LearnVantage Manager Counsel

Job Description

Global Services Legal

As Accenture’s Product Counsel, Global Services Legal (GSL) empowers the creation of sustainable innovation through strategic legal partnership and risk mitigation from ideation to launch.

What we do

We help the business self-regulate by providing a comprehensive analysis of its environment and predictive compliance. By supporting Reinvention Partners & Reinvention Engines with accurate and timely legal advice, we anticipate risks and provide mitigation strategies.

Global Services Legal

Role Details

• Name of role: LearnVantage Manager Counsel
• Career Level: 7 –Manager
• Reports to: LearnVantage Senior Manager

Key Responsibilities

As a trusted advisor in the LearnVantage space you will be responsible for:  ​

• Providing legal risk assessments of LearnVantage service and product offerings (both new and those reinvented with advanced AI or for particular industries) and preparing those offerings for market in compliance with regulations & Accenture policies.
• Providing SME advice to deal terms regarding LearnVantage service offerings & products and their associated risks, contractual guardrails & mitigations.
• Reviewing licenses from third party vendors & ecosystem partners, summarizing and advising on client facing terms needed.  
• Developing templates, playbooks, and guidance to enable sales, marketing, and product teams and answering related queries on them.
• Implementing governance frameworks, processes, and tools to support scalable product development and product-oriented go to market enablement.
• Developing & scaling tech enabled legal support for LearnVantage services & product offerings.

 ​In the role, you will​:

• Engage in effective team collaboration, knowledge sharing, and process industrialization.
• Coordinate and collaborate with other teams within GSL and other Legal and Corporate Functions to share knowledge and guidance relating to LearnVantage offerings and obtain input regarding compliance with applicable policies, laws and regulations - including S&D Legal, CORE, Strategic Partnering, V&A, Buy-side Contracting, Procurement, Global Tax, Finance, Controllership.​
• Lead or support special projects requiring project development and execution skills, including for example in relation to new technologies, process reinvention or transformation efforts.
• Support ad hoc cross-GSL, cross-Legal or cross-functional initiatives. 

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Three (3+) years’ experience in a corporate or law firm setting handling commercial transactions, operating as intellectual property, product and/or privacy counsel. Experience in the edtech space is a plus.
• Experience with technology services, emerging technologies and offerings.
• Experience analyzing complex facts and situations to provide risk analysis and mitigation strategies.
• Understanding or willingness to learn applicable regulatory landscapes as required for the offerings.  

Behaviors & attributes

• Commitment to a creative, inclusive, and diverse workplace and focus on stewardship of our team.​
• Ability to build a sense of belonging and establish a sense of common purpose inside the larger Accenture Legal group.​
• Focus on analysis of the business, guidance to the right business and legal teams, industrialization of more mature processes, and active enablement of our geographically diverse legal teams. ​
• Open to learn, work with and understand cross-cultures and locations throughout the Accenture global organization.​
• Commercial acumen, ability to deal with ambiguity, and create clarity with a pragmatic approach. ​
• Strong verbal, written and interpersonal skills and ability to translate risk topics (e.g., advanced AI, data, partnering, regulatory) into clear narratives and enablement materials for LearnVantage stakeholders and other internal stakeholders.
• Passion for innovation and continuous learning.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com 

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