Global Industry Sector Legal Lead for the Industry Practices team  

The Global Services Legal - Industry Practices Legal team is seeking to appoint an Industry Counsel to act as a Global Industry Practices Sector Legal Counsel Manager for the Industrial Industry Sectors (Automotive, Industrial, Commercial Aerospace & Defense)  or any other Industry Sectors as assigned by the Global Industry Legal Lead.  The role will serve as a strategic business advisor to senior business stakeholders, and product counsel to asset and software engineers and developers.  In-house and private practice candidates will all be considered, but experience of working with international teams in support of a global professional services and technology business is a pre-requisite, and candidates with deep industry experience will be strongly preferred. 

 

Key Responsibilities 

You will act as a trusted adviser to the Global Industry Practices Sector Leadership Teams, enabling the sustainable growth of each Industry Sector while managing and mitigating risks.  You will collaborate with senior stakeholders across Legal and other Corporate Functions to:  

·                Bring legal support in the evaluation of new, strategic priorities and higher risk offerings and services across Industry Sectors. In doing so you will evaluate risks and develop mitigation strategies in collaboration with all relevant parts of Accenture, including for example Government Relations, Regulatory & Compliance, Responsible Business, Litigation (as needed), creating global guidance/guardrails to support the sustainable growth of the Industry Sectors; 

 

·                Assess both existing and new products and services offerings and guide them to market in a legally compliant manner, with appropriate risk mitigations (contractual, operational, technical); 

 

·                Collaborate with other teams and participate in initiatives to create frameworks related to cutting edge, cross-industry topics that address technology, ethics, human rights, legal and societal issues; 

 

·                Support the Industrial Sector Leadership Teams with the development of Thought Leadership; 

 

·                Provide strategic legal advice to Business Leadership to support their growth agenda and bring in the relevant parts of Legal to support the Global Industrial Sector Leadership Teams; and 

 

·                Help evaluate prospective acquisition targets on behalf of the Global Industrial Sector Leadership Teams, and work with them to support post-merger integration strategies. 

Qualifications 

·                JD degree or equivalent degree or legal qualification.  

 

·                Admitted, or eligible to be admitted, to the bar (or local equivalent) and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law. 

 

·                6+ years legal experience of relevant work in a corporate or law firm setting.

 

·                Strong commercial, technology, IP and data privacy experience and broad legal knowledge (e.g. spanning product development, manufacturing, litigation, corporate law and governance). 

 

·                Familiarity with professional services; including consulting, business operations and technology services. 

 

 

 

Knowledge and Skills Requirements: 

·                Candidates will be: 

o        Proficient in key concepts relating to existing and emerging technologies; 

o        Pragmatic, practical and collaborative in their approach to advising and delivering legal support; 

o        Emotionally intelligent and able to influence internal stakeholders, external clients and suppliers; 

o        Intellectually curious about the Industrial industries, and the impact of new and emerging technologies;

o        Creative, adaptable and comfortable with ambiguity; 

o        Committed to a creative, inclusive, and diverse workplace;

o        Embodying a growth mindset; 

o        Able to guide others in clarifying complex issues and raise critical issues with clients and business teams; 

o        Excellent and effective written and verbal communicators with experience briefing senior executives; 

o        Able to work with diverse teams, adapting quickly to changes in business strategies, and developing trusted relationships with business leaders;

o        Flexible to work global hours where necessary; and 

o        Highly proficient at speaking and drafting in English. 

 

 

·                Candidates should have a strong understanding of core legal issues related to the Industrial Global Industry Sectors, including: 

o        Trends impacting those industries such as digital tools, AI and embedded software, use of data and new technologies, new connectivity options, advances in personalized/autonomous transportation and delivery capabilities, the use of digital twins to reimagine processes, and supply chain constraints; 

o        Legal issues related to bringing new assets and offerings to market in a legally compliant manner, including offerings utilizing machine learning and third-party data; and 

o        Public procurement and industry-specific contracting practices. 

 

 

·                Candidates should ideally also have experience in/awareness of: 

o        Developing trusted relationships with senior Business Leaders; 

o        Strategic legal counselling of Business Leadership in respect of taking new products and service offerings to market in the Industrial Sectors; 

o        Designing risk mitigation strategies, including identifying operational, technical, and contractual mitigations 

o        Common business processes in the Automotive, Industrial Equipment, or Aerospace and Defense Industry space, such as product security and secure development lifecycle processes, quality assurance, safety and regulatory compliance processes, asset performance management, global trade compliance, sourcing, procurement, and supply chain risk management, including counterfeit mitigation, and global logistics and logistics security; 

o        Software development processes and software licensing, both inbound and outbound; 

o        Deal shaping and evaluation of innovative commercial models for new product and service offerings; and 

o        Interacting with or participating in trade associations or industry standards groups.

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.

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