Lenovo

This role will be responsible for advising the teams within the Solutions and Services Group on all legal requirements relating to Managed Services and Industry Solutions and will work with the Legal Director of Solutions and Services Group and Lead Counsel for SSG Contracts to support the establishment of Managed Services and negotiate large complex, strategic deals for the SSG Team.

Job Responsibilities (Essential functions and duties): 

• Establishing legal requirements, and governance for large complex deals
• Overseeing legal support and assisting in large complex deals
• Develop understanding of existing contractual commitments
• Advising the SSG Managed Services Team on a wide range of regulatory and commercial legal issues
• provide legal support for the Lenovo Teams developing new services, software and solutions
• assist with the development of new solutions and services to facilitate sales across SSG and oversea their global roll out
• collaborate with internal and outside counsel, specific subject matter experts, and stakeholders
• work closely with Lenovo’s lawyers, as well as services teams in the U.S., Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific.
• Work closely with the Sales Team and Commercial Contract Management Team to negotiate and close large complex SSG Deals
• Support the IaaS Channel Team in the establishment of the Go to Market Channel Models
• Work closely with the COE to ensure that if the COE is supporting SSG Managed Services and they have the necessary training, playbooks and templates
• advise SSG Team on a wide range of regulatory and commercial legal issues
• effectively engage in issue-spotting and involving legal subject matter experts within the broader corporate-level Lenovo Legal Department
• work efficiently to supplement internal resources across Lenovo’s geographies with advice from outside as needed
• draft standard templates for new solutions and services
• work with the GCT to establish a template library for all Services so they can be easily found and maintained
• Establish a clear engagement process between legal and service development teams

Job Requirements – Knowledge/Skills/Abilities/Competencies (KSAC’s) and Prior Work Experience

• 12+ years’ experience corporate/commercial legal work
• Experience advising on the establishment of new solutions and services, SaaS, software development
• Experience in a national or global law firm, or experience as in-house commercial counsel in a global company
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability, confidence, and gravitas necessary to advise leadership within the company, exercising sound business and legal judgment
• Ability to anticipate, proactively manage and mitigate legal risks; and effectively advise on risk management and mitigation
• ​Ability to manage multiple projects, including transactional work and strategic projects, and set priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, global work environment
• Ability to remain calm under pressure, to learn from experience and peers, and to be a team player
• Fluent in Japanese and English

Educational Requirements:

• Law Degree, JD Degree