Technology Contracts Counsel

Join GDT and be part of a dynamic team where innovation meets excellence! At GDT, our employees are the cornerstone of our success. GDT offers a people-first culture focused on inclusivity, growth, and innovation. Employees have access to career development opportunities, cutting-edge technology, and a collaborative environment. Employees are empowered to make a meaningful impact and are recognized for their contributions. As a global IT services company, we prioritize attracting, empowering, and retaining top-tier talent dedicated to delivering exceptional results.

Job Summary and Purpose:  GDT is currently seeking a skilled attorney who has experience with complex commercial transactions and a broad general knowledge of legal issues facing technology.  This position represents a trusted advisor to company leadership with responsibility for managing risk, governance, and commercial transactions matters in furtherance of the company's growth and strategic initiatives. This role reports directly to the General Counsel. 

The selected individual will work with leaders across the organization to provide effective and efficient legal support for GDT’s contract negotiations, as well as related policies, and procedures.  He/she will also play an important role in corporate initiatives such as identifying and filling legal compliance gaps, operationalizing, and monitoring legal developments and implementing them into template legal documents. 

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Collaborate across all functions to deliver sound and actionable legal advice to effectively achieve business objectives while protecting the company's interests.
• Work as a generalist to provide support and establish positive relationships with various business partners.
• Identify, manage, and resolve legal issues in a manner consistent with the company's business philosophy and strategy.
• Contract drafting, review, negotiation, and administration.
• Take the lead on commercial transactions and privacy-related commercial matters, including drafting, negotiating MPSAs, CSAs, professional service agreements and SOWs, partnership, or referral agreements, etc.
• Draft and revise templates and contract language for commercial transactions.
• Review, update, and maintain various form agreements in alignment with benchmarked industry standards and regulatory changes. 

Experience/Education

• JD from an accredited law school; admitted to at least one state bar in the U.S.
• 4-7 years overall relevant legal experience at a law firm and/or in-house.

• 3+ years of experience with complex commercial transactions involving technology services, hardware, and software products; government contracts experience preferred.

• Excellent negotiation and drafting skills.
• Demonstrated ability devise business-friendly, pragmatic solutions that reduce risk and enhance value.
• Driven self-starter with a strong ownership mentality.
• Strategic thinker with ability to work independently through issues, evaluate risks and make sound judgment or escalate issues as necessary.
• Ability to prioritize and work with a sense of urgency; works with agility and able to pivot seamlessly as needed; thrives in a fast-paced environment, delivering work quickly, on time and proficiently to internal clients.
• Strongly collaborative with a high touch customer service approach to working with internal stakeholders and delivering on customer needs.

• High degree of integrity, ethics, trust, and professionalism.
• Proficient with technology, including Microsoft Office 365 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams), and contracts management lifecycle systems.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Strong executive presence
• Superior interpersonal, communication (both written and oral) and organization skills
• Substantial product and transactional experience, ideally gained through employment with a value-added reseller or technology service provider
• Litigation experience
• Labor & Employment experience, particularly California

GDT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sex, marital status, gender identity or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.

GDT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sex, marital status, gender identity or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.