Job Description
Job Requisition ID # 25WD90134
25WD90134, Legal Contracts Manager French translation to follow!/Traduction franaise suivre!
Position Overview Autodesk is seeking an experienced legal contract professional to join its dynamic AMER Commercial Legal team. As a Legal Contracts Manager, you will be responsible for drafting, negotiation, interpretation, and administration of contractual documents to support Autodesk sales in North America (NAMER). You will offer practical advice and support to business partners on various legal, commercial, and related matters and may provide contractual support for public sector customers as well.
This position is a hybrid position based in Denver (U.S.), Portland (U.S.), Montreal (Canada), Toronto (Canada), or Vancouver (Canada). You will report to the Legal Manager; AMER Contracts.
Responsibilities - Provides contractual support for Autodesk's business in North America, with a focus on sales transactions, including single order contracts and master agreements with the potential to support global enterprise agreements
- Negotiates and ensures compliance with company policies and applicable laws or regulations
- Maintains an understanding of Autodesk contract templates, contracts policy, legal risk and liability, and company position on multiple matters
- Works collaboratively with management and internal stakeholders (Revenue Accounting, Finance, Privacy, Compliance, Security, Product, other Legal subject matter experts, etc.) to gain appropriate approvals on varied contractual requirements
- Helps manage contract templates, contract change control process or other related correspondence requiring legal input
- Interprets contracts and advises business colleagues on contractual responsibilities
- Translates complex commercial/legal scenarios into simple language and action plans
- Coordinates commercial transactions with global sales operations, legal department specialists and other key stakeholders
- Collaborates with, and helps support, the wider AMER Commercial Legal team on various sales transactions
- Analytical advisor role that requires understanding of the theories and concepts of a discipline and the ability to apply best practices
- A common career stabilization point (AKA the "full-contributor" level) for Professional roles
- Require knowledge and experience such that the incumbent can understand the full range of relevant principles, practices, and practical applications within their discipline
- Solve complex problems of diverse scope by taking a new perspective on existing solutions and applying knowledge of best practices in practical situations
- Use data analysis, judgment, and interpretation to select the right course of action
- Apply creativity in recommending variations in approach
- "Connect the dots" of assignments to the bigger picture
- May lead projects or key elements within a broader project
- May also have accountability for leading and improving on-going processes
- Build effective relationships with more senior practitioners and peers, and build a network of external peers
- Work independently, with close guidance given at critical points
- May begin to act as a mentor or resource for colleagues with less experience
Minimum Qualifications - 4+ years relevant experience in contract negotiations (legal and business terms) and contract management
- Experience supporting direct sales and contract negotiation in the software industry, with knowledge of privacy and cloud-based security positions
- Experience negotiating commercial sales non-disclosure agreements
- Strong analytical, drafting and negotiation skills (both verbally and written)
- Ability to be agile and learn a CLM
- Demonstrate flexibility and the ability to collaborate, as well as influence business partners
- Ability to manage multiple competing priorities simultaneously, work efficiently under pressure, seek appropriate supervisory input where needed, and consistently meet tight deadlines
- Strong organizational skills with attention to detail
- Be flexible and self-directed and be able to work under the supervision of lawyers in a fast-paced demanding environment
- Have a firm understanding of complex global business organizations
- Be proactive, eager to learn, well-organized, adaptable, a team player, business-focused, and genuinely excited by the challenges and opportunities the IT/software industry presents
- A Bachelor's degree in business or legal studies (from an accredited university in the United States or Canada is preferred).
Preferred Qualifications - Higher degree (master's degree or law degree) or certification with a focus on legal studies or a related field preferred (from an accredited U.S. or Canadian university)
- Advanced understanding of legal issues surrounding privacy and security in the software/IT industry, along with a basic understanding of AI and the complexities surrounding the subject matter
25WD90134, Responsable des contrats juridiques Description du poste Autodesk recherche un professionnel expriment en contrats juridiques pour rejoindre son quipe dynamique AMER Commercial Legal. En tant que responsable des contrats juridiques, vous serez charg de la rdaction, de la ngociation, de l'interprtation et de l'administration des documents contractuels afin de soutenir les ventes d'Autodesk en Amrique du Nord (NAMER). Vous fournirez des conseils pratiques et un soutien aux partenaires commerciaux sur diverses questions juridiques, commerciales et connexes, et pourrez galement apporter un soutien contractuel aux clients du secteur public.
Il s'agit d'un poste hybride bas Denver (tats-Unis), Portland (tats-Unis), Montral (Canada), Toronto (Canada) ou Vancouver (Canada). Vous serez rattach au responsable juridique, contrats AMER.
