Counsel - Contracts & Is/It (Hybrid)

Description:

About the Job:
Our Legal team monitors the legal landscape and provides strategic guidance to drive the business forward. By joining this team, you will work closely with colleagues across many A World Leading Food Company functions with a focus on Contracts, IS/IT and Cycles & Procurement. You will assess the risks, evaluate effects, and propose sustainable solutions that have a positive impact. We are currently looking to hire a Counsel –Contracts & IS/IT for a hybrid position based in Broomfield, CO or White Plains, NY.
The role will include the following scope:

• Primary legal contact for IS/IT and other teams in providing strategic advice and legal support
• Support transformation projects as well as technology and other complex transactions
• Negotiate and draft of a wide range of commercial and technology agreements including SaaS Agreements, MSAs, Professional Services, Subscription Services, Outsourcing Agreements, Hardware Agreements, e-Commerce Agreements, Licensing Agreements, Cloud Services Agreements, and Data Protection Agreements
• Analyze and interpret existing agreements to provide advice and guidance
• Support areas including information systems and technology, digital, AI, GenAI, cybersecurity, outsourcing, and market data and usage
• Provide accurate, reasoned, and concise legal advice to business teams at all levels and across multiple businesses without undue reliance on outside counsel
• Work with Contracts team in developing, improving, and implementing templates, contracting guidelines, processes, and training
• Handle a diverse range of duties and responsibilities effectively while exercising initiative and independent judgment in a fast-paced, multinational environment
• Stay abreast of relevant and emerging trends in the law
• Report directly to the Associate General Counsel, Contracts

About You:

• Juris doctor degree from a top-tier law school
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in a law firm and/or in-house legal department with specific IS/IT experience
• Skilled attorney with experience in complex commercial transactions and a broad general knowledge of legal issues facing technology
• Willing to travel occasionally for the role (10%)
• Ability to identify legal issues quickly and communicate sound, understandable and practical legal recommendations to the business effectively
• Possess strong work ethic, a “hands on” mentality, take ownership of work product, and can work in a multinational environment on a collaborative legal team
• Strategic thinker with ability to work independently through issues, evaluate risks and make sound judgment or escalate issues as necessary in a fast-moving environment
• Knowledge of IP, privacy and/or anti-trust a plus
• Experience in implementing and using contract management software a plus
• Strong oral communication, interpersonal, and negotiation skills
• An ability to relate to a diverse client base and provide creative and clear counsel to the business to achieve company objectives

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