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Job Description & Summary
A career in the Office of General Counsel, will provide you with the opportunity to be a part of the Firm’s legal department by providing dedicated legal support in the areas of litigation, counseling, and corporate, commercial, and employment law. You’ll play an important part in all aspects of regulatory proceedings involving the Firm and its personnel by supporting on regulatory issues, advising the Firm on matters relating to its operations, supporting the Firm’s client contracting function, and advising on matters related to employees.
As part of our Operations team, you’ll be responsible for office management activities for the Office of General Counsel, including financial management, such as billing, human resource oversight, records management, and technology management.
To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.
As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:
- Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.
- Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
- Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
- Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
- Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions.
- Contribute technical knowledge in the area of specialism.
- Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
- Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
- Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.
- Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.
Demonstrates intimate abilities and/or a proven record of success in the following areas:
- Working with team members and internal stakeholders to provide pragmatic advice to minimize identified risks while advancing the goals of the business
- Advising on, draft, maintain and review various contract templates, firm policies and other key documents
- developing litigation plans, strategies and working with external counsel on case management
- monitoring and analyzing changes in the law and risks. Proposing effective and efficient risk management solutions for identified risks
- Teaming successfully with the Global and Africa OGC team members to resolve or support the resolution of legal issues.
- Interacting with internal clients needing to procure technology, internal product developers, internal sales/client-facing teams, firm leadership, external vendors, clients, procurement officers, and lawyers.
- Having a firm foundational understanding of intellectual property (IP) and IP commercialization and must be familiar with the entire technology contract lifecycle, from product counseling to post-signature contract compliance.
- Demonstrating experience with various forms of technology, ideally across various industries and market segments, and understanding the landscape for commercializing technology.
- Providing IP, legal, and commercial guidance to product developers and business owners, and negotiating technology agreements of every kind.
- Possessing experience as a technical professional in technology transactions.
- Identifying and analyzing complex issues as well as synthesizing details for a non-lawyer audience, and providing appropriate legal advice, all on a time-sensitive basis.
- Managing and pivoting among multiple urgent projects.
- Demonstrating strategic and tactical negotiation skills.
- Liaising with multiple stakeholders and driving consensus
- Delivering unwelcome news in an appropriate and diplomatic manner.
- Acting as an individual contributor, but also within a broader team in a large enterprise.
- Being comfortable with ambiguity.
- Being unafraid to challenge the status quo.
- Performing other duties as may be assigned or required.
Experience & Qualifications.
- 5 years of practicing Attorney experience
- Legal professional with experience working on technology licensing matters.
- Demonstrate effective written and oral communications skills (both written and verbal)
- Superior analytical skills and creative problem solving abilities especially in striking a balance between legal and business objectives
- Knowledge of intellectual property laws and data privacy laws is required.
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