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Posted April 28, 2024

Corporate Counsel, Procurement

Autodesk
Denver, CO Full Time
Reference: Autodesk24WD76515_1

Job Requisition ID #24WD7651524WD76515 Corporate Counsel, Procurement Position OverviewWe are seeking a well-rounded attorney to be part of a small...

Job Requisition ID #

24WD76515

24WD76515 Corporate Counsel, Procurement

Position Overview

We are seeking a well-rounded attorney to be part of a small commercial legal team responsible for providing legal advice and support to North America Sales and Procurement. You will review, negotiate and draft third-party service provider agreements to support business initiatives while mitigating risk to Autodesk. You will manage technology (SaaS, software, hardware, PaaS), professional services, HR benefits, logistics, and outsourcing agreements.You will summarize legal issues into actionable advice for Procurement, while also participating in template drafting and improvement projects to create efficiencies and repeatable processes. We are looking for extensive knowledge of legal language and practices, and excellent communication skills.

You will report to the Senior Manager, Senior Corporate Counsel Direct Sales & Procurement, and this role is hybrid, working from our Denver, San Francisco, or Montreal offices.

Responsibilities

  • Review, negotiate and advise on multiple legal matters such as intellectual property, liability, indemnification, AI/ML, data privacy and security issues and general risk related to third-party service provider engagements and contracts
  • Draft and keep Procurement contract templates current and take a pro-active approach to streamlining language and assist stakeholders with drafting concise contract language
  • Engage at all levels to support and enable company initiatives leveraging third-party service provider engagements
  • Work collaboratively with other teams who support several aspects of our vendor life-cycle management process
  • Be adept a working with other legal teams and subject matter experts including product, data, privacy, AI, IT, marketing and compliance teams
  • Partner with Legal colleagues in different geological regions to provide Procurement with advice, method of engagement, contract templates, and processes with the goal of building/maintaining a company-wide approach to managing risk and third-party service provider engagements
  • Balance legal strategy and tactical needs
  • Review, negotiate and support direct sales deals
  • Contribute to department wide initiatives and programs

Minimum Qualifications

  • JD from an accredited university and bar membership in good standing
  • 6+ years of combined law firm and in-house experience with a global public company or experience working with Internet or large technology companies, or relevant experience
  • Prior experience partnering with procurement preferred
  • Experience as the primary drafter and negotiator on a wide range of supplier and customer technology transactions
  • Experience negotiating contracts involving complex IT agreements with very large industry players, intellectual property ownership concerns, SaaS, professional services, privacy laws, data security, and AI/ML
  • Work independently, manage multiple deals and requests at once, ability to navigate effectively through ambiguity
  • Able to present concise information to senior leaders, including drafting risk memos
  • Practical legal judgment and strong analytical and problem-resolution skills
  • Think strategically and give sound advice appropriately weighing legal and business objectives
  • Ability to work East Coast hours a plus

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Prsentation du poste

Embarquez dans un voyage enrichissant avec Autodesk en tant qu'architecte logiciel(le), en occupant une position importante dans la transformation et la modernisation de notre plateforme de gestion des licences stratgique. Nous sommes la pointe des besoins des entreprises en matire de licences. Nous bnficions d'une visibilit et d'un impact considrables sur l'ensemble de la gamme Autodesk. La pile de plateformes est complexe et intgre la station de travail ainsi qu'aux produits infonuagiques. Dans ce rle, vous allez influencer la trajectoire de nos systmes logiciels. Vous vous concentrerez sur l'amlioration de la rsilience et de l'volutivit de la plateforme. Vous vous assurerez de l'alignement avec les meilleures pratiques du secteur. ce titre, vous encadrerez une quipe de dveloppement gographiquement disperse, en levant les normes d'excellence en ingnierie tous les niveaux. Rejoignez-nous pour faonner l'avenir de l'architecture logicielle chez Autodesk. Dans le cadre de ce rle, vous relverez du ou de la directeur(trice) de l'ingnierie.

Ce travail se droulera entirement distance avec des ateliers/runions occasionnels sur site. Il peut galement tre ncessaire de se rendre occasionnellement en Asie-Pacifique.

Responsabilits

  • Collaborer avec des quipes interfonctionnelles pour mieux comprendre l'architecture et les fonctionnalits du systme actuel
  • Dvelopper une orientation stratgique pour la plateforme de gestion des licences et s'assurer que l'orientation stratgique consiste soutenir la stratgie globale
  • Obtenir un large consensus et un accord entre les quipes et les zones gographiques
  • Diriger la conception et la mise en uvre de solutions logicielles volutives et faciles entretenir
  • Fournir des conseils techniques et du mentorat une quipe de dveloppement gographiquement dissmine, favorisant la collaboration et le partage des connaissances
  • Garantir la scurit, les performances et la fiabilit de la plateforme
  • Se tenir inform(e) des nouvelles technologies et tendances du secteur et les intgrer l'architecture de la plateforme en procdant des rvisions du code et de l'architecture
  • Se dmarquer au sein de l'quipe et dans l'ensemble de l'organisation
  • Collaborer avec les gestionnaires des produits et commerciaux en ce qui concerne les futurs problmes technologiques et de la plateforme, ainsi que l'impact des dcisions sur tous les projets
  • Crer des rseaux formels avec les communauts de dirigeants de l'industrie et de l'entreprise pour dvelopper des normes et favoriser la croissance des plateformes
  • Travailler sur les questions pour lesquelles l'analyse de situations ou de donnes requiert une valuation des biens incorporels

Exigences minimales

  • Au moins 10 ans d'exprience en ingnierie logicielle pour la construction de systmes distribus grande chelle
  • Avoir conu et mis en place des systmes logiciels complexes
  • Connaissance tendue des services Web, de la programmation de serveurs, des bases de donnes et des architectures infonuagiques
  • Exprience de travail avec les structures de conteneurs (Docker) et les outils d'orchestration de conteneurs (AWS ECS, Kubernetes)
  • Exprience avec les microservices, l'architecture et la gestion des API
  • Exprience professionnelle dans un environnement mondialement distribu
  • Pile technologique : Java/Spring, AWS/Containers, Go, R et Python

Learn More

About Autodesk

Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.

We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk our Culture Code is at the core of everything we do. Our values and ways of working help our people thrive and realize their potential, which leads to even better outcomes for our customers.

When youre an Autodesker, you can be your whole, authentic self and do meaningful work that helps build a better future for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

Benefits

From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work. Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting https://benefits.autodesk.com/

Salary transparency

Salary is one part of Autodesks competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $147,500 and $238,590. Offers are based on the candidates experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, we also have a significant emphasis on annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

Diversity & Belonging

We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging and an equitable workplace where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/diversity-and-belonging

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