Corporate - Legal

Job summary

Senior Manager - Legal within the Global Alliance and Procurement team.

Responsibilities

• Partnering with various business units of Cognizant and help them in creating contractual framework to support Cognizant business.
• Drafting vetting and negotiating various global Contracts and other documents including Software License and subscription agreements Alliance/Teaming agreements sub-contracts vendor service agreements RFP(s) Non-Disclosure agreements.
• Analysing legal implications of various legal commercial and operational risks in a contract and advising internal stakeholders of possible mitigations.
• Coordinating with various internal stakeholders and obtaining their input on contractual provision pertaining to their domain and assimilating them in the contract draft.
• Collaborate within the legal team to share knowledge improve efficiency and continuously increase the added value of the legal function for the business.
• Drive initiatives to align with the learning culture and add value through the processes and practices.
• Actively manage team and direct reports to ensure high quality services and professionally handle any escalations (being a co-chair) or issues. Be responsible for the career progression of direct reports.
• Identify innovative ideas for transformation to drive greater efficiency in the delivery of services to internal clients at Cognizant including improvement of processes people and improved data gathering.
• Understand engage and help manage deal provide sufficient advance warning to Cognizant senior management of risks.
• Lead the development and implementation of any training program/mentorship/coaching.

Certifications Required

Law Degree from a leading university and/or law school.