Technology Legal Senior Counsel

Job Responsibilities

• Structure and negotiate agreements and relationships with vendors, partners, and other third parties related to market data.
• Structure and negotiate agreements and relationships with vendors, partners, and other third parties related to technology, including but not limited to intellectual property licenses, order management system agreements, SaaS agreements, hardware and maintenance agreements, index license agreements, platform agreements, AI tool agreements, and cloud services agreements.
• Manage end-to-end negotiations and navigate internal processes and coordination to reach timely and successful execution of agreements.
• Partner with senior attorneys to assist with firm-wide training on market data.
• Provide guidance and subject matter expertise on new and existing regulatory requirements to internal business and functional partners.
• Support the firm's M&A and investment activities with due diligence and integration support.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Law degree or educational equivalent required.
• At least 3 years of experience as a practicing attorney in a law firm or corporate law environment.
• Extensive experience drafting and negotiating contracts for technology/outsourcing transactions with third party providers, e.g. software licensing/support, software as a service, content licenses, reseller agreements, outsourcing, cloud, consulting, professional and other services agreements.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and legal research skills.
• Strong business judgment and strategic thinking.
• Proven ability to independently identify issues, analyze problems and provide viable solutions.
• Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, organizational and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work under accurately under pressure, handle deadlines, and manage multiple tasks in a high performance environment.
• Ability to follow up on assignments in a timely manner and exercise good business judgment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build consensus across a global matrix organization.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Familiarity with global regulatory issues relevant to the use of technology in financial services, including outsourcing and third-party risk management.
• Strong interest in new and emerging technology solutions and applications, including a baseline understanding of AI concepts, and issues relative to licensing such technologies.