Commercial Counsel

3 weeks ago

Étreux, Hauts-de-France, United States Cengage Group Full time
Commercial Counsel Job Description

We are seeking a highly motivated, pragmatic, business-oriented transactional attorney with an operational mentality and significant subject matter expertise in copyright law to join Cengage's global commercial legal team.

The Commercial Counsel will report to and support the SVP, Deputy General Counsel, Commercial Legal, with a diverse range of responsibilities, primarily focused on the structuring and negotiation of a variety of commercial transactions, including distribution agreements, vendor agreements, and other types of enterprise agreements.

Key Responsibilities
  • Review, draft, negotiate, and close all types of commercial contracts, including enterprise-level IT subscription agreements (e.g., SaaS), intellectual property agreements, including in-bound and out-bound license agreements, distribution agreements, author/publishing contracts, agreements to support strategic partnerships for integration of tech into Cengage products and/or digital distribution, product development and technology agreements.
  • Be an active and trusted partner with members of Legal, Product, Procurement, Finance, and other teams across Cengage.
  • Support and train other members of the legal and operations teams as needed on commercial contracting standards and principles.
  • Partner with procurement team to continually refresh contracting guidance and processes with the goal of standardizing whenever possible.
  • Partner with Contract and Legal Ops to develop and refine contracting policies, processes and workflows, including ongoing improvement of contract templates and playbooks with an eye toward effectiveness and scalability.
  • Stay current on IP, privacy and other laws, regulations, and developments related to education to provide the most effective advice.
Requirements
  • Ability to translate legal issues and ambiguity into clear and simple guidance, to communicate effectively with non-legal colleagues, and to support and inspire innovation.
  • Consistent track record of quickly understanding sophisticated products while identifying key issues and risks, and offering creative solutions.
  • Proven experience as a strong collaborator and communicator.
  • Strategic problem solver who can take a step back and see alternative ways of solving challenges.
  • Understanding of the quarterly business model and the need to work with an appropriate sense of urgency while prioritizing multiple interests, tasks and projects.
  • Proven track record developing and maintaining strong relationships with internal partners and providing excellent client service.
About Cengage Group

Cengage Group, a global education technology company serving millions of learners, provides affordable, quality digital products and services that equip students with the skills and competencies needed to be job ready.

For more than 100 years, we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted, engaging content, and now, integrated digital platforms.

We serve the higher education, workforce skills, secondary education, English language teaching and research markets worldwide.

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