Lead Senior Counsel, Legal, Global Contracts

Job Responsibilities

• Leading the North America Contracts Team and overseeing the delivery of contractual legal support across North America, including Public Sector transactions.
• Managing, coaching, and developing team members, including providing regular feedback, supporting professional development, and fostering a collaborative, accountable, and high-performing team environment.
• Managing team priorities, workload allocation, and resources to ensure effective and timely support to Lenovo’s businesses.
• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex technology and commercial agreements.
• Advising Lenovo’s North America teams on a broad range of contractual, commercial, and related legal issues.
• Developing a strong understanding of Lenovo’s existing contractual commitments to customers and suppliers and advising the business accordingly.
• Building and maintaining strong, trust-based relationships with key internal clients and stakeholders.
• Providing practical, business-oriented advice, including risk-and-reward analysis and clear recommendations to support informed decision-making.
• Collaborating with internal and outside counsel, subject matter experts, and business stakeholders to facilitate the efficient negotiation and closure of transactions.
• Working closely with other Lenovo lawyers, Contract Management Teams, and Business Groups on contractual and strategic matters.
• Effectively identifying legal and regulatory issues and engaging appropriate subject matter experts within the broader Lenovo Legal Department.
• Developing and implementing legal efficiencies, including contract templates, playbooks, guidance, training, and other tools to improve contract processes and operations.
• Leveraging contract lifecycle management, AI-enabled legal tools, and other technologies to improve the quality, efficiency, consistency, and scalability of legal services.
• Leading and participating in legal innovation and AI-related projects, including identifying opportunities to apply AI and automation to contract review, legal workflows, knowledge management, and other GCT processes.
• Supporting the implementation of company-wide policies, procedures, systems, and change-management initiatives.
• Engaging and managing outside counsel and other external resources when appropriate.

Basic Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 12+ years of relevant legal experience, with substantial experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial agreements.
• Significant experience with technology transactions.
• Experience with or familiarity with U.S. Public Sector contracting and government procurement.

Preferred Requirements

• Strong commercial judgment and the ability to balance legal risk with business objectives.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to explain complex legal matters clearly and practically to business stakeholders.
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage multiple transactions, projects, and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience leading teams through organizational, process, technology, or policy changes.
• Proven track record of building strong, trust-based relationships with diverse internal client groups.
• Ability to effectively interface with customers, senior leaders, and stakeholders across large and complex organizations.
• Experience managing stakeholder expectations and establishing clear priorities in a demanding business environment.
• Comfort leading steering groups, business reviews, and other governance forums, including reporting on team performance and key matters.
• Extensive experience reviewing, drafting, and negotiating sophisticated commercial agreements, preferably in the technology industry.
• Demonstrated ability to understand business objectives and develop practical and creative solutions and risk-mitigation strategies for key negotiation points.
• Experience negotiating customer paper as well as company templates.
• Ability to lead or provide strategic direction on complex, high-value, or high-risk transactions.
• Proven ability to identify opportunities to improve legal processes and implement practical solutions in collaboration with clients and team members.
• Experience developing contract templates, playbooks, guidance, and other tools that improve consistency and efficiency.
• Experience using contract lifecycle management systems, AI-enabled legal tools, automation, and other technologies to support legal work.
• Experience using data, reporting, workflow tools, and performance metrics to manage legal operations and team performance.
• Experience implementing and managing change resulting from company-wide policies, procedures, systems, or process improvements.
• Prominent ability to work collaboratively across different internal groups, functions, and geographies.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively within a global legal organization.
• Ability to work successfully with all levels of an organization while maintaining a strong client-service orientation.
• Demonstrated ability to engage subject matter experts and other resources effectively when specialized support is required.