Corporate - Legal

Job summary

Cognizant invites application from qualified law graduates for the position of Senior Manager within the Global Alliance and Procurement team. The candidate will be required to oversee the contract review and negotiation with vendors as required for Cognizant's business operations. The candidate will be primarily responsible for safeguarding Cognizant's interests and provide appropriate legal advice and mitigations to businesses on legal and commercial risks under contracts.

Responsibilities

• Partnering with various business units of Cognizant and help them in creating contractual framework to support Cognizant business.
• Drafting vetting and negotiating various global Contracts and other documents including Software License and subscription agreements Alliance/Teaming agreements sub-contracts vendor service agreements RFP(s) Non-Disclosure agreements.
• Analysing legal implications of various legal commercial and operational risks in a contract and advising internal stakeholders of possible mitigations.
• Coordinating with various internal stakeholders and obtaining their input on contractual provision pertaining to their domain and assimilating them in the contract draft.
• Collaborate within the legal team to share knowledge improve efficiency and continuously increase the added value of the legal function for the business.
• Drive initiatives to align with the learning culture and add value through the processes and practices.
• Actively manage team and direct reports to ensure high quality services and professionally handle any escalations (being a co-chair) or issues. Be responsible for the career progression of direct reports.
• Identify innovative ideas for transformation to drive greater efficiency in the delivery of services to internal clients at Cognizant including improvement of processes people and improved data gathering.
• Understand engage and help manage deal provide sufficient advance warning to Cognizant senior management of risks.
• Lead the development and implementation of any training program/mentorship/coaching.

Certifications Required

Law Degree from a leading university and/or law school.