Products Counsel, Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton•McLean, VA

2d•$128,700 - $292,000

About The Position

Are you passionate about combining your technology and product expertise, along with your knowledge of commercial and federal government contracting, with big picture business thinking to empower innovation, drive critical missions, and deliver enduring growth and value? At Booz Allen, you’ll join a team of experienced professionals motivated to excel and realize value-driven change for our clients, colleagues, and communities. We bring bold thinking to complex challenges across analytics and artificial intelligence, cyber, digital solutions, and engineering, and with industries ranging from defense and national security to health, and energy to international and commercial growth. As a member of our products legal team, you’ll help propel our forward-thinking and purpose-driven team as we advance our clients’ missions. Reporting to the director, you’ll serve as an attorney to provide legal guidance throughout product development, go to market, and transactional processes. You’ll assist teams on strategizing ways to sell, create, or update license documents and assist in negotiation of Ts and Cs, participate in business team planning and regular status meetings, and work collaboratively within the broader enterprise operations team on addressing trends, challenges, and process improvements. Your support will be in the context of various customer bases, including commercial and international, and U.S. Federal Government agencies. You may also provide legal support to the transactional legal teams that support our broader services and solutions portfolio across defense, national security, and civil sectors. You’ll establish trusted partnerships across the company and collaborate with fellow members of the legal, ethics, and compliance team to protect and advance the company while navigating the complex, multifaceted, and often novel legal and compliance risks we face today. Guided by Booz Allen’s purpose and values, together we’ll anticipate and proactively prepare for the issues we’ll encounter tomorrow. Due to the nature of work performed within this facility, U.S. citizenship is required. Work with us as we empower the future. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

4+ years of experience practicing law in a law firm, corporate, or government environment
Experience with product and technology transactions in an in-house role, including go to market activities or strategies, and developing and negotiating product terms and conditions and associated agreements
Experience with federal procurement requirements such as FAR and DFARS, including FAR Part 12 acquisitions
Experience with commercial contract negotiation, including federal or non-federal, prime, and lower tier
Experience partnering closely with operational teams and business leaders to develop comprehensive strategies and approaches to bringing products to market
Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to proactively identify, assess, and advise on product risk profiles, and design and implement practical legal and operational mitigation strategies or approaches
Ability to listen actively and ensure that the right questions are being asked and answered
Ability to translate legalese or regulations into succinct, clear, and workable business solutions
Ability to execute against clear goals, priorities, and success metrics or KPIs, and manage against program plans
J.D. degree
U.S. citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

Experience with government contracting, including in a professional services setting
Experience with government contracts regulatory frameworks, including rules and considerations for post-government employment and competition or antitrust, organizational and personal conflicts of interest, or gifts or antikickback
Experience advising on AI governance or information security statutes, regulations, and compliance frameworks, including FISMA, DFARS, and NIST
Ability to work under pressure in a dynamic environment

Responsibilities

Provide legal guidance throughout product development, go to market, and transactional processes.
Assist teams on strategizing ways to sell, create, or update license documents.
Assist in negotiation of Ts and Cs.
Participate in business team planning and regular status meetings.
Work collaboratively within the broader enterprise operations team on addressing trends, challenges, and process improvements.
Provide legal support to the transactional legal teams that support our broader services and solutions portfolio across defense, national security, and civil sectors.
Establish trusted partnerships across the company.
Collaborate with fellow members of the legal, ethics, and compliance team to protect and advance the company while navigating complex legal and compliance risks.