Director of Legal Commercial Contracts Counsel

ROLE OVERVIEW:

Sutherland has an immediate opening for a corporate in-house attorney with significant experience in IT-enabled services.

The Commercial Contracts Attorney will work directly with business teams and customers to draft and negotiate commercial contracts, prepare contract abstracts, follow up with business stakeholders, and manage end to end commercial contract negotiations. The attorney will be responsible for contract negotiations with a primary focus on Sutherlands existing Travel and Digital Business Services.

This position reports to Sutherland’s VP, Commercial Contracts Counsel in North America and can be based out of Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Cochin & Bangalore, India. Domestic and international travel may be required on occasion.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 15 years of experience in an in-house legal department, preferably in IT enabled services.
• Experience negotiating commercial contracts with customers and suppliers, including RFPs and proposals in the Travel Industry and Financial Services outsourcing
• Transactional experience with commercial contract negotiations. Compliance of any industry specific aspects – Banking,
• Outsourcing or Cloud deal with commercial contract negotiations.
• Experience with IT Enabled Services, BPO, ITO and Cloud based services. Pre Sales - Contract Negotiation / Drafting / Face to Face meeting and Hands on Knowledge in dealing with Client’s legal / Outside Counsel. Knowledge of Alternate Dispute Mechanisms
• Knowledge of latest technology related aspects – AI / ML / App Development/ Software Licenses/ System Integration / Cloud Infrastructure Mgmt / Master Services Agreement / ERP implementation / Managed Services / Data Warehouse Mgmt/
• Vendor agreement experience. Working knowledge of US and UK based clients – culture, negotiation techniques,
• Software licensing and product licensing – a plus
• Cloud based offerings or digital enablement – a plus