Company Profile:

At Verizon India, you can pursue your ambitions and drive meaningful change. From 5G and IoT to AI and more, you'll work on exciting initiatives across the business when you join our team. You'll also play a critical role in the development of new technologies, monitor Verizon’s business operations, and work on UX initiatives for our business and customers. We’re a diverse network of people driven by our aspirations and shared purpose, committed to shaping the future.

Job description:

Job Description

What You’ll Be Doing:

In this role, you will be part of the Verizon Global Legal Services team, an innovative legal initiative. You will work closely with lawyers, business partners, contract-management members, and other stakeholders with international and US-based teams and manage a team of lawyers in India. Your responsibilities will include negotiating contracts, drafting transactional documents, contract management, performing data privacy impact assessments, and contributing to other legal practice areas and subject-matter domains based on your demonstrated abilities and experience. Your specific duties will include:

Managing projects for various legal practice areas, including Business, Consumer, Global Services, Compliance & Ethics, Sourcing, Privacy, Real Estate, Network & Technology, among others

Leading, managing and guiding a team of lawyers supporting these areas, contract management and other

Enabling business partners and stakeholders by way of drafting, reviewing, negotiation, and finalization of agreements

Performing second level review for complex and critical engagements

Negotiating and finalizing agreements in accordance with Verizon’s requirements, policies and guidelines

Preparing engagement SOPs, training, and related documents

Ensuring adherence to expected turnaround times, service level agreements and requirements

Using readily available as well as emerging legal and project management technology to enhance efficiency and accuracy

Assisting the team in handling queries from and disagreements with stakeholders and other parties

Advising business partners on contract related queries and issues

Identifying potential risks and making recommendations to business partners and other lawyers

Optimizing and improving legal processes to drive efficiency

Taking complete ownership during the knowledge transfer phase for engagements

Driving change and continuous improvement

 

What We’re Looking For:

You’ll need to have:

Bachelor’s Degree in Law or four or more years of work experience.

Four or more years of relevant work experience in Legal work.

Knowledge of policies, standards, and processes for managing and administering contracts, with the ability to use applicable processes and practices for managing a variety of contractual agreement.

Knowledge of processes, tools, and techniques for assessing and controlling an organization’s exposure to risks of various kinds, with the ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations

Good understanding of contract and other related laws

Strong negotiation acumen.

Prudent decision-making skills and excellent legal judgment

Ability to balance business and contract goals against legal, business, policy and reputational risks and make sound decisions to take appropriate risks

Excellent communication and advanced executive presentation skills in person and virtually

Proficiency in Google Workspace and Microsoft Office

Ability to drive and guide a team to deliver complex and time-sensitive processes

Strong analytical skills and attention to detail to identify root cause and provide innovative technology driven solutions

Team player with an ability to work with cross-functional teams

 

Even better if you have:

Strong written and verbal communication skills. Must be fluent in both spoken and written English

Expert knowledge in contract negotiation

Technical acumen in Legal tools, AI, and other emerging technologies

Familiarity with common project management approaches such as PMP or the Agile Framework

Experience in global or U.S. agreements

 

Time Zone Management:

Should be willing to work from 3:30 PM to 0.30 AM or 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM IST.