Sr. Counsel, Legal, Solutions and Services

About the role

This role serves as a key legal partner to the Solutions and Services Group (SSG) in North America, advising on complex services and solutions transactions including DaaS, IaaS, Managed Services and Industry Solutions.

Responsibilities

• Manage the legal workstream for SSG services and solutions transactions, supporting negotiations, helping to drive resolution of contractual issues, and coordinating with relevant in/external stakeholders through contract execution.
• Engage constructively with customers and counterparties during negotiations, fostering professional and solutions-oriented relationships that support successful deal outcomes.
• Develop understanding of existing contractual commitments for SSG Customers.
• Work with the SSG Services Team.
• Advising the SSG Team on a wide range of regulatory and commercial legal issues.
• Provide legal support for the Lenovo Teams developing new services, software and solutions.
• Collaborate with internal and outside counsel, specific subject matter experts, and stakeholders.
• Work closely with Lenovo’s lawyers, as well as services teams in the U.S., Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific.
• Work closely with the Sales Team and Commercial Contract Management Team to negotiate and close large complex SSG Deals.
• Work closely with the Global Contracts Team and other Contract Management Teams to ensure that where they are supporting SSG Managed Services, they have the necessary training, playbooks and templates.
• Advise SSG Team on a wide range of regulatory and commercial legal issues.
• Effectively engage in issue-spotting and involving legal subject matter experts within the broader corporate-level Lenovo Legal Department.
• Draft standard templates for new solutions and services.
• Work with the COE to establish a template library for all Services so they can be easily found and maintained.
• Provide clear, pragmatic legal guidance that enables business teams to support efficient deal execution while appropriately managing risk.
• Maintain transparency with legal leadership and business stakeholders regarding deal status, risks and escalation points.

Requirements

• J.D. Degree
• 12+ years of experience in negotiating complex multi-country services contracts in an IT or Telecommunications environment.
• Commercial management experience with solid understanding of the key drivers of profitability, and strong judgement in prioritizing legal risk and resolving issues pragmatically in complex negotiations.
• Contract drafting and negotiation skills, including the ability to draft and revise complex enterprise technology services or managed services agreements, and to provide clear, practical guidance in a fast-moving commercial environment.
• Experience partnering closely with sales and commercial teams in a deal-driven environment.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively within a global organization involving multiple stakeholders and decision-makers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to represent organizations effectively and professionally in customer facing negotiations, to minimize unnecessary friction, and build trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience with technology financing models, including IT asset leasing, device lifecycle management, or equipment financing structures.
• Experience with subscription based “as a service” commercial models.
• Comfortable negotiating directly with clients and/or third parties.
• Strong team player who builds strong working relationships with clients and internal stakeholders.
• Solid project management experience.
• Commercial awareness with ability to understand the sales team’s perspective and balance contractual and legal risk.
• High degree of professional ethics, integrity, and gravitas.
• Excellent judgement and analytical skills.
• Ability to anticipate, mitigate, minimize, and proactively manage risk.
• Ability and willingness to travel to client site.

Pay

The base salary budgeted range for this position is $150k - 200K. Individuals may also be considered for bonus and/or commission.

Schedule

Lenovo’s various benefits can be found on www.lenovobenefits.com.

Application Deadline

In compliance with Colorado's EPEWA, the expected application deadline for this position is August 27, 2026. This applies to both external and internal candidates.

EEO Statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any federal, state, or local protected class.