Responsabilits - Fournir un soutien contractuel aux activits d'Autodesk en Amrique du Nord, en mettant l'accent sur les transactions commerciales, y compris les contrats de commande unique et les contrats-cadres susceptibles de soutenir des accords d'entreprise mondiaux
- Ngocier et garantir le respect des politiques de l'entreprise et des lois ou rglementations applicables
- Maintenir une bonne comprhension des modles de contrats d'Autodesk, de la politique en matire de contrats, des risques juridiques et de la responsabilit, ainsi que de la position de l'entreprise sur de multiples questions
- Travailler en collaboration avec la direction et les parties prenantes internes (comptabilit des revenus, finances, confidentialit, conformit, scurit, produits, autres experts juridiques, etc.) afin d'obtenir les autorisations appropries pour diverses exigences contractuelles
- Aider grer les modles de contrats, le processus de contrle des modifications de contrats ou toute autre correspondance ncessitant une expertise juridique
- Interprter les contrats et conseiller les collgues sur les responsabilits contractuelles
- Traduire des scnarios commerciaux/juridiques complexes en un langage simple et en plans d'action
- Coordonner les transactions commerciales avec les oprations commerciales mondiales, les spcialistes du service juridique et d'autres parties prenantes cls
- Collaborer avec l'quipe juridique commerciale AMER au sens large et l'aider dans diverses transactions commerciales
- Rle de conseiller analytique qui ncessite une comprhension des thories et des concepts d'une discipline et la capacit d'appliquer les meilleures pratiques
- Un point de stabilisation de carrire courant (galement appel " niveau de contributeur part entire ") pour les rles professionnels
- Ncessite des connaissances et une exprience permettant au titulaire du poste de comprendre l'ensemble des principes, pratiques et applications pratiques pertinents dans sa discipline
- Rsoudre des problmes complexes de porte diverse en adoptant une nouvelle perspective sur les solutions existantes et en appliquant les connaissances des meilleures pratiques dans des situations concrtes
- Utiliser l'analyse, le jugement et l'interprtation des donnes pour slectionner la bonne ligne de conduite
- Faire preuve de crativit pour recommander des variations d'approche
- Relier les diffrentes tches la vision d'ensemble
- Peut diriger des projets ou des lments cls d'un projet plus vaste
- Peut galement tre responsable de la direction et de l'amlioration des processus en cours
- tablir des relations efficaces avec des praticiens plus expriments et des pairs, et crer un rseau de pairs externes
- Travailler de manire indpendante, avec un encadrement troit aux moments critiques
- Peut commencer jouer le rle de mentor ou de ressource pour des collgues moins expriments
Qualifications minimales - Au moins 4 ans d'exprience pertinente dans la ngociation de contrats (clauses juridiques et commerciales) et la gestion de contrats
- Exprience dans le soutien la vente directe et la ngociation de contrats dans le secteur des logiciels, avec une connaissance des questions de confidentialit et de scurit dans le cloud
- Exprience dans la ngociation d'accords de non-divulgation commerciaux
- Solides comptences en matire d'analyse, de rdaction et de ngociation ( l'oral comme l'crit)
- Capacit faire preuve d'agilit et apprendre un CLM
- Faire preuve de flexibilit et de capacit collaborer, ainsi qu' influencer les partenaires commerciaux
- Capacit grer simultanment plusieurs priorits concurrentes, travailler efficacement sous pression, solliciter l'avis de ses suprieurs hirarchiques si ncessaire et respecter systmatiquement des dlais serrs
- Solides comptences organisationnelles et souci du dtail
- tre flexible et autonome, et capable de travailler sous la supervision d'avocats dans un environnement exigeant et en constante volution
- Avoir une bonne comprhension des organisations commerciales mondiales complexes
- tre proactif, dsireux d'apprendre, bien organis, adaptable, avoir l'esprit d'quipe, tre orient vers les affaires et vritablement enthousiasm par les dfis et les opportunits que prsente le secteur des technologies de l'information et des logiciels
- Un baccalaurat en commerce ou en droit (d'une universit accrdite aux tats-Unis ou au Canada est prfrable).
Qualifications souhaites - Diplme suprieur (matrise ou diplme en droit) ou certification axe sur les tudes juridiques ou un domaine connexe (dlivr par une universit amricaine ou canadienne accrdite)
- Comprhension approfondie des questions juridiques lies la confidentialit et la scurit dans le secteur des logiciels/TI, ainsi qu'une comprhension de base de l'IA et des complexits lies ce sujet
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