Assistant General Counsel – Technology, Digital Innovation & Strategic Sourcing

Andersen Corporation • Oak Park, MN

4d

About The Position

The Assistant General Counsel – Technology, Digital Innovation & Strategic Sourcing is a senior legal leader and trusted enterprise advisor, serving on the Legal Department leadership team. The role provides strategic, practical, risk-based counsel on technology, data, digital initiatives, artificial intelligence, privacy, cybersecurity, strategic sourcing, contracting, and compliance. It leads complex negotiations and cross-functional legal matters, develops legal strategies aligned with business priorities, and advises stakeholders on legal, business, and operational considerations.

The Assistant General Counsel leads a small team of lawyers and support staff, manages outside counsel, and drives disciplined execution, risk mitigation, talent development, organizational capability, and continuous improvement within delegated areas. The role partners with Tech & Data, Strategic Sourcing, business teams, division General Counsels, and other Legal Department colleagues.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school and active license in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• Typically 10 or more years of relevant legal experience in a law firm, corporate legal department, or comparable setting, with substantial experience advising on technology, data, and strategic sourcing matters.
• Demonstrated expertise in technology transactions and data-related legal issues, including experience with emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence.
• Substantial commercial contracting and strategic sourcing experience, including negotiating significant SaaS, technology, supply, and services agreements and advising on supplier risk, performance, and disputes.
• Experience leading complex negotiations and advising on sophisticated, high-impact, or cross-functional matters with limited supervision.
• Ability to serve as a trusted advisor to functional leaders, directors, and vice presidents; translate legal requirements into practical business guidance; and influence outcomes across organizational boundaries.
• Excellent legal and business judgment, including the ability to balance legal, business, operational, reputational, and ethical considerations; frame risks, tradeoffs, and options; and recognize when escalation is appropriate.
• Strong leadership capability, including experience leading legal practices, project teams, or cross-functional initiatives, mentoring others, or building organizational capability.
• Strong process discipline and commitment to continuous improvement, including developing scalable policies, templates, playbooks, governance processes, training, or legal-service workflows.
• Exceptional negotiation, drafting, analytical, advocacy, written communication, and oral communication skills, including the ability to explain complex legal concepts clearly and concisely to varied audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, work effectively in a fast-paced enterprise environment, collaborate across divisions and functions, and maintain current knowledge in assigned areas.
• Meet or exceed applicable Andersen Leadership Expectations.

Nice To Haves

• People-leadership experience managing lawyers and legal support staff, including setting direction, delegating effectively, coaching and developing talent, addressing performance, and building an inclusive, accountable, and collaborative team.

Responsibilities

• Serve as lead legal advisor for AI, technology, data, and strategic sourcing matters across the enterprise, providing practical, risk-based counsel and participating in Tech & Data and Strategic Sourcing leadership teams.
• Advise on and shape company policies concerning data privacy, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, data governance, digital platforms, software development and deployment, cloud services, technology implementation, and data use.
• Identify opportunities to modernize legal, sourcing, and business processes and guide stakeholders in adopting emerging technologies through disciplined risk assessment, governance, and execution.
• Advise on supplier selection and onboarding, commercial terms, supplier risk and performance concerns, disputes, and pre-litigation matters.
• Partner with Tech & Data, Strategic Sourcing, and business teams to identify legal requirements, evaluate risks and tradeoffs, and develop practical strategies supporting responsible innovation and organizational objectives.
• Lead the legal review and negotiation of complex technology, data, supply, and services agreements, including SaaS, cloud, software license, data processing and sharing, information security, administrative services, professional services, consulting, confidentiality, purchasing, and supply agreements.
• Provide strategic legal support for significant sourcing initiatives and supplier relationships, including negotiation strategy, contracting structures, risk allocation, performance issues, and escalation paths.
• Develop, implement, and maintain legal strategies, policies, standards, templates, playbooks, training, and governance processes for technology, data, AI, privacy, data incident response, cybersecurity, contracting, and strategic sourcing.
• Monitor legal and regulatory developments, assess potential business impact, and translate evolving requirements into actionable stakeholder guidance.
• Provide risk assessments and recommend options, negotiation strategies, mitigation measures, and escalation paths that balance legal, business, and operational considerations.
• Lead assigned legal practices and complex cross-functional matters with strong execution, process discipline, and accountability; coordinate with division General Counsels and Legal Department colleagues.
• Lead, manage, coach, and develop a team by setting priorities and performance expectations, allocating work, providing feedback, supporting professional development, building team capability and succession readiness, and fostering engagement, accountability, collaboration, and high-quality legal service.
• Improve legal service delivery by simplifying processes, strengthening controls, improving contracting and sourcing practices, and building organizational capability.
• Manage outside counsel for specific matters, including scope, strategy, performance, quality, and cost effectiveness.
• Promote compliance, ethical decision-making, responsible data use, company values, and legal risk awareness across the enterprise.
• Recommend, escalate, and execute legal strategies within delegated authority, including timely escalation of significant or emerging risks to appropriate legal and business leaders.
• Perform other responsibilities and project assignments as required or assigned throughout the Andersen enterprise, consistent with Legal Department needs.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with employer fixed contributions and company matching.
• Profit sharing.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), Health Savings Account (HSA), and Health Reimbursement Account (HRA).
• Life insurance.
• Paid time off and paid holidays.
• Paid maternity leave and paid parental leave.
• Career growth planning and nationwide career opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree