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Senior Manager - Legal

Cognizant

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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.

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