Contracting Counsel Senior Manager

Contracting Counsel Senior Manager

Location: London (some travel may be required)

As a Contracting Counsel Senior Manager, you will play a key role in supporting Accenture’s business by leading complex client transactions and providing strategic legal and commercial advice. You will help manage risk, ensure compliance, and enable business growth by negotiating and structuring innovative technology and outsourcing agreements.

Working closely with senior stakeholders across Legal, Sales, and the business, you will shape and deliver high-value deals while mentoring junior legal professionals and contributing to the evolution of Accenture’s contracting practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, structure, draft, negotiate and close complex client agreements including master services agreements, outsourcing agreements, SaaS and licensing agreements, statements of work, and data transfer agreements.
• Support strategic deals across areas such as cloud, automation, systems integration, blockchain security, and agile development.
• Provide clear legal and commercial advice to senior leaders on transactional risks and opportunities.
• Guide and mentor junior Contracting Legal Professionals on transactions and best practices.
• Develop subject matter expertise in key legal or commercial areas that support the business.
• Contribute to internal contracting frameworks, tools, and knowledge resources on various legal and business issues .
• Support, promote and implement Legal Group initiatives.
• Embrace and evolve to gain expertise in seven Contracting attributes, including becoming a pathfinder, architect, business-minded, nonconformist, inspired, relevant and technology enabled contracting professional.