Senior Corporate Counsel, Global Deal Team

Draft, negotiate, and structure integrated agreements encompassing sales, procurement, strategic partnerships, , investments, and other innovative business models, addressing legal issues such as commercial contracts, intellectual property, and data protection. Guide escalations to appropriate senior leaders to take smart and well-informed risks to meet customer needs. Support the business teams in ensuring legal compliance and providing solutions to mitigate risks. Lead cross-team, cross-disciplinary strategic projects and initiatives and improving internal processes in the legal department. You will communicate in ways that create clarity and advance negotiations and projects to achieve closure of open issues. You will provide practical and strategic advice to business clients and CELA colleagues. You will collaborate with executive leadership to ensure a coordinated voice on high-visibility issues, simplifying and summarizing complex matters into actionable strategies and recommendations. Juris Doctor Degree or international equivalent degree AND 6+ years experience as a practicing attorney at a law firm or in-house roles specializing in complex transactions, including technology transactions, M&A, business development, or related work managing complex transactions involving multiple stakeholders. OR equivalent experience. Active license to practice law in a jurisdiction and capable of meeting admission requirements in relevant jurisdiction. Highly developed negotiation, legal drafting, and communications skills. Deal strategy skills with a demonstrated history of successfully managing large-scale, nuanced transactions that involve multiple strategic, operational, and legal dimensions and the requirement to meet deadlines in the face of competing priorities. Experience advising on technology transactions (e.g., cloud services, software licensing, SaaS, professional services, strategic partnerships, and/or AI models and solutions). Comfort with ambiguity and with a bias for action in a fast-paced, highly matrixed environment with sound judgment incorporating strong legal analysis, a pragmatic approach, and consideration of business goals, risk tolerance, and stakeholder priorities. Enthusiastic team player who enjoys partnering with cross-functional teams to solve complex issues, invest in others, and work collaboratively to generate consensus across diverse points of view. Inquisitive and curious - enjoys learning new concepts, tackling cutting-edge legal issues, thrives amidst change and exhibits a growth mindset. Additional language skill would be a plus.