Assistant General Counsel, Technology and Managed Services - Senior Manager

Location:

Anywhere in Country

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Assistant General Counsel, Technology and Managed Services - Senior Manager

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Our General Counsel’s Office (GCO) supports EY’s business by serving as trusted advisors to the EY community and providing the highest quality legal services to EY’s service lines and business enablement functions.

As an Assistant General Counsel for Technology and Managed Services you will be responsible for providing advice, counsel, and legal support in respect of provision of managed services and other technology services and products to EY clients, with a particular focus on advising, drafting, updating and negotiating the legal terms and conditions of client-facing complex, multi-year managed services, outsourcing, systems implementation, application development & maintenance, software licenses and software-as-a-service agreements, artificial intelligence, big data, analytics, cloud computing, as well as providing legal advice and support to various other EY technology and product teams (“Technology & Managed Services Agreements”).

You will be part of EY’s Technology and Managed Services legal group and work closely with other GCO groups in the United States and other jurisdictions. The work is complex, often urgent, and high in volume and requires experience advising and leading negotiations in a supplier-side technology and outsourcing transactional legal role. The role requires a strong background in managed services, outsourcing, and software-as-a-service, current market knowledge related to current and new technologies, and a superior ability to manage multiple competing priorities in a compressed timeframe and to elevate and interact on a regular basis with senior members of the organization.

• Drafting/updating and negotiating client-facing Technology & Managed Services Agreements, including advising on contractual strategy and risk, and keeping up to date with relevant legal developments.
• Advising on key legal risks associated with the technology underpinning Managed Services Agreements.
• Collaborating closely with other members of the US GCO as well as local counsel in other EY member firms.
• Coordinating legal resources on managed services projects.
• Supporting coordination with cross-functional business and internal support teams (Data Privacy, Talent, Information Security, and Tax) as necessary or appropriate for Technology & Managed Services Agreements.
• Advising on the accuracy and sufficiency of contractual documentation to effectively protect EY interests.
• Understanding existing EY policies and developing/enhancing policies and guidance relevant to managed services and other technology services and products.
• Managing workflow in a highly dynamic environment and remaining highly responsive, reliable, communicative, and accountable to team leadership and other GCO members.
• Building relationships and teaming seamlessly with other GCO members, within the Legal Practice Groups, as appropriate, to deliver exceptional service to clients of GCO.
• Developing and delivering training on Technology & Managed Services Agreements, knowledge sharing and best practice across the legal network and business, where requested or appropriate.

• 8+ years of relevant complex services and technology-related transactional experience in a client-facing capacity, including drafting and leading the negotiation of Technology & Managed Services Agreements.
• Experience negotiating across from client’s internal counsel, outside law firms, and procurement.
• Experience developing contracting…