Counsel, Law​/Legal

Job Description

Summary:

The Counsel is a strategic and cross-functional role. As such, the successful candidate will provide commercial legal services to in-house clients, primarily Sales, as well as across multiple functions at Rocket Software.

Principal duties include structuring, drafting and negotiating a variety of commercial agreements, including direct sales and partner agreements and associated ancillary documents, incoming and outgoing and confidentiality agreements, as well as complex strategic contracts.

Duties also include: serving as legal counsel on business deals; resolving issues that arise in existing commercial relationships, provide legal support to management and business units regarding applicable laws and regulations and participate in new business processes within the business and risk areas.

• Develop a thorough understanding of Rocket’s business, products, markets, customers and partners in order to identify trends and formulate effective compliance strategies.

• Counsel the business team on legal issues and risks, business strategies, complex deal structures, approval processes, intellectual property and other issues related to technology transactions.

• Provide day to day responses to requests for legal support for the company as needed.

• Work on significant and unique issues where analysis of situation and/or data requires evaluation of intangibles and legal expertise.

• Exercise independent judgment in methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results and acting independently to determine methods and procedures on assignments.

• Counsel and collaborate with other members of the legal department in areas of expertise.

• Ensure group companies’ compliance to laws and regulations such as Data Protection, Anti-bribery, Export Controls and other legal and regulatory requirements.

• Help with the maintenance and update of corporate governance policies and procedures.

• Monitor changes in relevant legislation and regulations, prepare summaries of change and any suggested action required and assist with embedding these within the Company.

• Strong academic credentials, law degree.

• Must be licensed to practice law in at least one US State.

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a law firm and in-house legal positions.

• Experience in software and/or other high technology industries.

• Experience in international transactions.

• Experience with technology sales, licensing and procurement transactions and related distributor, reseller, cloud computing, and software product and services agreements.

• Demonstrated ability to draft, review and negotiate complex IT contracts.

• Knowledge of and experience with pertinent laws, including software licensing, data protection, export control and anti-corruption laws.

• Ability to clearly articulate and defend risk analysis; critically examine business practices to ensure they are aligned with legal requirements; provide advice regarding business practice risk.

• Successful candidate is a proven team player and consensus builder that takes a business approach to law.

• Successful candidate is a flexible self-starter and proactive problem solver who can work autonomously and handle significant client contact.

• Effective written and oral communication skills are essential. Ability to clearly present information, in writing and orally, respond to questions from executives, managers, customers, and other employees, with focus on client service.

• Diplomatic, approachable and possessing good business and personal judgment.

• Must manage conflicting demands from multiple business clients in a fast-paced environment.

• Inherent ability to act with the highest integrity and professionalism.

• Excellent organizational skills; ability to manage multiple projects at once, follow through and meet deadlines.

Information security is everyone’s responsibility. A fundamental principle of information security at Rocket Software is that all individuals in the organization have a responsibility for the security and protection of company information and IT Resources over which they have control, according to their role.