Corporate Counsel

at  Lexmark International Inc

CORPORATE COUNSEL – BILINGUAL ENGLISH-SPANISH

Lexmark is seeking a Corporate Counsel to join our team, who will provide strategic negotiation, risk assessment and management and contract drafting support. The Corporate Counsel will drive agreements to closure with a sense of urgency while protecting Lexmark. The Corporate Counsel will also collaborate with stakeholder and cross-functional teams to develop and implement improvements to the contracting processes and tools.

Responsibilities

• Plans, organizes and controls Lexmark’s agreements
• Works with customers, account executive teams, and Lexmark leadership to drive development and negotiation of Lexmark agreements
• Responsible for development and administration of terms and conditions associated with Lexmark’s offerings and templates (agreements, amendments, confidentiality agreements, software license related agreements, others)
• Review and understand contract compliance challenges related to leasing, including governmental and regulatory compliance
• Review customer proposed contracts, bid packages and requests for proposal and advise management teams regarding contractual risks and risk mitigation strategies
• Identify and quantify economic and operational exposure proposed in managed print solutions and service opportunities
• Work with sales and operations while being responsive to treasury and finance functions on deal structure and terms
• Ensure that contract deliverables are properly documented in the appropriate tools and available to the enterprise
• Assist in developing and enhancing Lexmark’s global privacy, data protection and security programs.

Job Requirements

General

• Ability to work on own initiative with minimal supervision
• Executive presence, and strong communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work across disciplines within Lexmark

Leadership

• Highest personal and professional integrity and strong work ethics
• Willingness to take charge and provide direction
• Results orientation, willingness to commit to a direction and drive projects to completion
• Demonstrated ability to manage adversity and challenging situations

Relationship Management

• Ability to manage senior relationships across all the business and functional areas
• Ability to develop cooperative and constructive working relationships
• Ability to handle complaints, settle disputes and resolve conflicts and negotiate with others
• Collaborative team player orientation towards work relationships, strong culture awareness Ability to get along well in diverse cultures with diverse personalities
• Ability to establish credibility and be decisive, but able to recognize and support the organization’s preferences and priorities

Project Oversight and Decisioning

• Highly developed skills in priority setting and alignment of project priorities with strategy
• Ability to break down complex problems and projects into manageable goals
• Ability to get to the heart of the problem and make sound and timely decisions to resolve problems

Education and Experience

Required

• Bilingual Spanish and English
• Bachelor of Laws, a license to practice law
• 5+ years of experience negotiating and drafting agreements
• Knowledge of legal and commercial terms/concepts
• Demonstrated experience of improving contractual processes

Preferred

• Knowledge of privacy laws (CIPP certification is a plus!)
• Experience in negotiating with multi-national firms
• In-house and law firm experience

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• Plans, organizes and controls Lexmark’s agreements
• Works with customers, account executive teams, and Lexmark leadership to drive development and negotiation of Lexmark agreements
• Responsible for development and administration of terms and conditions associated with Lexmark’s offerings and templates (agreements, amendments, confidentiality agreements, software license related agreements, others)
• Review and understand contract compliance challenges related to leasing, including governmental and regulatory compliance
• Review customer proposed contracts, bid packages and requests for proposal and advise management teams regarding contractual risks and risk mitigation strategies
• Identify and quantify economic and operational exposure proposed in managed print solutions and service opportunities
• Work with sales and operations while being responsive to treasury and finance functions on deal structure and terms
• Ensure that contract deliverables are properly documented in the appropriate tools and available to the enterprise
• Assist in developing and enhancing Lexmark’s global privacy, data protection and security programs