Corporate Counsel - North America Region (Remote)

Description:

About this role:
An IT Services Company is seeking a Corporate Counsel – North America in An IT Services Company's Legal Department as part of the North America region legal team reporting to the Vice President, Head of Legal for North America.
In this role, you will:

• Provide general legal support and guidance to NA sales team, including supporting existing and new customers across An IT Services Company's broad product and service portfolio
• Support An IT Services Company's customer and supplier contracting process by working with sales, procurement, and other people in relevant functional areas of expertise, which would include negotiating, drafting, and handling all legal contract issues and provisions and contract documents, including orders, master agreements, amendments, and related legal documentation
• Be responsible for contract compliance with An IT Services Company's policies and applicable laws
• Support data privacy and protection related issues in Sinch's contracts and work with Sinch's information security group and other Sinch employees, including relating to data protection agreements and information security documents proposed by customers and suppliers
• Independently resolve moderately complex issues and lead sales team to successful resolution of customer/supplier contracts, issues, and other matters
• Exercise considerable discretion and may serve as the primary legal contact for assigned customers
• Collaborate within the Sinch Legal Department and across business and staff functions to address legal and risk issues in a manner consistent with the best interests of Sinch
• Lead initiatives of varying scope and complexity
• Manage outside counsel and other service providers, as needed

Desired Qualifications:

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-pace and complex environment with a high degree of collaboration, including working directly with the sales organization and business, operational and other non-legal personnel on contracts and other matters
• Self-starter, effectiveness without daily supervision, curiosity and eagerness to learn, adapt to change, and work in a fast-moving environment,
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Superior organizational and analytical skills
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Experience with US telecommunications services contracts and/or regulations, preferred but not required

Requirements:

• 3-6 years experience as a practicing attorney or equivalent military experience, including managing, reviewing, analyzing, negotiating and drafting sales and supplier/procurement contracts and legal issues relating to such contracts
• Experience working directly with clients and sales/business and other non-legal personnel
• Experience working with technology industry clients
• Strong organizational and communications skills
• Active state legal license/bar membership in good standing

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