Sr. Legal Counsel

OpenText Corporation•Alpharetta, GA

28d•Hybrid

About The Position

OpenText is a global leader in information management, where innovation, creativity, and collaboration are the key components of our corporate culture. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to partner with the most highly regarded companies in the world, tackle complex issues, and contribute to projects that shape the future of digital transformation. AI-First. Future-Driven. Human-Centered. At OpenText, AI is at the heart of everything we do-powering innovation, transforming work, and empowering digital knowledge workers. We're hiring talent AI can't replace to help us shape the future of information management. Join us. Your Impact: OpenText is seeking a commercial Senior Legal Counsel to join our in-house legal team performing commercial transactional for an established but growing line of business. This is a diverse role that will require negotiating and drafting a wide variety of commercial technology agreements in support of various Americas-region sales activity, including cloud services agreements, software licenses, and professional services. The role is also one of trusted Legal advisor supporting a growing and dynamic line of business, and working with cross-functional groups, researching novel product offerings, and handling escalations are also key components of this position. In this capacity the successful candidate is expected to perform analysis and provides guidance on company transactions as well as new go-to-market products, evaluate risk, update templates, create and deliver training, and manage projects of benefit to the Legal team and department.

Requirements

Interest in learning new technologies and business models; vision to create new templates and streamline processes; and willing to make recommendations and participate in the decision-making process.
Strong experience working in a legal department or a law firm handling commercial matters.
8+ years previous experience conducting contract negotiations, preferably concerning technology.
Enthusiastic, hard-working, enjoy working in a team environment and confident working at a senior level with lawyers and other professional colleagues.
Solid "hands on" experience drafting, negotiating and providing guidance on a wide variety of agreements; particularly in software licensing, hosted/ cloud based product agreements, professional services contracts, and maintenance and support agreements.
Knowledge of working within the IT sector and assisting sales executives on commercial and sales transactions.
Background in contract support for a variety of business functions including sales, marketing, engineering and other internal clients.
Ability to advise management on risks across the business and strategies for mitigation.
Good judgment, integrity, and attention to detail.
Think creatively. Act professionally

Nice To Haves

Experience doing business with regulated industries, and understanding or interest in data privacy/ data security a plus.

Responsibilities

Working effectively and pragmatically in a fast-paced environment
Managing multiple responsibilities
Understanding the complexities of a multi-faceted business
Reviewing and negotiating a wide variety of commercial agreements, extra credit for software & SaaS
Communicating complex matters clearly and solving problems practically
Building positive working relationships with teammates, subject matter experts, internal clients and customers
Providing high quality, practical support to business
Working with systems and processes
Triage and prioritization

Benefits

At OpenText, we offer a thoughtfully designed benefits package that supports your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing.
As you move through the hiring process, we're happy to provide more details about our compensation programs, including variable and commission compensation opportunities for eligible roles, vacation entitlement, and paid time off.

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