Commercial Counsel - Supply Chain

About the role

The Commercial Counsel supports the Supply Chain organization by providing comprehensive legal support, including reviewing, negotiating, and mitigating risk in a variety of agreements while ensuring compliance with company policies and applicable laws/regulations. This role involves leading and advising on a broad spectrum of legal projects, driving risk management initiatives, and collaborating with internal business partners.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate vendor contracts, including technology-related agreements, such as license agreements, product supply agreements, software development agreements, cloud computing, and service agreements.
• Advise and provide solutions to internal business clients on issues specific to vendor contracting and relationships.
• Provide legal advice regarding negotiation strategies, contractual terms, contract disputes, intellectual property matters, privacy, AI, cybersecurity, supplier relations and compliance matters.
• Work with Supply Chain colleagues and other internal personnel to identify and mitigate risks.
• Lead, advise and coordinate with multiple stakeholders across marketing, product, finance, implementation and sales throughout the pre-sales, sales and post-contract cycle on a broad range of legal and compliance issues for the Motorola Solutions portfolio of products and services.
• Maintain streamlined, organized and efficient policies and procedures for contracts, including establishing playbooks, and standard template language to be used in contracts.
• Manage contract disputes, including understanding the issues, providing guidance on solutions, and drafting settlement agreements.
• Offer comprehensive guidance to achieve the Company’s overarching business objectives, ensuring strict adherence to relevant laws and regulations while mitigating unacceptable risks.
• Conduct thorough cost-benefit analyses when evaluating potential risks.
• Support business and product development initiatives by supplying critical input and advice on legal concerns, prioritizing risk management, and maintaining compliance with governmental and customer requirements.
• Provide support on other commercial or non-commercial practice area issues including commercial real estate, labor and employment, corporate governance, and data privacy.
• Proactively develop and maintain technical knowledge in specialized area(s), remaining up-to-date on current trends and best practices.
• Exercise reasonable judgment to determine when to escalate complex matters or decisions to more senior level counsel or manager.
• Work effectively with senior management to create strong trusted advisor relationships with business leaders, provide practical advice, facilitate creative problem-solving and informed decision-making.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor Degree and 8+ years of experience in corporate transactional, contracts negotiation and/or commercial transaction experience, preferably with background in technology matters, software agreements, data privacy, and/or intellectual property.
• Admission to the Bar of at least one state.
• In-house legal experience preferred including supervision of outside counsel.
• Substantial experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating procurement agreements of varying size, scope and complexity, including product, software, and cloud-services issues, service agreements, licensing/re-distribution agreements and commercial real estate agreements.
• Experience working with legal policies and procedures and demonstrated ability to identify potential legal issues.
• Experience approaching legal matters with a sense of pragmatism and flexibility to recommend solutions that enable our company’s success while protecting its legacy and future.
• Excellent negotiation, consultation, analytical skills and sound judgement & decision-making skills.
• Strong presentation and written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to participate and collaborate in meetings with customers, vendors, attorneys, management, and other third parties with regard to negotiation of agreements and general problem solving.
• Experience applying knowledge of multidisciplinary business principles and practices to achieve successful outcomes in cross-functional projects and activities.
• Strong business acumen, with ability to understand the company’s business objectives and anticipate the legal issues that could arise.
• Well organized, detail oriented and adept in a fast-paced environment.
• Lead change and take responsible risks: (1) look for ways to personally affect change and while remaining compliant with applicable policies and laws; (2) see change as an opportunity, consider associated risks, then promptly commit to it.
• Drive results and execution: (1) identify and raise issues so that appropriate actions can be taken to resolve problems or improve the client experience; (2) take personal ownership to follow through on commitments and achieve high quality results; and (3) balance priorities as needed to keep plans on track.
• Think strategically: (1) align work with broader business strategies and goals; (2) stay up to date on the impact of market and industry trends on the business; and (3) recognize the impact of the legal work on the Company’s overall organizational strategy.

Qualifications

• Specific Knowledge & Skills:
• Requires a Juris Doctor Degree and 8+ years of experience in corporate transactional, contracts negotiation and/or commercial transaction experience, preferably with background in technology matters, software agreements, data privacy, and/or intellectual property.
• Admission to the Bar of at least one state.
• In-house legal experience preferred including supervision of outside counsel.
• Substantial experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating procurement agreements of varying size, scope and complexity, including product, software, and cloud-services issues, service agreements, licensing/re-distribution agreements and commercial real estate agreements.
• Experience working with legal policies and procedures and demonstrated ability to identify potential legal issues.
• Experience approaching legal matters with a sense of pragmatism and flexibility to recommend solutions that enable our company’s success while protecting its legacy and future.
• Excellent negotiation, consultation, analytical skills and sound judgement & decision-making skills.
• Strong presentation and written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to participate and collaborate in meetings with customers, vendors, attorneys, management, and other third parties with regard to negotiation of agreements and general problem solving.
• Experience applying knowledge of multidisciplinary business principles and practices to achieve successful outcomes in cross-functional projects and activities.
• Strong business acumen, with ability to understand the company’s business objectives and anticipate the legal issues that could arise.
• Well organized, detail oriented and adept in a fast-paced environment.
• Lead change and take responsible risks: (1) look for ways to personally affect change and while remaining compliant with applicable policies and laws; (2) see change as an opportunity, consider associated risks, then promptly commit to it.
• Drive results and execution: (1) identify and raise issues so that appropriate actions can be taken to resolve problems or improve the client experience; (2) take personal ownership to follow through on commitments and achieve high quality results; and (3) balance priorities as needed to keep plans on track.
• Think strategically: (1) align work with broader business strategies and goals; (2) stay up to date on the impact of market and industry trends on the business; and (3) recognize the impact of the legal work on the Company’s overall organizational strategy.

Skills

• Commercial Counsel experience
• Corporate transactional experience
• Contracts negotiation experience
• Technology matters experience
• Software agreements experience
• Data privacy experience
• Intellectual property experience
• Legal policies and procedures experience
• Legal issue identification experience
• Pragmatic legal matter approach
• Negotiation and consultation skills
• Analysis skills
• Communication skills
• Collaboration skills
• Legal work on business objectives
• Compliance with laws and regulations
• Risk management experience
• Contract dispute management
• Cost-benefit analysis experience
• Support on commercial or non-commercial practice areas
• Technical knowledge development
• Reasonable judgment exercise
• Senior level counsel or manager escalation
• Senior management relationship creation
• Business leader practical advice provision
• Problem-solving facilitation
• Informed decision-making support
• Strategic thinking
• Business strategy and goal alignment
• Market and industry trend staying
• Impact recognition on organizational strategy

Benefits

Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.

• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
• 401K with Company Match
• Generous Paid Time Off Packages
• Paid Parental & Family Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Relocation Provided
• U.S. Benefits Include Incentive Bonus Plans
• Target Base Salary Range: $125,000 - $130,000 USD
• EEO Statement
• Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

Application Instructions

Motorola Solutions is proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team. We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please complete this Reasonable Accommodations Form so we can assist you.