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Senior Legal Counsel, Product and Procurement - San Francisco California
Company: Digital Realty Location: San Francisco, California
Posted On: 05/01/2024
Senior Legal Counsel, Product and ProcurementPosition Title: Senior Legal Counsel, Product and ProcurementPosition Title: Senior Legal Counsel, Product and Procurement -Your role -This position, based in San Francisco or Dallas, is an opportunity to join our Real Estate and Operations legal team as an attorney supporting senior attorneys in the legal department as well members of our global product, innovation and operations teams on product launch and procurement matters. The successful candidate will be diligent, self-motivated and proactive, able to handle and prioritize time-sensitive projects in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, and have demonstrated excellent legal skills, business judgment, strategic thinking and the ability to work independently and in team settings.Primarily, you will responsible for drafting, negotiating and advising the business with respect to agreements for data center network and services between Digital and its strategic vendors and IT providers, intellectual property matters, new product descriptions and terms, and other general procurement and operations related matters internationally. -You should be able to offer internal clients sound advice on risks, legal terms and negotiation strategy with respect to procurement transactions for data center operations and products including IT, network and services. You should also be able to advise internal clients with respect to IP and new product terms. The role anticipates the ability to take ownership of complex transactions from a legal perspective, with discernment to appropriately escalate legal risks.What you'll do - - Draft, negotiate and review agreements for data center network, IT, and general procurement of equipment and services domestically and internationally, including:
- Complex, multi-tiered and multi-jurisdictional master service agreements, based on Digital's standard templates and third-party forms.
- Consulting services agreements, Saas agreements, fiber licensing and leasing agreements and other one time or single location procurement agreements.
- Orders, addenda or amendments for equipment and services.
- Provide legal support to product, network and technology teams related to design and implementation of new data center services and support of existing data center products, including advice regarding intellectual property matters (patent registration and IP licensing).
- Provide legal support to global procurement and property operations teams related to procurement of goods and services to support data center operations.
- Support the continuous improvement of standard forms and the development and improvement of policies and procedures for the Legal Department.
- Help evaluate legal strategy with respect to intellectual property management, new product implementation and general procurement and identify and mitigate risk in the products and procurement environment.
- Work closely with the business to streamline negotiations and remove barriers to execution to achieve business goals while thoughtfully balancing risk.
- Execute assigned projects, including the development and implementation of processes, as determined by the needs of the global Legal Department.
- Manage outside counsel effectively and efficiently, including local counsel in foreign jurisdictions and specialized counsel.What you'll need
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