Assistant General Counsel

Workday•Atlanta, GA

35d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Assistant General Counsel, U.S. Industries, will drive optimization of our overall GTM Legal strategy, oversee the development and delivery of legal terms that provide customer focused solutions, and enable our strategic innovation and revenue growth objectives. This role will lead cross functional initiatives which align to our GTM strategy and support our strategic growth initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional judgment and business insight. They will be comfortable, effective, and persuasive in dealing with customers, partners, senior management, business and legal partners. The candidate will lead as an innovative change agent to drive process and cultural innovation.

Requirements

J.D. Degree and membership in at least one U.S. State bar
15+ years of experience as a practicing attorney in a law firm or in-house legal department
10+ years of specific experience supporting and negotiating in (or with) regulated industries, preferably healthcare, financial services and insurance
Deep experience supporting customer-facing transactions, preferably with enterprise software/SaaS, professional services, Business Associate and AI transaction experience
CIPP/E Certification and/or deep understanding of complex global data privacy and security laws and principles

Nice To Haves

Exceptional contract negotiation and drafting skills, comfortable and adept at teaming with leadership in fast paced customer facing transactions,
Strong ability to influence, advise, and advocate for the business’ interests.
Exceptional written and oral communication skills, enabling effective communication with legal and non-legal audiences at all organizational levels.
Exercises superior judgment and in tune with complex needs of the business to advise clients in an effective and creative manner.
Cultivates internal and external relationships and leads project collaboration with cross-functional networks.
Collaborative, team-oriented player with a greater good mindset. Ability to manage a high volume of transactions simultaneously.
Consistently applies strategic focus, critical thinking and problem solving by appropriately weighing legal risks and business objectives.
Anticipates, identifies and analyzes legal risks and exercises sound judgment and effective techniques to drive solutions without guidance.
Proactively seeks out and leads legal projects using strong organizational and project management skills; drives and leads process improvements using best practices.
Willingness to drive creative solutions, build efficient processes and make sound decisions; not afraid to challenge the status quo or identify and drive change.

Responsibilities

Learn about Workday’s product portfolio and how product differences impact contract negotiations.
Serve as trusted legal advisor to the business on a wide range of business and legal issues.
Identify, assess, and manage legal risk.
Lead high value SaaS and professional services transactions, including related order form, SOW, data processing, security, SLA, BAA and AI terms.
Provide support for RFP responses.
Support customer migrations to new Universal MSA, and other customer base matters, including disputes, M&A, assignments, and add-on subscriptions.
Collaborate with leaders across the sales organization to support strategic growth initiatives.
Innovate and operationalize the legal approach and legal strategy Healthcare and new types of strategic relationships.
Provide proactive strategic advice and guidance to internal teams regarding business and legal issues and risks.
Assist in implementing legal efficiencies to support the Healthcare business unit and improve our contract processes and operations in that segment.
Help build and improve contract templates and negotiation playbooks and provide internal training Healthcare sales, services operations, contract operations, and the broader GTM legal team on how we can create a streamlined contract experience.
Partner effectively with deal operations, sales, finance, revenue recognition, risk management, product legal, privacy, security, and contracts operations, as well as managing external legal counsel as required.