• Familiarity with all phases of sales/outsource contracting from pre-contract Requests for Proposals/Bids to contract negotiation/execution and post-contract legal support.
• Experience contracting with state and local government clients a plus
• Successful record of interacting with sophisticated enterprise customers, and their third party representatives, as transaction counterparties
• Proven ability to provide entrepreneurial, quick-thinking, pragmatic, business-oriented advice and recommendations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to summarize issues to clients/management
• Teamwork and team leadership skills
• Ability to effectively counsel clients concerning legal and business risks in sales transactions
• Ability to work independently with little supervision in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to rapidly assess potential risks, benefits and consequences of business decisions.
• Well-honed project management and organizational skills needed to manage multiple/complex transactions
• Must be able to prioritize to meet deadlines
• Independent initiative to develop, lead and implement special projects that enhance contracting processes.
• Strong work ethic and strong sense of responsibility for high quality work product
• Ability to achieve results under pressure/deadlines

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior in-house, management, and international experience

Why Ensono?

Ensono is a place to make better happen – for our clients and for your career. You can do great things through innovation or collaboration, by learning or volunteering, or to promote diversity and inclusion. You can do great things for your own health or for a healthier planet. Whatever it means to you to do great things we want Ensono to be the place you can do it.

We are a client-facing business, but we do encourage clients to allow us to work remotely most of the time so if you are not required to be on client site, you can choose to work from home or in our Ensono offices.

• Unlimited Paid Days Off

• Two health plan options through Blue Cross Blue Shield

• 401k with company match

• Eligibility for dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life and AD&D coverage, and flexible spending accounts

• Depending on location, ability to take advantage of fitness centers

• Wellness program

Ensono is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to providing equal employment to our Associates and building a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

Pay transparency nondiscrimination statement/posting OFCCP's pay transparency policy can be found on OFCCP's website.

If you need accommodation at any point during the application or interview process, please let your recruiter know or email USTalentAcquisition@ensono.com.