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The Senior Legal Advisor is an advanced subject matter expert in one or more functional areas or legal disciplines within a Global or Regional business area.

The Senior Legal Advisor is an individual contributor role and has the ability to work on significant and unique issues where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles.

This role may lead or participate in an engagement or provide advice and support to management and/or other legal colleagues in complex undertakings.

This role may also help with the development and/or implementation of policies, programs and other related materials.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides legal advice and support to Management, business and other leaders on engagements, transactions, issues and challenges relating to the specified functional area or legal discipline.

• Partners with engineering, product development, and technical teams to assess legal, regulatory, and contractual risks associated with system design, technology choices, and implementation approaches.

• Takes the lead in the above engagements and transactions with external parties including regulators, or when assigned.

• Translates complex engineering and technical concepts into clear legal guidance to support informed decision-making by management and business stakeholders.

• Provides functional area or legal discipline expertise and counsel to other legal practitioners.

• Helps to develop and implement initiatives, programs and tools to enhance the level of proficiency of stakeholders including other legal practitioners in the same functional area/legal discipline, and to share know-how.

• Conducts and supports cross-functional technical and legal reviews of product and service releases across software, managed services, and infrastructure domains to ensure compliance with contractual, regulatory, security, and risk management requirements prior to launch.

• Contributes to the development, implementation and update of related policies, systems and processes working with other members of the internal legal community and other stakeholders.

• Collaborates with internal stakeholders to optimize legal risk management within the functional area or legal discipline.

• Advises on and reviews software, technology, and intellectual property licensing matters, including open-source, commercial, and proprietary licenses, to ensure alignment with technical usage, deployment models, and business objectives

• Provides legal support in commercial and legal negotiations.

• Performs combined technical and legal reviews of Statements of Work (SOWs) to ensure alignment between technical scope, deliverables, assumptions, risk allocation, and contractual obligations.

• Advises on and supports the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities into products, services, and commercial contracts, including review of AI-related licensing, data rights, regulatory considerations, and risk allocation.

• Works closely with other departments or functions to contribute to the revision of and advise on the development of governance, business and operations.

Knowledge and Attributes:

• Substantial skillsets and experience within a specific functional area or legal discipline, in organizations of similar scale and complexity.

• Good insights and know-how to optimize risk management within the specific functional area or legal discipline.

• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to develop and maintain strong stakeholder relationships.

• Strong commercial acumen and skilled at providing advice and legal solutions carrying significant impact.

• Proactive approach with strong planning and organizing skills.

• Ability to influence and negotiate with a good commercial understanding.

• Ability to engage with a variety of stakeholders and colleagues at all levels.

• Ability to work in high-pressure situations.

• Strong people skills and excellent work ethic.

  • Strong understanding of software, managed services, and infrastructure delivery models, including the ability to engage effectively with engineering and technical teams.

  • Ability to analyze and interpret complex technical architectures, specifications, and delivery approaches to identify legal, regulatory, and commercial risks.

  • Well-developed capability to bridge technical and legal perspectives, translating between engineering concepts and legal requirements to support sound decision-making.

  • Demonstrated knowledge of software, technology, and intellectual property licensing principles, including open-source considerations and commercial licensing structures.

  • Practical, risk-based mindset when advising on technically complex matters, balancing innovation, delivery needs, and compliance obligations.

Strong understanding of the legal, technical, and commercial considerations involved in integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities into products and services, including AI-related licensing, data usage rights, and contractual risk allocation.

Academic Qualifications and Certifications:

• JD from an accredited law school and state bar license.

• Engineering or Computer Science Degree

• May carry specialist qualifications or certifications in specific functional area(s) or legal discipline(s).

Required experience:

• Minimum of 8 years of combined experience in an in-house legal role and with a leading law firm or external counsel, advising on complex commercial, technology, and regulatory matters

• Minimum of three (3) years of demonstrated technical experience working with or alongside engineering, software, managed services, or infrastructure teams, supporting technically complex products, services, or delivery models.

• Advanced demonstrated experience in a similar role within a related environment.

• Advanced demonstrated experience advising and providing solutions to highly complex and legal-technical issues and challenges.

• Advanced demonstrated experienced in the development of related programs, policies, frameworks and structures to manage the specific functional area or legal discipline at the required scale and complexity.

• Advanced experience working with Management and other internal / external stakeholders.

• - Advanced demonstrated experience working at the intersection of legal, engineering, and technology teams, including advising on software, managed services, and infrastructure initiatives.- Advanced demonstrated experience conducting combined technical and legal reviews of product releases, Statements of Work (SOWs), and complex delivery models.- Advanced demonstrated experience advising on software, technology, and intellectual property licensing, including open-source and commercial licensing in technically complex environments.- Advanced demonstrated experience translating complex technical architectures, engineering constraints, and delivery models into practical legal and risk management solutions for business and management stakeholders.

• Advanced demonstrated experience advising on the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities into products and services, including AI-related licensing, data usage rights, and associated commercial and contractual considerations.

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