Senior Legal Counsel

HP•Houston, TX

About The Position

Senior Legal Counsel Description - HP Inc. creates technology that makes life better for everyone, everywhere. Through our portfolio of printers, PCs, solutions, and services, we engineer experiences that amaze. We believe in the power of ideas. Our vision is to produce technology that makes life better for everyone, everywhere – every person, every organization, and every community around the globe. This motivates us – inspires us – to do what we do. To invent, and to reinvent. To engineer experiences that amaze. To set the standards as a socially and environmentally responsible company. While HP’s roots started in Silicon Valley, today we have a broad reach that spans around the globe. If you have a passion for customers, a desire to win and innovation in your DNA, you may be a great fit for our team. More information about HP Inc. is available at http://www.hp.com . The HP Legal team is responsible for all of HP’s legal matters, including government relations, brand security, intellectual property, ethics and compliance and legal counsel representation in every region. We are a mix of attorneys and non-attorneys. We value teamwork, engagement, honesty, forward thinking and open communication. We are proud of the culture we have created. By bringing together varied perspectives, we challenge each other and develop new and creative solutions. We want to find, grow and keep the very best employees in industry by valuing differences, offering amazing careers and having fun. The Senior Legal Counsel will primarily support end-user sales transactions in the United States, as well as take on projects as necessary within the North America Legal team. This is an outstanding opportunity for a talented and experienced contracts attorney with experience in end user sales. The successful candidate will be able to expand their skills working with a highly experienced and talented team. The position is an individual contributor role.

Requirements

A Juris Doctor from a nationally recognized law school plus an active bar membership from any of the fifty states or the District of Columbia.
5+ years of relevant legal experience (from a combination of law firm, government, and/or in-house experience) in the area of public sector contracting.
Prior negotiation experience in complex transactions.
Subject matter expertise on key legal topics including liability, indemnities, intellectual property and privacy/data protection.
Knowledge of industry norms and of the legal and business issues unique to IT products and services.
Practical, independent judgment, initiative, and self-confidence.
The willingness and ability to solve challenges; ability to work with minimal direction and supervision; proactive, not reactive; and be able to thrive in change.
The ability to have proactive and effective communications of valuable information to clients and colleagues.
Capability to escalate issues effectively to high-level legal, account and business executives.
Adopted a growth mindset approach.
The ability to travel as needed.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting deals with State, Local, and Education (SLED) customers preferred, but not required.
Experience representing a major IT company on contracts matters a plus.

Responsibilities

Provide legal expertise in support of the entire HP Inc. portfolio for end-user customers, specifically Hardware (PC and Print), Software, Support and Managed Services.
Act as lead attorney supporting the overall legal strategies and assessment of risk on large, complex Managed Services deals, working closely with account and pursuit teams and other stakeholder groups.
Act as a trusted advisor to the business teams on legal issues and legal impact of business issues.
Draft and negotiate legal contract terms; identify business issues for business team support.
Provide legal support for competitive bids, including responding to end-user legal terms.
Identify and resolve complex legal issues requiring in-depth consideration of multiple factors.
Lead or assist with the resolution of contract disputes with existing customers.
Plan and provide training to internal clients on designated legal topics.
Routinely exercise independent judgment in developing methods, techniques and criteria for achieving objectives.
Contribute to the development of innovative principles and ideas.
Support Legal’s commitment to continuous improvement by identifying and leading solutions with Legal and internal clients to improve quality.