Contracting Counsel Associate Manager

WORK SETUP: Onsite / Hybrid – Mandaluyong

WORK SHIFT: Shifting

Job Summary

Review, draft, and negotiate several types of contractual agreements in a fast-paced corporate environment which may include: master services agreements, outsourcing agreements, statements of work, service level agreements, licensing agreements, SaaS agreements, data transfer agreements, requests for proposals, and agreements involving cloud, blockchain security, automation, systems integration, and agile development


Team with more senior CLPs in supporting more complex contracts and deal structures


Act, and continuously evolve as, a knowledgeable and relevant advisor on legal and commercial risks associated with transactions


Key Responsibilities

Independently help to structure, negotiate, and close client transactions to be most advantageous from a legal and business perspective with a high degree of autonomy; educate and advise company executives with respect to legal and risk management issues


Strategize with senior CLPs and internal business clients prior to client negotiations


Stay abreast of developments affecting the company, its clients, and industries and synthesize the information to incorporate it into the company's transactional practices


Develop subject matter experience in one or more areas that benefit Legal and/or our business and advise other CLPs in such areas


Participate in developing internal guidelines, toolkits, and packaged knowledge capital on various legal and business issues


Support, promote, and implement Legal Group initiatives


Embrace and evolve to gain experience in seven Contracting attributes, including becoming a pathfinder, architect, business-minded, nonconformist, inspired, relevant, and technology-enabled contracting professional


Educational Requirement

Must have:


Practicing law in the Philippines – required


Skills and Work Experience

Must Have:


A minimum of 4 years of experience in digital, consulting, systems integration, and/or outsourcing areas in roles with increasing responsibility; such experience should be in a law firm or in a fast-paced corporate legal/transaction group in a relevant industry – required


Minimum of 2 years of experience negotiating Intellectual Property and Data Privacy issues preferred


Accomplished negotiator with an understanding of principle-based negotiation strategy and tactics, including the ability to present alternatives with proposed solutions


Demonstrated ability to efficiently manage a large volume of transactions with a high degree of autonomy


Experience negotiating and drafting technology-based agreements


Understand basic principles of Finance, Accounting, Marketing, and Management


Strong executive presence


Good understanding of contracting/risk issues, including IP, as they apply to digital, consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing transactions


Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Filipino


Additional Details

Open to applicants who are currently in the Philippines and already have the right to live and work in this country