Legal Contracting Associate Manager

Join Accenture as a Legal Contracting Associate Manager and support complex client transactions at the intersection of law, technology, and business. In this role, you will review, draft, and negotiate a broad range of commercial and technology agreements while advising internal stakeholders on legal, commercial, and risk-management matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Structure, negotiate, and close client transactions from both legal and business perspectives.
• Collaborate with senior contracting legal professionals and internal business stakeholders to prepare for client negotiations.
• Review, draft, and negotiate agreements including master services agreements, outsourcing agreements, statements of work, service-level agreements, licensing agreements, SaaS agreements, data-transfer agreements, and requests for proposals.
• Support agreements involving cloud, blockchain security, automation, systems integration, and agile development.
• Work with senior legal professionals on complex contracts and deal structures.
• Advise company executives on legal and risk-management matters.
• Monitor developments affecting the company, its clients, and relevant industries, incorporating those insights into transactional practices.
• Develop subject-matter expertise in areas that support the Legal function and the wider business.
• Contribute to internal guidelines, toolkits, and knowledge resources covering legal and business topics.
• Support and implement Legal Group initiatives.
• Continue developing as a commercially focused, relevant, and technology-enabled contracting professional.

Required Qualifications

• Law degree or equivalent qualification.
• Authorization and license to practice law in at least one jurisdiction.
• At least five years of transactional experience in digital, consulting, systems integration, and/or outsourcing, gained in roles with increasing responsibility within a law firm or a corporate legal or transactional team in a relevant industry.
• At least two years of experience negotiating intellectual property and data-privacy matters.
• Fluency in English and Spanish.
• Extensive knowledge of Spanish legislation relevant to the matters covered by the role.
• Demonstrated understanding of principle-based negotiation strategies and tactics, including the ability to present alternatives and proposed solutions.
• Proven ability to manage a high volume of transactions independently and efficiently.
• Experience drafting and negotiating technology-based agreements.
• Understanding of basic principles relating to finance, accounting, marketing, and management.
• Ability to communicate effectively and credibly with executives.
• Good understanding of contracting and risk issues, including intellectual property considerations in digital, consulting, systems-integration, and outsourcing transactions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Availability to travel as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Broad experience working with state or local government agencies, or with clients in the healthcare sector.

Why Join Us

Accenture offers a hybrid working model designed to support collaboration with teams and clients while maintaining flexibility. The benefits described for this opportunity include:

• Medical, life, and accident insurance
• Medical services and wellness programs
• Flexible compensation and an employee stock-purchase program
• Flexible schedules, days off, and vacation programs
• An individualized training pathway
• Sustainability programs and the Accenture Foundation
• Employee networks supporting diversity
• Special banking conditions through Bankinter and profit sharing

At Accenture, you will have opportunities to continue developing your skills through learning, certifications, and diverse professional experiences within an inclusive workplace.